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River Park, Folsom, Curtis Park and Davis destinations in spring spotlight
This garden is featured in the Curtis Park Home & Garden Tour this Saturday, April 26. Three other tours in the Sacramento area this weekend showcase gardens of varying designs. Courtesy Curtis Park Home & Garden Tour
The last Saturday in April is prime garden time in Sacramento. No wonder this weekend is crowded with garden tours!
Fortunately, the weather looks like it will cooperate – but bring a coat or sweater (and maybe an umbrella, too).
A storm system will be passing through the Sacramento area in the wee hours of Saturday morning, headed for the Sierra. According to the National Weather Service, Sacramento will get very little if any precipitation from those clouds. “Slight chance of rain showers” – with probability of showers at only 20% – is forecast for Saturday morning, with no rain Saturday afternoon or Sunday.
But unlike this past week, temperatures will be under normal; Saturday’s forecast high for Sacramento is only 63 degrees – 10 degrees below average and more than 20 degrees cooler than Monday, April 21, when Sacramento reached 84 degrees.
Consider these lower temperatures invigorating – and get out and see some beautiful spring gardens. Here are some of the tour possibilities:
River Park Garden Tour: This is a bargain outing packed with inspiration. The River Park Garden Club hosts its 5th annual neighborhood tour featuring “Special Garden Spaces.” Tour hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are only $5 and available on tour day, beginning at 9:45 a.m., at the table on the Caleb Greenwood School lawn, 5457 Carlson Drive, Sacramento.
What to expect? Here are some highlights, according to the organizers: “A skilled Master Gardener’s large ‘experimental’ garden includes many varieties of plants, deliberately native California species, set off by varied walkways, borders, fences, structures, and raised beds constructed by her husband. … Another garden exudes a cool Mid-Century vibe to compliment the house it sits behind. Strictly spare geometry sets the tone for beds and social spaces. … Yet another garden is made for entertaining. It spreads out around a pool with a naturalized rock waterfall.”
Children under 15 admitted free with an adult. No strollers or pets allowed in the gardens. An artists boutique will feature garden-oriented art and crafts.
Details: https://riverparkgardenclub.yolasite.com/
Gardens of Folsom Tour: The Folsom Garden Club presents its 23rd garden tour, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 26-27, rain or shine. Tour spotlights eight private gardens, plus two bonus gardens. Garden experts will be on site and artists will be painting in the gardens. Plant sale, bake sale and food truck, too, at the Murer House (1125 Joe Murer Court) in Folsom’s historic downtown. Proceeds benefit college scholarships and community projects. Tickets are $25, available online at the information link below, or in person day of tour at first garden, 106 Feather Falls, Folsom.
Details and tickets: https://www.folsomgarden.org/2025-annual-garden-tour/
Curtis Park Home & Garden Tour: A fundraiser for the Sierra 2 Center and produced by the Sierra Curtis Neighborhood Association, this 35th annual tour celebrates the Curtis Park neighborhood including five homes of various styles, with unique indoor/outdoor entertainment and kitchen spaces. Tour runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; tickets are $25 in advance, $30 day of tour at a booth at the north end of Curtis Park, 26th Street and Donner Way. This family-friendly event features the Capitol A’s Model A Ford Club, which will tour vintage cars throughout the neighborhood. The north end of Curtis Park will feature food trucks, live music by Midtown Jazz, information displays, and picnic tables and chairs.
Details and tickets: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/scnaevents/event/cphgt/ or www.Sierra2.org.
Huei’s Garden Tour: Find some peaceful inspiration while helping a local charity at Huei’s Garden, the one-of-a-kind feng shui garden oasis in Davis. Huei Young, who created her famous Davis garden at 234 Luz Place, will open her private garden Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. to support Shriners Hospitals for Children. Suggested donation is $25 per person. Reservations are limited; email Huei to check for availability at hueis.garden@yahoo.com or call 916-453-2018.
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Flowers in My Back Yard Series
May 12: Know your coreopsis from your bidens
May 5: Mums the word on Mother's Day weekend
April 28: Majestic Matilija poppy is worth a look
April 21: Celebrate roses, America's favorite flower
April 14: Small flowers with outsized impact
April 7: Calendulas do double duty
April 3: Make Easter lilies last for years to come
March 31: In praise of a pollinator magnet (small-leaf salvias)
March 24: Azaleas brighten shady spots
March 17: The perfect flower for beginners? Try zonal geraniums
March 10: Keep camellias happy for years to come
March 3: Fruit tree blossoms are a fleeting joy
Feb. 27: Are your roses looking rusty?
