Saturday May 2nd 12 noon at Ploughshares Nursery 2701 Main St. Alameda CA, FREE workshop ‘All About Flower Baskets!’ Join Ploughshare’s Bonnie Howard for a fun filled hour planting flower baskets and learning the tricks for keeping them thriving and beautiful!

Saturday May 16th noon at Ploughshares Nursery 2701 Main St. Alameda CA. Free workshop ‘Gardening Q&A with Nursery Manager Jeff Bridge’. Bring in your sick plants, questions about drought tolerance, irrigation issues or whatever other garden conundrums trouble your mind.

Saturday May 30th 2 p.m. at Ploughshares Nursery 2701 Main St. Alameda CA. FREE workshop ‘Optimizing Water Use in the Garden’. Food Forest Design’s Jeremy Watts joins Ploughshare’s staff for a discussion about how to reduce water use in the garden. Topics include drought tolerant plant selection, dry-farming, drip irrigation and other applicable water management techniques.