Gardening classes: The Mill Valley Public Library offers free seasonal gardening classes most Saturdays and occasionally on Sundays. Call 415-389-4292 or go to millvalleylibrary.org.
Gardening classes: The San Rafael Public Library offers Marin Master Gardeners’ lectures every other month on the second Friday. Call 415-485-3321 or go to srpubliclibrary.org.
Garden club: Novato Garden Club presents monthly meetings at the Margaret Todd Senior Center, 1560 Hill Road, Novato. Email gardenclubnovato@gmail.com or call 415-898-0444.
Workshops and gardening classes: Armstrong Garden Center in Novato offer free classes to gardeners of all skill levels most Saturdays. Call 415-878-0493 or go to armstronggarden.com.
Workshops and seminars: Sloat Garden Center has five Marin County locations that offer gardening workshops and seminars on a weekly basis. Check sloatgardens.com for schedule, locations and cost.
Workshops and seminars: The Marin Master Gardeners present a variety of how-to workshops, seminars and special events throughout Marin County on a weekly basis. Check ucanr.edu/sites/MarinMG for schedule, locations and cost.
Workshops and seminars: Marin Rose Society presents monthly lectures on growing roses and good garden practices. Check marinrose.org for schedule and locations.
Seminars: The Marin Orchid Society presents lectures on raising orchids at 7 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of every month in the Morning Glory Room, 750 Lindaro St., San Rafael. Call 415-895-0667.
Gardening volunteers: Marin Art & Garden Center in Ross seeks volunteers for maintenance, weeding, transplanting and mulching. Call 415-455-5260.
Gardening volunteers: The Novato Streetscape Committee seeks volunteers for weeding and planting on several traffic islands in Novato from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. most Saturdays. These sites are predominantly California native and drought resistant plants. Call 415-897-7124
Gardening volunteers: The Novato Independent Elders Program seeks seasonal volunteers to help Novato seniors with their overgrown yards Tuesday mornings or Thursday afternoons. Call 415-899-8296.
Garden exchange: The Marin Open Garden Project encourages residents to bring their excess backyard-grown fruit and vegetables for a free exchange with other gardeners from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturdays through October at the San Anselmo Town Hall lawn at 525 San Anselmo Ave. Call 415-419-4941 or go to opengardenproject.org.
Nursery volunteers: Volunteers are sought to help in Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy nurseries from 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesdays at Tennessee Valley, 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday; 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays, or 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesdays at Marin Headlands Nursery; or 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays at Muir Beach, 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays in the Marin Headlands. Call 415-561-3077 or go to parksconservancy.org/get-involved/volunteer.
Nursery days: The Turtle Island Restoration Network native plant nursery days are from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fridays and weekends. Call 415-663-8590, ext. 114, or email audrey@tirn.net to register and for directions. Go to seaturtles.org/salmon for more information.
Garden visits: Marin Master Gardeners and the Marin Municipal Water District offer free residential Bay-Friendly Garden Walks to MMWD customers. The year-round service helps homeowners identify water-saving opportunities and soil conservation techniques for their landscaping. Call 415-473-4204 to request a visit to your garden.
Garden volunteers: Marin Open Garden Project (MOGP) volunteers are available to help Marin residents glean excess fruit from their trees for donations to local organizations serving people in need and to build raised beds to start vegetable gardens through the MicroGardens program. MGOP also offers a garden tool lending library. Go to opengardenproject.org or email contact@opengardenproject.org.
Around the bay
Landscape garden: Cornerstone Sonoma is a permanent, gallery-style garden featuring walk-through installations by international landscape designers on nine acres at 23570 Highway 121 in Sonoma. Free. Call 707-933-3010 or go to cornerstonesonoma.com.
Olive ranch: McEvoy Ranch at 5935 Red Hill Road in Petaluma offers tours, workshops and special events. Call 707-769-4123 or go to mcevoyranch.com.
Botanical garden: Quarryhill Botanical Garden at 12841 Sonoma Highway in Glen Ellen covers 61 acres and showcases a large selection of scientifically documented wild source temperate Asian plants. The garden is open for self-guided tours from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Free. Call 707-996-3166 or go to quarryhillbg.org.
— Compiled by Colleen Bidwill
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