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Here's where you'll learn all about gardening in Sacramento, California, aka "Sacratomato"..."The Camellia Capital"... the "City of Trees". Our region spans Sunset zones 8, 9, and 14 and USDA zone 9. Our Mediterranean climate, native plants, valley location and rich agricultural heritage make gardening here unlike gardening anywhere else.

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A garden must combine the poetic and the mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy. — Luis Barragan

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What's News?
bulletUCD to run FDA food safety center
bulletCity voted 8 to 1 to delete outdated subsection c of front yard garden ordinance prohibiting vegetables
 
Greater Sacramento
Gardening Blogs

 Garden Bliss by Angela Pratt (Carmichael, CA)
 Weeder's Garden
(Carmichael, CA)

 Golden Gecko Nursery (Garden Valley, CA)
 Bamboo Geek (Sacto.)
 Through the Garden Gate
(Elk Grove, CA)

Growing a Garden in Davis
(Davis, CA)

In the Garden
(Pat Rubin, SacBee.com)

 
Garden Topics
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Home & Garden Articles
With a regional focus

Home & Garden Section
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 Inside Publications
Anita Clevenger's
 "Garden Jabber"

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Articles by Don Shor
in The Davis Enterprise

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Help preserve native flora
 
Video Learning Links

 Master Gardener Series
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Latest books for northern California Gardeners
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Garden Tip

Feeling thrifty? Egg cartons make great seed-starting containers.

 
California Gardening Forums
Chat with California gardeners!
bulletDave's Garden California Forum
 
Regional Gardening Resources

   arrowUC Cooperative Extension, Sacramento County
   arrowUC Cooperative Extension, Placer-Nevada County
   arrowUC Cooperative Extension, Yolo County
   arrowUC Cooperative Extension, El Dorado County
   arrowFair Oaks Horticulture Center
   arrowThe California Backyard Orchard (UC Davis Pomology)
   arrowDave Wilson Nursery Backyard Orchard Education Department  
   arrowHome Vegetable Gardening (UC VRIC) 
   arrowCalifornia Rare Fruit Growers
   arrowMediterranean Garden Society
   arrowSacramento Tree Foundation
   arrowSacramento Area Community Garden Coalition
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SacGardens.org
   arrowRiver-Friendly Landscaping Guide

 
Your Best Pest Defense— Insects, Weeds, Diseases and more...
 
Got A Mystery Plant?
Get it ID'd by the UC Davis Herbarium
 
Contest Alert:
GardenWeb's Mystery Plant Contest
 
Publications for Home Gardeners
by UC Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR)
Catalog
 
Teachers, check out National Gardening Association
Youth Garden Grants!
 

GardenWatchdog.com
Mail Order Ratings by customers, for customers!
 
Archive your garden in the American Garden Museum
 
Sacramento's Climate in a nutshell...
Type: MEDITERRANEAN
Summers:
Hot and dry
Winters:
Cool and wet
Freezes:
Occasional


City of Sacramento
Seasonal avg. rainfall: 18.11 inches
Average total annual snowfall:

0 inches


 Monthly temperature averages and extremes


 Western Regional Climate Center's Northeren CA Climate Summaries
Avg. First Frost: Nov 14
Avg. Last Frost: Mar 23
Source: Climatography of the U.S. No. 20, Supplement No. 1, 1988, National Climatic Data Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce by way of Victory Seeds.

Note: You're likely to hear different dates from different sources, but these dates suffice in helping you determine when to start seeds, plant outside and prune frost-damaged plants.



 
Gardening, Horticulture and Agriculture Education
 American River College
 S.C.C. Extension
 Biodynamic Gardening  UC Master Gardener Classes
 Bushnell Gardens Nursery  UC Master Food Preserver
 Fair Oaks Hort. Center  Natural Foods Co-Op Classes
 Learning Exchange  UC Davis Horticulture Program
 The Golden Gecko Nursery  UC Davis Children's Garden
 Regional Water Authority  UC Davis Student Farm
 Sierra College Horticulture  UC Davis Agriculture Majors
 
Major U.S. Newspapers — Home & Garden Sections 
 S. F. Chronicle  Seattle Times
 S.J. Mercury News  New York Times
 Los Angeles Times  Atlanta Journal
 The Oregonian  Chicago Tribune
 
 

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