Helping People Help Themselves
Master Gardeners are community members who have been trained under the direction of the University of California Cooperative Extension. Each volunteer has completed more than 50 hours of formal classroom training. Master Gardeners, agents of the University of California, assist the UC Cooperative Extension by providing practical, scientific gardening information to the home gardeners in the Lake Tahoe Basin.
The Lake Tahoe Master Gardeners extend research-based information by:
- offering workshops and classes
- answering questions via email hotlines, farmers markets and at community events
- publishing articles in newsletters, local newspapers and social media.
Newsletter & Event Updates
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Bug Blog
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An Incredible Salute to Entomologist Lynn Kimsey
When a noted entomologist retires, what do you do? Give them a 21-insect net salute. That's what occurred at a recent retirement celebration honoring the legacy of UC Davis distinguished professor emerita Lynn Kimsey, director of the...
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USC Biologist on 'Trends of Bee Biodiversity in North America'
Bee biodiversity? It promises to be an interesting seminar. Assistant professor Laura "Melissa" Guzman of the University of Southern California (USC) will discuss "Using Occupancy Models to Infer Trends of Bee Biodiversity in North...
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Winning PBESA Images: A Damselfly, a Blowfly and a Monarch
An image of a damselfly photographed in Hawaii, and images of a blowfly and a monarch photographed in California won the Photo Salon recently hosted by the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (PBESA) Photo Salon coordinator Joshua Milnes,...
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There Is No Planet 'B'
There is no "Planet B." The Earth is all we have. Today, April 22, is Earth Day (an annual event launched April 22, 1970) and what a perfect occasion to celebrate a native bee and a native wildflower. Bombus vosnesenskii,aka the...
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All the 'Bugs' at UC Davis Picnic Day Will Be at Briggs Hall
Wait! Don't head over to the Bohart Museum of Entomology in the Academic Surge Building on Crocker Lane on Saturday, April 20 during the 110th annual UC Davis Picnic Day. Why? It will be closed. The Bohart Museum, part of the UC Davis...