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Greater Sacramento area gardeners, we are excited to offer you just what you have been looking for:  Advice that is tailored to you.  Here in Sacramento, we have a long growing season and can face a wide assortment of pests. Many pesticides can be harmful to the local waterways and the environment. Learn how to grow the garden of your dreams while reducing the pesticides. Join instructors Suzanne Bontempo and Julie Barbour from Our Water Our World (OWOW). These experts have put together the best information in a series of webinars just for Sacramento gardeners. These free online classes are perfect for any level of gardener and will help you get your garden growing throughout the year without the toxic pesticides.

DESCRIPTION

May is when the Sacramento garden starts to grow right before your eyes. You can watch the tomato plants grow taller by the minute! This is also the time when pest issues can grow. We’re going to let you know what to look for so that your wildly excited garden doesn’t become an overgrown wilderness. Our experts will let you in on when to fertilize, when to thin, how to manage seasonal pests, and what to do if that plant just doesn’t look “right”.

SPEAKERS

Suzanne Bontempo, Our Water Our World Program Manager & Owner of Plant Harmony

Suzanne works as an environmental educator, teaching the principles of Integrated Pest Management for sustainable, eco-friendly pest management around the home and garden. Suzanne has worked as a professional gardener for over 20 years. She is an IPM Advocate, a Bay Friendly Qualified Landscaper, QWEL certified, a Master Composter, and loves teaching folks how to grow bountiful gardens that are also safe and healthy for you, your family, and the environment. To learn more about Suzanne, visit plantharmony.org

Julie Barbour, IPM Advocate & Educator for Our Water Our World

Julie works as an environmental educator, teaching the principles of Integrated Pest Management for sustainable, eco-friendly pest management around the home and garden.

This class is sponsored by Our Water Our World.