DURHAM, CA (MPG) - The Butte County Master Gardeners (BCMG) are presenting their spring of 2022 public workshops. These take place at the Butte County Master Gardeners Demonstration Garden on The Patrick Ranch Farm Museum in Durham.

Workshops are free, but to attend you must register online at the UC Master Gardeners of Butte County website (ucar.edu/sites/bcmg/Workshops).  Those interested will want to register as soon as possible due to a “first come, first serve” basis and space in the workshops being limited. Masks are being required to participate in all workshops.

The first workshop of the season is about Seed Starting and there are two sessions available on Wednesday, February 2, 2022.  Participants have the choice of a morning session @ 10-11:30 or afternoon session @ 1-2:30. This workshop will cover seed-starting basics of temperature, lighting and more.  Then on Tuesday, February 15th, participants will learn about Bugs in the Garden (one session only).  Registration is currently open for both of the aforementioned workshops.  Registration for March workshops will be online towards the end of February.

The March workshops begin March 15th with a session on Journaling using the BCMG Guide.  Following on its heels is the first workshop on Bees.  This will take place in a private residence in Durham on Friday, March 18th.  The second bee workshop, on Native Bees, will take place on Monday, March 21st at a residence in Paradise. 

The BCMG workshops will return to the Demonstration Gardens on Wednesday, March 30th with information on planting succulents, both in the yard and in containers.

Workshops for April and May are listed on the UC Master Gardeners of Butte County website but unfortunately, registration for those courses does not start until the end of March.  These workshops consist of: Companion Planting, Soil Science, Biochar, Converting Yards into Butterfly Habitat with Native Plants, Gardening with Chickens, Summer Vegetable Gardening, Rodent Control, House Plants and Composting.  To sign-up for any of these workshops or for more information, please visit the UC Master Gardeners of Butte County website at https://ucanr.edu/sites/bcmg/.