Fruit Tree Care
Tom Hansen will explain what to do throughout the year to keep your fruit trees healthy and ensure the best crops. His talk will cover pruning, irrigation, fertilizers, and cultural practices. Learn…
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The Real Dirt blog: Articles about regional gardening issues written by UC Master Gardeners of Butte County published weekly.
Ask Us!
The Hotline is now open for help with your yard and garden problems.
Hours: Tuesday 9am-12pm
Call us at 530-552-5812
Drop by the Butte County Cooperative Extension Office, 5 County Center Drive, Oroville, CA 95965
Email questions to us at mgbutte@ucanr.edu.
Visit us at local events. Stop by our booth with your gardening questions at local Farmers Markets and other events.
Help us help you. Here's some questions we may ask when you contact with us.
Advice to Grow By
Flowers and Landscape Plants
Butte County All-Star Plants
Climate Apropriate Plants for N. California (pdf)
Vegetable Planting Guides for the Chico Valley Area (pdf) and the Foothills (pdf)
Garden Help and Tips
Our Garden Help section contains information and troubleshooting on a wide variety of topics, while Tips & Guides has monthly and seasonal tips, plus handy charts to aid in gardening tasks.
Garden Guide and Three-Year Journal
The second edition of the Butte County Garden Guide and Three-Year Journal is now available to purchase on our website. Compiled and edited by the UC-trained Master Gardeners of Butte County, this county-specific book contains research-based, and sustainable information and tips for every home gardener.
Just $25 and available here.
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Upcoming Events
Living Lab School Garden Educator Training
For School Garden Educators, Administrators this workshop covers garden-based next generation science lessons; student notebooks and lesson plans; and engagement in garden-based science activities…
Honeybees
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to keep a hive of honeybees? Humans have been fascinated by the honeybee for a very, very long time: evidence of beekeeping goes back at least 9,000 years…
Chico Farmers Market
UC Master Gardeners of Butte County will be available to help with your gardening problems and to provide information about gardening and landscaping.