Placer County master gardeners will sell new information-packed calendar at Auburn Home and Harvest Fest
The Placer County master gardeners' 2025 Gardening Guide and Calendar is on sale now. Find it at the master gardeners' booth at the Auburn show. Kathy Morrison
For gardeners, it’s never too early to think ahead.
Sunday starts a new season – fall – which is a perfect time to plant for winter and spring, while planning for next summer, too.
For all that planning and planting, pick up a copy of the just-released 2025 Gardening Guide and Calendar, presented by the UC Master Gardeners of Placer County.
Packed with the results of the latest UC research, this award-winning annual publication is much more than handy day-by-day reminders. It’s jam-packed with year-round information on how to make your garden thrive – especially if you garden in our foothill communities or the Central Valley.
The 2025 theme: “Healthy Garden, Healthy You” with a special focus on food gardening.
“There has been a surge this year in people interested in growing their own food,” says master gardener Paula Agostini, co-chair of the group’s calendar committee. “This taps into that enthusiasm and can help North Californians, from beginners to experts, create, grow and harvest a healthy, sustainable garden.”
Many of these edible plants are also highly ornamental; they look good while they produce food.
Each month offers inspiration, too, such as “Creating a relaxing garden” (the theme for August) or “Home office plants benefit you and also your team at work” (November).
The Gardening Guide and Calendar is priced at $12 including tax or five for $55. (It makes a great gift.) It can be ordered via credit card online at: https://pcmg.ucanr.edu/2025_Calendar/.
Or pick up a copy in person this weekend at the Auburn Home and Harvest Fest at the Gold Country Fairgrounds. The master gardeners will staff a booth all three days of this huge home and garden show. They’ll answer garden questions as well as sell the new garden guide.
Hours are noon to 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 22.
Tickets are $5 general. Discounts are available for purchasing tickets in advance online. Parking is $10.
Gold Country Fairgrounds is located at 209 Fairgate Road, Auburn.
Tickets and more info: https://auburnshows.com/.
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Garden Checklist for week of Oct. 6
Get ready to get to work! Cooler weather is headed our way mid-week.
* Clean up the summer vegetable garden and compost disease-free foliage.
* Harvest pumpkins and winter squash.
* October is the best month to plant trees, shrubs and perennials.
* Before planting, add a little well-aged compost and bone meal to the soil, but hold off on other fertilizers until spring. Keep the transplants well-watered (but not wet) for the first month as they become settled.
* Dig up corms and tubers of gladioli, dahlias and tuberous begonias after the foliage dies. Clean and store in a cool, dry place.
* Treat azaleas, gardenias and camellias with chelated iron if leaves are yellowing between the veins.
* Now is the time to plant seeds for many flowers directly into the garden, including cornflower, nasturtium, nigella, poppy, portulaca, sweet pea and stock.
* Plant seeds for radishes, bok choy, mustard, spinach and peas.
* Plant garlic and onions.
* Set out cool-weather bedding plants, including calendula, pansy, snapdragon, primrose and viola.
* Reseed and feed the lawn. Work on bare spots.
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