Events & Workshops
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UCCE Central Sierra offers you plenty of opportunities to learn!
If you don't see what you're looking for here, please visit our individual program websites for more.
Forest Stewardship Workshops
Trinity County, Spring 2023. Registration coming soon.
Master Food Preservers
If you or someone you know has more than a passing fondness for food preservation, you may want to sign up for the next cohort of Master Food Preserver Training. Applications are due on December 4. Classes begin in January.
Master Gardeners of Central Sierra
Master Gardener Training classes are taught in different counties each year throughout the Central Sierra region. Trainees may attend the training program in a different county than their home county. Classes for the four counties are tentatively scheduled as follows:
- Amador: 2024
- Calaveras: Happening now!
- El Dorado: 2024
- Lake Tahoe Basin: TBD
- Tuolumne: Happening Now!
UC California Naturalist Program
Become a UC Certified Naturalist or Climate Steward
There are Pepperwood Preserve and Columbia College courses coming up early in 2023!
California Oak Health Online Workshop
Recorded webinars
Oak enthusiasts, landowners, natural resource managers, and foresters are invited to join us for a series of virtual talks and a live Q&A session discussing the challenges faced by California’s native oak trees and oak woodlands.
- Conservation of Oregon white oak and Ca black oak woodlands
- Sudden oak death and other Phytophthora problems in oaks and tanoak
- Wildfire in tanoak and Ca black oak, blue oak, and interior live oak woodlands
- A new, non-native beetle threat to valley oaks
Online webinars: http://ucanr.edu/OakHealth
IPM Pesticide Safety Training
Assembly Bill 589 Training Classes
Water diversion: monitoring and reporting training workshops
Event Calendar
| Event Name | Date |
|---|---|
| Open Garden Day (Sherwood Demonstration Garden) | 6/9/2023 |
| Open Garden Day (Sherwood Demonstration Garden) | 6/10/2023 |
| Canning Basics: Jams & Jellies (in person- Jackson) | 6/11/2023 |
| Summer Camp | 6/12/2023 |
| All About Lavender | 6/14/2023 |
| Plant Sale | 6/15/2023 |
| Homemade Ice Cream and Sorbet (online) | 6/15/2023 |
| Emergency Preparedness - ZOOM | 6/15/2023 |
| Berry Good Jam & Jelly! (in person - Jackson) | 6/17/2023 |
| Waste Not Want Not | 6/24/2023 |
Would you like information about our workshops?
We offer many workshops throughout the year on various subject matter such as, Agriculture, Small Farms, Pond Management, Invasive Weed Control, and Wildfire - Protecting Your Home, just to name a few. Please add your name to our mailing list to receive information on our next workshop.
Past Workshops
Biological Control for Foothill Farmers
California Smart Landscaping Conference
Cover Cropping presentations
Grape Day Presentations
Irrigation Workshop
Mushroom Cultivation
On-the-Road in the Foothills Workshop
Pasture Management Workshop for Small Acreages
Raising Backyard Chickens Workshop
Small Farm Planning
Tree Fruit Meeting Presentations
Tree Mortality: Train the Trainer Presentations
Vittorino Novello Italian Varieties Presentation
Yellow Starthistle & Invasive Weeds Presentations