Master gardeners offer free workshop on flower growing, harvesting and arranging
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Learn how to make the most of flowers in a free in-person workshop Saturday.
(Photo courtesy El Dorado County master gardeners)
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Do you dream of being a flower farmer? Or do you just want to improve your “blooming” skills one bouquet at a time?
Find the advice you need to get started during a free in-person workshop, presented by the UC Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners of El Dorado County at Sherwood Demonstration Garden.
Set for 9 a.m. Saturday, May 21, “Bouquets of Flowers: How to Grow, Harvest and Arrange” will take you from garden to vase, step by step.
“This free class explains how to use flowers from your garden for flower arranging,” say the organizers. “Join Master Gardeners Ada Brehmer, Anne Bettencourt and Jan Keahey to discuss the best plants to plant, how and when to harvest, and how to arrange the cut flowers in different containers. Tips will be discussed on how to preserve the arrangement.”
Get some hands-on practice, too, during this three-hour class.
“If you want to take home a lovely, self-made arrangement, please bring a bouquet of flowers from your garden – or your local store – and your favorite vase,” say the master gardeners.
Sherwood Demonstration Garden is located at 6699 Campus Drive, Placerville.
In addition to the workshop, master gardeners also will be hosting an Open Garden at Sherwood on Saturday morning from 9 a.m. to noon. Check out 16 demonstration gardens and get advice from master gardeners as they tend their projects.
Details and directions: https://mgeldorado.ucanr.edu/
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Garden Checklist for week of April 21
This week there’s plenty to keep gardeners busy. With no rain in the immediate forecast, remember to irrigate any new transplants.
* Weed, weed, weed! Get them before they flower and go to seed.
* April is the last chance to plant citrus trees such as dwarf orange, lemon and kumquat. These trees also look good in landscaping and provide fresh fruit in winter.
* Smell orange blossoms? Feed citrus trees with a low dose of balanced fertilizer (such as 10-10-10) during bloom to help set fruit. Keep an eye out for ants.
* Apply slow-release fertilizer to the lawn.
* Thoroughly clean debris from the bottom of outdoor ponds or fountains.
* Spring brings a flush of rapid growth, and that means your garden is really hungry. Feed shrubs and trees with a slow-release fertilizer. Or mulch with a 1-inch layer of compost.
* Azaleas and camellias looking a little yellow? If leaves are turning yellow between the veins, give them a boost with chelated iron.
* Trim dead flowers but not leaves from spring-flowering bulbs such as daffodils and tulips. Those leaves gather energy to create next year's flowers. Also, give the bulbs a fertilizer boost after bloom.
* Pinch chrysanthemums back to 12 inches for fall flowers. Cut old stems to the ground.
* Mulch around plants to conserve moisture and control weeds.
* From seed, plant beans, beets, cantaloupes, carrots, corn, cucumbers, melons, radishes and squash.
* Plant onion sets.
* In the flower garden, plant seeds for asters, cosmos, celosia, marigolds, salvia, sunflowers and zinnias.
* Transplant petunias, zinnias, geraniums and other summer bloomers.
* Plant perennials and dahlia tubers for summer bloom.
* Mid to late April is about the last chance to plant summer bulbs, such as gladiolus and tuberous begonias.
* Transplant lettuce seedlings. Choose varieties that mature quickly such as loose leaf.
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