UC Master Gardeners Fall Fest & Plant Sale

UC Master Gardeners of Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties invite the community to our family-friendly Fall Fest and Plant Sale celebrating all things gardening! Admission is FREE.

Join us for a day of fun, educational activities, featuring our Demonstration Garden in Watsonville!

Pick up garden-ready plants at our fall plant sale: Offering an array of plants grown from seeds and cuttings by area Master Gardeners including California natives and fall vegetables

Learn from gardening experts at our mini-classes:
- Gardening with Beautiful California Native Plants
- Food Crops and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Spanish
- Winter Vegetable Gardening
- Introduction to Home Horticulture - Spanish

Live gardening demonstrations:
- Fall pruning technique tours in our demonstration garden: Ornamental trees, shrubs & fruit trees
- Sheet Mulching with Cardboard & Wood Chips
- Orchid Selection and Care
- Succulent Care, Propagation & Applications
- Fall/Winter Vegetable Gardening
- Tool Sharpening and Tool Care
- Container Gardening & Pot Hole Drilling for your favorite pots
- Pumpkin Decorating with succulents - create and take home a Fall centerpiece - $5

Children’s activities include:
- Coloring booth featuring plant and beneficial insect life cycles
- Bug house
- Observation beehive
- Face painting
- Decorating pumpkins with succulents -- Free for Kids!

We look forward to hosting you in our garden!