Saturday April 4th 11a.m. FREE WORKSHOP at Ploughshares Nursery ‘GROWING AWESOME TOMATOES’
Everything you need to know to grow awesome tomatoes in the East Bay’s cool climate. This one hour workshop opens with discussion of the origin and characteristics of everyone’s favorite garden plant followed by demonstration of planting techniques, pruning and proper watering. If you love tomatoes don’t miss this workshop!

Saturday April 11th 11a.m. FREE WORKSHOP at Ploughshares Nursery ‘Propagating Plants from Cuttings’
At the end of this workshop you should be able to go home with a few simple tools and materials, and be able to propagate various plants from cuttings! Vegetative propagation, (which also includes such techniques such as division, layering, budding and grafting) is an excellent way to increase the numbers of plants in your garden, and grow out new starts of your favorite plants to share with friends and neighbors.

Saturday April 18th 11a.m. FREE WORKSHOP at Ploughshares Nursery ‘Designing with Succulents’
Succulent plants are everyone’s ‘go to’ plant for those serious about water conservation. Join us at Ploughshares for a discussion of the origin of succulents, methods for integrating them into the garden design and how to care for them so they thrive and look great!