Feb. 24: Treasure spring daffodils now and for years to come
Feb. 17: How and why to grow wildflowers
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Garden checklist for week of May 17
With an eye on warmer weather to come, continue to work on the summer vegetable garden:
* Remember to irrigate your tender transplants. The wind can quickly dry out young plants. Seedlings need consistent moisture. Deep watering will help build strong roots and healthy plants. Water early in the morning for best results.
* Plant, plant, plant! It’s prime planting season in the Sacramento area. Time to set out those tomato transplants along with peppers and eggplants. Pinch off any flowers on new transplants to make them concentrate on establishing roots instead of setting premature fruit.
* Direct-seed melons, cucumbers, summer squash, corn, radishes, pumpkins and annual herbs such as basil.
* Harvest lettuce, peas and green onions.
* In the flower garden, direct-seed sunflowers, cosmos, salvia, zinnias, marigolds, celosia and asters. (You also can transplant seedlings for many of the same flowers.)
* Plant dahlia tubers.
* Transplant petunias, marigolds and perennial flowers such as astilbe, calibrachoa, columbine, coneflowers, coreopsis, rudbeckia and verbena.
* Keep an eye out for slugs, snails, earwigs and aphids that want to dine on tender new growth.
* Feed summer bloomers with a balanced fertilizer.
* For continued bloom, cut off spent flowers on roses as well as other flowering plants.
* Put your veggie garden on a regular diet. Set up a monthly feeding program, and keep track on your calendar. Make sure to water your garden before applying any fertilizer to prevent “burning” your plants.
* As spring-flowering shrubs finish blooming, give them a little pruning to shape them, removing old and dead wood. Lightly trim azaleas, fuchsias and marguerites for bushier plants.
* Don’t forget to weed! Those invaders are growing fast.
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Food in My Back Yard (FIMBY) Series
Lessons learned during a year of edible gardening
WINTER
Is edible gardening possible indoors?
Hints for choosing tomato seeds
Why winter is the perfect time to plant fruit trees
When to plant? Consider staggering your transplants
How to squeeze more food into less space
Plant a fruit tree now -- for later
Win the weed war by tackling them in winter
Tips for planting bare-root trees, shrubs and vegetables
Time to give vegetable seedlings some more space
Ways to win the fight against weeds
FALL
Dec. 16: Add asparagus to your edible garden
Dec. 9: Soggy soil and what to do about it
Dec. 2: Plant artichokes now; enjoy for years to come
Nov. 25: It's late November, and your peach tree needs spraying
Nov. 18: What to do with all those fallen leaves?
Nov. 11: Prepare now for colder weather in the edible garden
Nov. 4: Plant a pea patch for you and your garden
Oct. 27: As citrus season begins, advice for backyard growers
Oct. 20: Change is in the autumn air
Oct. 13: We don't talk (enough) about beets
Oct. 6: Fava beans do double duty
Sept. 30: Seeds or transplants for cool-season veggies?
Sept. 23: How to prolong the fall tomato harvest
SUMMER
Sept. 16: Time to shut it down?
Sept. 9: How to get the most out of your pumpkin patch
Sept. 2: Summer-to-fall transition time for evaluation, planning
Aug. 26: To pick or not to pick those tomatoes?
Aug. 19: Put worms to work for you
Aug. 12: Grow food while saving water
Aug. 5: Enhance your food with edible flowers
July 29: Why won't my tomatoes turn red?
July 22: A squash plant has mosaic virus, and it's not pretty
July 15: Does this plant need water?
July 8: Tear out that sad plant or baby it? Midsummer decisions
July 1: How to grow summer salad greens
June 24: Weird stuff that's perfectly normal
SPRING
June 17: Help pollinators help your garden
June 10: Battling early-season tomato pests
June 3: Make your own compost
May 27: Where are the bees when you need them?
May 20: How to help tomatoes thrive on hot days
May 13: Your plants can tell you more than any calendar can
May 6: Maintain soil moisture with mulch for garden success
April 29: What's (already) wrong with my tomato plants?
April 22: Should you stock up on fertilizer? (Yes!)
April 15: Grow culinary herbs in containers
April 8: When to plant summer vegetables
April 1: Don't be fooled by these garden myths
March 25: Fertilizer tips: How to 'feed' your vegetables for healthy growth
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