Huge three-day show features designer landscapes and free seminars
See examples of designer outdoor living spaces and landscapes during the Home & Landscape Expo this weekend. Photo courtesy of NorCal Home & Landscape Expo
And it’s no wonder: The Home & Landscape Expo packs the fairgrounds’ exhibit halls with vendors, displays and demonstrations.
NorCal Home & Landscape Expo will be open 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission is $10; children under age 12 are admitted free. On Friday, seniors (age 62 and up) get in for half price. Parking: $10. (No pets, please.) Discount coupons are also available online at the show’s website.
A must-see at this show is its Landscape Showcase, which will feature three designers: Roberta Walker Landscape Design, Premier Pools & Spas and JVM Landscape Construction.
“This year's Landscape Showcase will feature current design trends that can be highlighted or added to your own yard,” say the organizers. “Many homeowners are striving to create a vacation paradise in their own backyard complete with family fun built right in! Others prefer a tranquil space set apart to relax in nature and the soothing sounds of water.”
Free workshops and seminars will be offered each day. Among the highlights for gardeners:
* Noon Friday: Julie Barbour of Our World Our Water will discuss “Fruit Trees, from Bareroot Babies to Decades of Abundance.”
* 1 p.m. Friday: Celebrated landscape designer and author Michael Glassman presents “Landscapes Without Limitations: Big Ideas for Small Spaces.”
* 11 a.m. Saturday: UCCE master gardener Pam Bone will address “Myths and Facts of Landscape Tree Planting and Care: What research teaches us about the right and wrong ways to plant and care for trees.”
* 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday: Landscape designer Roberta Walker will show how “Your Landscape can be Your Living Space.”
* 2 p.m. Saturday: Barbour turns her attention to “Roots, Fruits and Flowers – You Can Have It All. This is all about basic plant and soil care, and how with water, fertilizer and loads of beneficial insects, you can have an amazing yard and garden.”
* 11 a.m. Sunday: Glassman also will present “New Trends in Landscaping for 2024: Beneficial, sustainable landscapes that encourage pollinators and low maintenance.”
* Noon Sunday: Barbour offers a third water-wise seminar, “How to Have a Healthy Lawn that Gets Nearby Flowers, Shrubs and Trees Thriving.”
In addition, Sacramento County master gardeners will be on hand daily to answer questions and offer advice. It’s not too late to buy one of their excellent 2024 calendars and garden guides.
Cal Expo is located at 1600 Exposition Blvd., Sacramento.
Details: https://homeandlandscapeexpo.com/
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During breaks in the weather, tackle some garden tasks:
* Clear gutters and storm drains.
* Prune dead or broken branches from trees.
* After the storm, seed wildflowers and plant such spring bloomers as sweet pea, sweet alyssum and bachelor buttons.
* Set out cool-weather annuals such as pansies and snapdragons.
* Lettuce, cabbage and broccoli also can be planted now.
* Plant garlic and onions.
* Plant bulbs at two-week intervals to spread out your spring bloom. Some possible suggestions: daffodils, crocuses, hyacinths, tulips, anemones and scillas.
* Save dry stalks and seedpods from poppies and coneflowers for fall bouquets and holiday decorating.
* Rake and compost leaves, but dispose of any diseased plant material. For example, if peach and nectarine trees showed signs of leaf curl this year, clean up under trees and dispose of those leaves instead of composting them. Do leave some (healthy) leaves in the planting beds for wildlife and beneficial insect habitat.
* Give your azaleas, gardenias and camellias a boost with chelated iron.
* For larger blooms, pinch off some camellia buds.
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