Sherwood Demonstration Garden adds hours, tours
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The Japanese garden is one of the showpieces
of the Sherwood Demonstration Garden in
Placerville. (Photo courtesy El Dorado County
master gardeners)
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Now that it is March, the El Dorado County master gardeners' beautiful demonstration garden in Placerville has shifted into longer public hours and resumed docent-led tours.
The Sherwood Demonstration Garden is located at the El Dorado Center of Folsom Lake College, 6699 Campus Drive. The garden now is open 9 a.m. to noon every Friday and Saturday through November, unless there is a 60 percent or more chance of rain forecast. (Other closure alerts, more appropriate for summer: A forecast of 95 degrees or more from 9 a.m. to noon, or if air quality level hits 150.)
Master-gardener-led tours are offered on the first Saturday of the month, including this Saturday, March 5. The tours are free, starting promptly at 9 a.m. If no one appears to take the tour, the guide will leave at 9:15 a.m. Group tours can be arranged by emailing mgeldorado@ucanr.edu or calling (530) 621-5512.
What is there to see at Sherwood? So many plants: 16 garden areas, from rock garden to perennials garden, as well as a native plants garden, shade garden, Japanese garden and a children's garden. This link leads to an artistic map of the garden.
Note: No dogs are allowed in the garden. Daily parking passes on the college property are $2. Directions are here .
(Bonus for visitors this Saturday: The Community Observatory also at the El Dorado Center will be open for solar viewing from 10 a.m. to 11:59 a.m. Find out more information here .)
The El Dorado master gardeners also offer free public education classes. An in-person class on "Firewise Landscaping" will be taught by Alice Cantelow on Wednesday, March 9, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Cameron Park Community Center, 2502 Country Club Drive, Cameron Park. Call or email the contacts listed above to register.
-- Kathy Morrison
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