The mission of Master Gardeners is to extend research-based knowledge and information on home horticulture, pest management, and sustainable landscape practices to residents of the State of California and, in our case, Sonoma County. We are trained and certified University of California (UC) volunteers who provide unbiased, high-quality, science-based information to non-commercial home gardeners.
Master Gardeners are given an extensive science-based training program covering such topics as:
- soil and plant nutrition,
- irrigation and water conservation,
- weed-insect-disease control and integrated pest management,
- vegetables, fruit trees and berries,
- landscape plants,
- composting,
- wildfire preparedness, and much more.
The UC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County has been extending information and providing technical assistance to home gardeners since 1982. Our strategic goal is to create a healthy environment and community through sustainable home gardening landscape practices.