Free garden workshops and clubs galore are part of this three-day indoor event
Landscape designers will show off their skills in the design competition at the Tri County Home & Garden Show. Courtesy Tri-County Home & Garden Show
This home and garden show really puts the emphasis on “garden.”
Opening Friday, Aug. 15, in Roseville, the Tri-County Home & Garden Show returns for a three-day run at air-conditioned Roebbelen Center. Gardeners of all ages will find hands-on opportunities to learn about a wide range of garden topics – all while in the comfort of the great indoors.
“This year our Garden Pavilion includes: Free gardening workshops, NorCal’s largest gathering of garden societies, plant shopping, the ‘Art of Floral Design’ competition, and free kids gardening workshops,” say the organizers. “The Plant Bar workshops are included with your admission to the show, but are first come, first serve- so please arrive early! The Kid’s Gardening Workshop runs all day during show hours while supplies last.”
Sponsored by Green Acres Nursery & Supply, the event’s Garden Pavilion will be a hub of activity and inspiration. At “The Plant Bar,” four adult workshops are scheduled each day.
On Friday:
11:30 a.m. Basil Indoors Year Round: Learn about growing this popular herb indoors with master gardeners Roxanne Femling and Heidi Peacock Morrow.
1 p.m. DIY Succulent Wagon: Plant a mini-wagon with little succulents to take home, presented by Debbie Edwards from Bella Branch.
2:30 p.m. Orchid Care & How to Rebloom: Tips from Orchid Society experts.
3:30 p.m. Bonsai Basics 101: Take home a little bonsai after this workshop, presented by Nevada County Bonsai Club and American Bonsai Association of Sacramento.
On Saturday:
11 a.m. Hand-Wrapped Flower Bouquet: Learn arranging tips from a floral design pro – and take home your own bouquet, presented by Johannah Hogge from Vita Fiori.
12:30 p.m. Rooted & Ready – A Houseplant Potting Experience: Create your own potted houseplant to keep with the help of Erica Martinez from Plant Social.
2 p.m. Bonsai Basics 101: A repeat of Friday’s workshop, take home a little bonsai after this workshop, presented by Nevada County Bonsai Club and American Bonsai Association of Sacramento.
3:30 p.m. DIY Succulent Wagon: Another repeat, plant a mini-wagon with little succulents to take home, presented by Debbie Edwards from Bella Branch.
On Sunday:
(One last chance at these workshops.)
11 a.m. Bonsai Basics 101: Take home a little bonsai after this workshop, presented by Nevada County Bonsai Club and American Bonsai Association of Sacramento.
12:30 p.m. Hand-Wrapped Flower Bouquet: Learn arranging tips from a floral design pro – and take home your own bouquet, presented by Johannah Hogge from Vita Fiori.
2 p.m. DIY Succulent Wagon: Another repeat, plant a mini-wagon with little succulents to take home, presented by Debbie Edwards from Bella Branch.
3:30 p.m. Rooted & Ready – A Houseplant Potting Experience: Create your own potted houseplant to keep with the help of Erica Martinez from Plant Social.
In addition, more than a dozen local garden clubs and societies will host booths with experts on hand to answer questions about their specialty. Among them will be:
American Bonsai Association of Sacramento
Nevada County and Sacramento Bonsai Clubs
Sacramento Area Beekeepers Association
Delta Gesneriad and African Violet Society
Sacramento Cactus and Succulent Society
Gold Country Rose Society
Sacramento Orchid Society
Sacramento and Sierra Foothills Iris Societies
UCCE Master Gardeners of Placer County
America Begonia Society
Sacramento Floral Design Guild
American Fuchsia Society
Chrysanthemum Society of Sacramento; and
Camellia Society of Sacramento.
Professional floral designers and landscape designers will show off their skills in show competitions. Also, find a wide assortment of vendors for all sorts of home and garden products and services.
Show hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 15-17. Admission is $11. Children age 12 and younger are admitted free with an adult. Seniors get a 50% discount. Parking is $15 at the gate; buy parking in advance via the event website for $12.
Roebbelen Center is located at 700 Event Center Drive on the Placer County Fairgrounds in Roseville.
Details and tickets: https://tri-countyhomegardenshow.com/
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During this break in the heat, feed your garden. Make sure to water before and after applying fertilizer.
* In the garden, direct seed beets, carrots, leaf lettuce and turnips.
* Plant potatoes.
* Harvest tomatoes, beans, squash, pepper and eggplants to prompt plants to keep producing. Give your plants a deep watering twice a week, more if planted in containers. Also, give them a boost with phosphate-rich fertilizer to help fruiting.
* Watch out for caterpillars and hornworms in the vegetable garden. They can strip a plant bare in one day. Pick them off plants by hand in early morning or late afternoon.
* Feed citrus trees their last round of fertilizer for the year. This will give a boost to the fruit that’s still small.
* Mulch can be your garden’s best friend – it conserves moisture while blocking out weeds. But don't let mulch mound around stalks, stems or trunks. That can promote rot.
* Camellia leaves looking a little yellow? Give them some chelated iron. That goes for azaleas and gardenias, too.
* Pick up after your fruit trees. Clean up debris and dropped fruit; this cuts down on insects and prevents the spread of brown rot. Then feed fruit trees with slow-release fertilizer for better production for next year.
* To prolong bloom into fall, feed begonias, fuchsias and container plants. Always water before fertilizing.
* Fertilize fall-blooming perennials, too. Chrysanthemums can be fed until the buds start to open.
* Prepare for a fall full of flowers by paying a little extra attention to your garden. Cut off spent blooms from roses, annuals and perennials, then give them a boost of fertilizer. Make sure to water plants before feeding. Roses will rebloom about six to eight weeks after deadheading.
* Indoors, start seedlings for fall vegetable planting, including bunching onion, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, radicchio and lettuce.
* Sow seeds of perennials in pots for fall planting including yarrow, coneflower and salvia.
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Prepare now for colder weather in the edible garden
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