Cold in the Bay Area expected: be prepared!
January 19, 2021
Temperatures are going down this weekend! Now is the time to take action to protect your cold-tender plants.
At a minimum, you should check all of your… Read More 
Gardener's Blog
Kitchen Scrap Gardening
January 19, 2021
Does your child want to start their own veggie garden? Growing kitchen scraps is a fun and easy way to do it indoors. All you need… Read More 
Fruit Tree Pruning
January 12, 2021
Fruit Tree Pruning Webinar Outline
1. Tree Physiology
2. Why Pruning: Young vs. Mature / Establish trees
3. Pruning Cuts
- Heading cuts
- Thinning cuts
- Jump cut
4. How to prune… Read More 
Watch the Webinar: Winter Gardening Essentials
January 11, 2021
Kicking off our 2021 Webinar Series, Speaker Suzanne Bontempo from Our Water Our World (OWOW) joined us to talk about essential winter gardening concepts like planting… Read More 
Gopher resistant plants
January 6, 2021
These plants are usually left alone by gophers. It should be noted that many plants that are deer resistant are also gopher resistant.
Shrubs: Arbutus unedo, Buddleja… Read More 
Solutions: Removing Gophers from your Garden
January 6, 2021
Ah yes, the perennial gopher problem. There is a reason they made the movie Caddyshack!
In all honesty, there is not one sure-fire solution to removing gophers… Read More 
Stepping Back in Time
January 3, 2021
Did you (or your family) shop at Sloat Garden Center in the 50's, 60, 70, 80's or 90's? We're collecting photos and stories to help commemorate… Read More Curious if we have your favorite plant or product in stock? Call one of our locations directly and we'll be happy to check.
