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Murer House hosts annual Lavender Day

Learn about all things lavender including how to make it thrive

Lavender grows  beautifully in the Sacramento area. This gorgeous bush and several others thrive in the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center Herb Garden.

Lavender grows beautifully in the Sacramento area. This gorgeous bush and several others thrive in the Fair Oaks Horticulture Center Herb Garden. Kathy Morrison

Can’t get enough lavender? This event will have you seeing plenty of purple – and sniffing it, too.

Saturday, June 1, the Murer House and Gardens in Folsom will host its annual Lavender Day – an event devoted to all things lavender. Admission is free.

From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., learn about cooking with lavender, enjoy lavender lemonade, and enter drawings for plants and lavender gifts. Dried lavender and lavender-infused items will be offered for sale.

Bees love lavender, too. At 10 a.m., beekeeper Tim Dick will talk about the benefits of lavender and other pollinator plants.

Lavender is also easy to grow. At 11:30 a.m., enjoy a talk by Greg Gayton of Green Acres Nursery & Supply and Christine Eschen of Tres Jolie Lavender Farm. They’ll offer tips on how to make lavender thrive in your garden as well as which varieties grow best in the greater Sacramento area.

Lavender, a Mediterranean native, is a perfect fit for Murer House, “a little bit of Italy in historic Folsom.” The landmark residence, museum and gardens will be open for tours during the event.

Murer House is located at 1125 Joe Murer Court, Folsom.

Details and directions: https://murerhousefoundation.org/.

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Make the most of the lower temperatures early in the week. We’ll be back in the 80s by Thursday.

* Plant, plant, plant! It’s prime planting season in the Sacramento area. Time to set out those tomato transplants along with peppers and eggplants. Pinch off any flowers on new transplants to make them concentrate on establishing roots instead of setting premature fruit.

* Direct-seed melons, cucumbers, summer squash, corn, radishes, pumpkins and annual herbs such as basil.

* Harvest cabbage, lettuce, peas and green onions.

* In the flower garden, direct-seed sunflowers, cosmos, salvia, zinnias, marigolds, celosia and asters. (You also can transplant seedlings for many of the same flowers.)

* Plant dahlia tubers.

* Transplant petunias, marigolds and perennial flowers such as astilbe, columbine, coneflowers, coreopsis, dahlias, rudbeckia and verbena.

* Keep an eye out for slugs, snails, earwigs and aphids that want to dine on tender new growth.

* Feed summer bloomers with a balanced fertilizer.

* For continued bloom, cut off spent flowers on roses as well as other flowering plants.

* Add mulch to the garden to maintain moisture. Mulch also cuts down on weeds. But don’t let it mound around the stems or trunks of trees or shrubs. Leave about a 6-inch-to-1-foot circle to avoid crown rot or other problems.

* Remember to weed! Pull those nasties before they set seed.

* Water early in the day and keep seedlings evenly moist.

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