Placerville Fruit Growers Inc.

10/06/2026

09/22/2026

FREE CLASS!!! Composting and Vermiculture

Saturday, September 26, 2026 from 9 am-12 pm

Sherwood Demonstration Garden
6699 Campus Dr.
Placerville, CA

$2 parking fee

Turn waste into a nutrient rich organic material for your garden.

Join Master Gardener Cindy Young to learn how compost provides valuable nutrients for your garden soil. Compost also helps retain moisture, which saves water, suppresses weeds, prevents soil erosion, and loosens compacted soils for better drainage and water retention. It is rewarding to know you are turning waste into a nutrient rich organic material for your garden. She will also explain how worms can rapidly break down kitchen waste to make worm compost, one of the best organic fertilizers possible. Also covered will be the types of worms needed, how to harvest the compost and how to set up a worm bin.

Registration requested but not required. Please register!
https://ucanr.edu/site/uc-master-gardeners-el-dorado-county/event/central-sierra-composting-and-vermiculture-el

Photo description: Master Gardener Cindy Young holding black compost lifted from a yellow plastic tub in front of a compost bin constructed of wood pallets and welded wire hardware cloth.
Photo credit: EDC Master Gardeners

09/17/2026

In stock! New 2027 UCD Master Gardeners Gardening Guide

09/16/2026

We are still open M-F 8:30am to 9pm and Saturday 9am-1pm

Heads up on Missouri Flat Rd. in Diamond Springs Parkway area starting Sept. 19th.

09/16/2026

"Rodent Control - Nature's Way"
We have owl boxes in stock!

Wineries in Amador County are teaming up with some winged critters to protect their crops, so you know we had to go check it out. Cody's Caravan is live in Plymouth, learning about these helpful birds and trying a glass of w**e.

09/15/2026

FREE CLASS: Seed Saving

Saturday, September 19, 2026 from 9 am-12 pm
Sherwood Demonstration Garden
6699 Campus Dr
Placerville, CA

$2.00 Parking fee

Learn to save seeds from beautiful gardens.

Join us for a leisurely stroll through the various and beautiful Gardens of Sherwood. We will help you gather seeds from selected plants to take home and try in your own yard. Learn about tried-and-true seed saving techniques. Includes flowers, native plants and vegetables. Class is suitable for beginner “seed curious” gardeners as well as more experienced seed-savers with technical questions.

Registration is requested but not required.
https://ucanr.edu/site/uc-master-gardeners-el-dorado-county/event/central-sierra-seed-saving-el-dorado-county

Photo description: Assorted seeds on a brown table top including black and gray sunflower seeds, tan sugar pea seeds, brown bush bean seeds, and French marigold seeds.
Photo credit: Debi Valerga

09/15/2026

Have you been in recently? Are you missing your favorite coffee cup? It's waiting for you on the counter. 🙂☕

09/11/2026

Well worth the 12 minute watch. Narrated by Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks narrates the epic story of the 9/11 boatlift that evacuat...

08/18/2026

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06/08/2026

Stone Fruit Webinar
June 16th 4-5pm

We are kicking off the BIOS in Stone Fruit project in collaboration with UC Cooperative Extension to advance the adoption of sustainable pest management (SPM) practices in stone fruit orchards.