Daniel Perales Studio
Jeannie Perales, executive director of Sonoma Botanical Garden is the guest speaker at the Valley of the Moon Garden Club’s March 12 meeting. (Daniel Perales Studio)
Sonoma
Community gardens: Jeannie Perales, executive director of Sonoma Botanical Garden is the guest speaker at the Valley of the Moon Garden Club’s meeting on March 12 in Burlingame Hall, First Congregational Church, 252 W. Spain St.
The Sonoma Botanical Garden (formerly Quarryhill Botanical Garden) was established with the help of Sonoma gardeners who propagated many of the seeds that grew into the plants and trees now found at the garden. Perales will share the history and development of the Sonoma Botanical Garden here in the Sonoma Valley and focus on the community aspect of how it’s currently developing its programs and community engagement. Members are invited to see the SBG Bonsai Show (https://sonomabg.org/visit/bonsai-and-blossoms/-). This is a great opportunity to get the insider view of a Sonoma Valley garden gem.
The evening begins with a meet and greet at 6:30 p.m., followed by the program at 7 p.m. Members are admitted free, guests are $5. A plant raffle and refreshments follow the meeting.
Windsor
Seed starting: It’s time to start seeds for your spring and summer vegetable garden. Join Sonoma County Master Gardeners and learn tips for starting seeds from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. March 14 at Windsor Community Garden, Corner of Joe Rodota Drive and du Vander Road, Windsor.
The workshop will include information on growing seeds indoors and various setups and methods for getting started. A display at the workshop will feature lights, shelving, seed starting mixes, containers, trays, and heat mats. Learn how to make a seed snail. Seeds are available.
This is a free event. No registration is required. Note: Don’t use Google Maps for directions. It will take you to a sign.
Santa Rosa
Rose identification: Inherited a rose garden in your new home? Gifted a rose without a label? Are you a collector or hobbyist needing accurate identification of a heritage/old rose? The Redwood Empire Rose Society invites the public to “Rose Identification 101: A Guide To Identifying Roses In Your Garden,” an informative and interactive program on how best to identify roses, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. March 19 at Luther Burbank Art & Garden Center, 2050 Yulupa Ave.
If you have a mystery rose in your garden that’s blooming, please bring a cutting with you (don’t forget the leaves!) or a high-quality picture from last season and our rosarians will teach you how to look for simple clues that will help determine your rose variety. We’ll also offer rose care tips too.
Admission is free. For information, email hello@sonomaroses.org.
Santa Rosa
Beekeeping: King’s Nursery hosts a talk with local beekeeper and pollinator expert Ariella Daly at 11 a.m. April 18.
Daly will talk about the general techniques for beekeeping, as well as different plants to grow to create a happy environment for pollinators in the garden. This is a free event. Seating is limited, but there will be standing room available.
King’s Nursery is located at 1212 13th St. in the heart of the historic McDonald Mansion neighborhood.
For more information, call 707-542-4782
Penngrove
Celebrating spring: Three Sister Apothecary presents “Metamorphosis — A Spring Equinox Gathering” from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 21 at 11830 Main St.
The one-day event blends ritual, music, readings, and magical wares crafted by master guest artists. There will be a living seasonal altar, intuitive readers, curated small-business vendors, live local music, complimentary seasonal bites, and a magic-inspired portrait experience. Explore the new garden, which features a winding path to the compass-rose labyrinth. Guests are welcome to participate as deeply or lightly as they wish. While children under 16 are welcome to attend, activities are designed primarily for adults.
This inaugural event is the launch of a new quarterly seasonal series celebrating transformation and the turning of the year. Future events will be on June 20, Sept. 12, and Dec. 5. Event partners include Penngrove Market, Jessica Fix Photography, and Enchanted Living.
For more information, email Soapcauldron@sonic.net or call 707-665-5976.
Healdsburg
The fundamentals of mushroom foraging: Relish Sonoma hosts a wild mushroom foray and lunch experience from 10 a.m. to noon March 1 at a yet to be announced location.
Join David Campbell and Julie Schreiber, who between them have over 80 years of wild mushroom experience, on a foray in the hills near Healdsburg.
Participants will learn the fundamentals of edible wild mushroom foraging, including what trees and terrain to look for, the most easily-recognizable edible mushrooms of our region, handling, safety and more. We’ll gather all of our found mushrooms, edible or not, to use as examples of identifying characteristics.
After the foray, there will be a wild mushroom lunch from noon to 12:30 p.m. created by Chef Julie, who is also a trained chef and winemaker. Discussion will continue over lunch, including storing, handling and cooking a variety of fresh and dry wild mushrooms. We’ll cook up any edibles we find along with our amazing four-course mushroom lunch served with selected local wines.
Foray and lunch locations are within 20 minutes of downtown Healdsburg. Location and directions will be provided to registered guests a week before the event.
Visit https://relishsonoma.com/classes to register.
Sonoma
Fill the garden with native plants: Sonoma Ecology Center has a native plant sale from noon to 3 p.m. every Friday at Sonoma Garden Park, 19996 Seventh St. East.
The sale offers a variety of California native plants to help local gardeners create and maintain drought tolerant and pollinator-friendly gardens and landscapes.
For information visit https://sonomaecologycenter.org/venue/sonoma-garden-park or email email the nursery manage at hannah@sonomaecologycenter.org.
Online
All about chickens: Alchemist Farm of Sebastopol offers online classes on keeping chickens.
Participants will learn everything from setting up the brooders to managing a flock, trimming wings and working with broody hens. The cost is $97.
Alchemist Farm also offers a master hatching class along with monthly live chicken chats.
For information and to sign up, visit https://alchemistlife.com/farming/
Online
Learn to keep bees: Beekind of Sebastopol is offering a beginner-friendly six-part video series on the essentials of beekeeping.
Beekeeping 101 online video lecture by beekeeper Doug Vincent goes over the essentials of backyard beekeeping, equipment, terminology and must-know first steps.
For details, cost and to sign up for access, visit https://beekind.com/beekeeping-101.
Beekind is located at 921 Gravenstein Hwy. S. in Sebastopol. For information, call 707-824-2905.
(Send Home & Garden related events to Yovanna.Bieberich@pressdemocrat.com)
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