NorCal Home & Landscape Expo opens Friday
Find gardening, landscaping and outdoor entertaining inspiration during the NorCal Home & Landscape Expo this weekend. Courtesy Northern California Home & Landscape Expo
For three decades, it’s lived up to its nickname, “The Big Show at Cal Expo.” And this week’s edition promises to be one of the biggest yet.
This Friday through Sunday, Jan. 31 to Feb. 2, the Northern California Home & Landscape Expo returns to Sacramento for its 30th annual show featuring hundreds of vendors and presenters.
Considered California’s largest show of its kind, the NorCal Home & Landscape Expo averages 38,000 in attendance for its three-day run at Cal Expo.
Gardening seminars and talks cover such topics as vegetable gardening, tropical plants, tree care basics, lawn care and landscape inspiration.
Among the featured presenters will be well-known garden designer and author Michael Glassman. At noon Saturday, Glassman teams with Janey Santos, creator of the YouTube channel “Dig Plant Water Repeat,” to tackle common garden issues in “Solving Problems in the Landscape.” At 1 p.m. Sunday, Glassman presents “Front Yard Fixes – How to Make an Impact Entrance with a Useful and Water-Wise Front Yard.”
At 1 p.m. Saturday, learn how to better care for your urban forest with UC master gardener Pam Bone, who presents “Tree Care Basics: How to Properly Plant and Maintain Landscape Trees.” Interested in a budget-friendly water-wise transformation for your landscape? At noon Sunday, designer Laura Halpenny of Roberta Walker Landscape Design shows how to “Create Your Perfect Landscape on Any Budget.”
Three expansive display gardens will showcase the latest in garden trends with ideas that can be used in landscapes of any size. In the same area, Sacramento master gardeners will be on site all three days to answer gardening questions. The California Master Beekeeper Programs brings its bee ambassadors (including a see-through hive) plus lots of information on how to put more positive buzz in your garden. The Urban Wood Network will show how they turn fallen city trees into furniture.
Admission is $10; half price for seniors (age 62 and older) on Friday. Children 12 and under admitted free. Parking at Cal Expo: $10.
Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Cal Expo is located at 1600 Exposition Blvd., Sacramento.
Details: https://homeandlandscapeexpo.com
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Make the most of this “average” weather; your garden is growing fast! (So are the weeds!)
* Warm weather brings rapid growth in the vegetable garden, with tomatoes and squash enjoying the heat. Deep-water, then feed with a balanced fertilizer. Bone meal can spur the bloom cycle and help set fruit.
* Generally, tomatoes need deep watering two to three times a week, but don’t let them dry out completely. That can encourage blossom-end rot.
* From seed, plant corn, melons, pumpkins, radishes, squash and sunflowers.
* Plant basil to go with your tomatoes.
* Transplant summer annuals such as petunias, marigolds and zinnias. It’s also a good time to transplant perennial flowers including astilbe, columbine, coneflowers, coreopsis, dahlias, rudbeckia, salvia and verbena.
* Pull weeds before they go to seed.
* Let the grass grow longer. Set the mower blades high to reduce stress on your lawn during summer heat. To cut down on evaporation, water your lawn deeply during the wee hours of the morning, between 2 and 8 a.m.
* Tie up vines and stake tall plants such as gladiolus and lilies. That gives their heavy flowers some support.
* Dig and divide crowded bulbs after the tops have died down.
* Feed summer flowers with a slow-release fertilizer.
* Mulch, mulch, mulch! This “blanket” keeps moisture in the soil longer and helps your plants cope during hot weather. It also helps smother weeds.
* Thin grapes on the vine for bigger, better clusters later this summer.
* Cut back fruit-bearing canes on berries.
* Feed camellias, azaleas and other acid-loving plants. Mulch to conserve moisture and reduce heat stress.
* Cut back Shasta daisies after flowering to encourage a second bloom in the fall.
* Trim off dead flowers from rose bushes to keep them blooming through the summer. Roses also benefit from deep watering and feeding now. A top dressing of aged compost will keep them happy. It feeds as well as keeps roots moist.
* Pinch back chrysanthemums for bushier plants with many more flowers in September.
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