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A round-up of local home and garden news and events.
KEEPING THE MAMMALS OUT … Lyngso Garden Materials will host “Vertebrate Pest Control in the Garden” on Saturday, April 15. The class will demonstrate how to use non-poisonous abatement techniques to prevent four-legged critters like black-tailed deer, pocket gophers, moles, rats and squirrels from destroying your garden and gobbling up the fruits of your labor. Topics will include trapping and creating barriers and deterrents. Master Gardener Janice Moody, who is leading the class, at one time maintained 6 acres in Pescadero using gopher and deer abatement techniques that she will share in the class. Co-presenter Nancy Grove gardens on the Midpeninsula with a focus on waterwise perennial plantings, small fruit orchards and raised beds. To register, go to lyngsovertebratepestcontrol.eventbrite.com. The class will be from 1-3 p.m. at Lyngso Garden Materials, 345 Shoreway Road, San Carlos.
SECRETS TO GREAT TOMATOES … Common Ground Garden will hold a workshop on growing tomatoes taught by retired master gardener and owner of All Things Edible Nancy Garrison. Learn which tomatoes have great flavor, reliable production and are able to hold up under regular garden conditions. Garrison also will talk about trellising methods, soil preparation, what not to do, and how to avoid the brown crispy foliage blues. The class will be held Saturday, April 29 , from 2-4 p.m. at Common Ground Garden, 687 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto. For more information, go to commongroundgarden.org.
NATIVE PLANT CLASS … “Maintaining Native Gardens,” will be offered Saturday, April 29 , from 9:30 a.m. to noon at the Mitchell Park Community Center’s El Palo Alto Room at 3700 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Sherri Osaka will teach participants about native plant maintenance and how water-conserving landscape differs from traditional landscape (which typically includes grass or other types of plants that require a lot of water). Lecture topics include care and maintenance of native and drought-tolerant plants, soil and irrigation devices. To register, go to bawsca.org/classes_2.php?id_evnt=90.
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