April is peak time for the region's garden events

-- Saturday, April 5, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Burbank (High School) Urban Garden's spring plant sale should be an especially joyous one this year. The school's Urban Agriculture Academy in January was threatened with closure, but now -- thanks to a huge outpouring of community support -- it will live on as a full three-year academy program. Look for summer veggies, herbs and many flowers, all raised by the students. 3500 Florin Road, Sacramento.  https://www.facebook.com/BurbankUrbanGarden

-- The UC master gardeners of Yolo County hold the first of two plant sales in Woodland on April 5 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.  at Woodland Community College, 2300 E. Gibson Road. Expect vegetables  -- including more than 30 varieties of tomatoes -- native plants, bulbs, succulents and more.

-- Sunday, April 6. UC Davis Arboretum's second spring sale is a split sale: The first hour, at 9 a.m., is for Friends members only, then at 10 a.m. the gate is opened for members of the public. The sale concludes at 1 p.m. The updated plant inventory should be available soon.

-- Saturday, April 12, might as well be National Plant Sale Day. Four local sales are on tap, starting off with the American River College Horticulture Department's Spring Sale, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Vegetables, annual flowers, succulents, perennials and more. All plants are student-grown. Credit cards accepted. Proceeds benefit the Horticulture program. Sale is in the Environmental Resource area, northeast corner of campus, just southeast of the new MTC building and south of Parking lot A on Myrtle Ave. American River College is at 4700 College Oak Drive, Sacramento.

--Also on April 12, the UC master gardeners of El Dorado County present the first of two spring sales, 8 a.m. to noon at their Sherwood Demonstration Garden, 6699 Campus Drive, Placerville.  Edibles are up first, including tomatoes, herbs and fruit. Parking at the site is $2.

-- The Elk Grove Garden Club will hold its Spring Plant Sale on April 12 as well. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., 8609 Brodie Ct., Elk Grove.  Sacramento County master gardeners are among the propagators of plants for this sale. Always an intriguing selection, including some unusual plants.

-- Also on April 12 is the second of the Yolo County master gardeners' sales in Woodland. Same hours and location as the first: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Woodland Community College, 2300 E. Gibson Road.

-- Friday, April 18. The first of two days for the Sacramento Perennial Plant Club's Spring Sale, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 1911 Bannon Creek Drive, Sacramento (South Natomas area). Continues April 19, same times. This sale is known for its terrific selection of member-propagated plants and is held in a great setting. The plants for sale include vegetables, native plants and, of course, perennials.

-- Saturday, April 19. Those busy Yolo master gardeners join the community plant sale in Winters, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Winters Community Library Teaching Garden, 708 Railroad Ave., Winters. Winters FFA students will have tomato and pepper starts for sale. Pollinator plants grown by Garden volunteers and Morningsun Herb Farm will be available, and The Succulent Lady will have succulents to purchase.

-- Saturday, April 26. The third spring sale of the UC Davis Arboretum Teaching Nursery is open to everyone, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

-- April 26 also is the date for the second half of the El Dorado master gardeners' Spring Plant Sale, 8 a.m. to noon. This one will feature ornamentals and native plants.