All seven locations will offer seasonal family fun, garden workshops
Courtesy Green Acres Nursery & Supply
With the recent hot weather, it can seem like it’s still summer. But the calendar says it’s fall – and Halloween is only about a month away.
Which means it’s time for pumpkins!
Forget the spice; go for the gourds. And you’ll find prized pumpkins in abundance at Green Acres’ giant “Pumpkin Party.” From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28, the seven Green Acres locations will celebrate all things pumpkin. Admission and parking are free.
“Come and join the festivities as we welcome the arrival of Autumn, Saturday, September 28 at all of our locations,” say the hosts. “This free, family-fun event is our way of expressing gratitude to our amazing community of customers and sharing fall planting inspiration. A perfect event for the whole family!”
The event officially opens Green Acres’ annual pumpkin patches, featuring several varieties of the seasonal squash. But these pumpkins aren’t just for carving.
Take home a fun pumpkin centerpiece, too. The festivities feature two garden-oriented workshops (for a small fee to cover materials):
Build a Succulent Gourd ($10) – Turn a gourd into a living centerpiece with succulents.
Create a Floral-Decorated Pumpkin ($7.50) – Use dried flowers and leaves with soft moss to decorate a mini pumpkin.
Event details vary a little from location to location. Enjoy fresh popcorn and cider while the kids paint pumpkins or play pumpkin games.
Green Acres Nursery & Supply is located in Sacramento, Auburn, Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Folsom, Rocklin and Roseville.
For full details and directions: https://idiggreenacres.com/pages/pumpkin-party-2024.
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November still offers good weather for fall planting:
* If you haven't already, it's time to clean up the remains of summer. Pull faded annuals and vegetables. Prune dead or broken branches from trees.
* Now is the best time to plant most trees and shrubs. This gives them plenty of time for root development before spring growth. They also benefit from fall and winter rains.
* Set out cool-weather annuals such as pansies and snapdragons.
* Lettuce, cabbage and broccoli also can be planted now.
* Plant garlic and onions.
* Keep planting bulbs to spread out your spring bloom. Some possible suggestions: daffodils, crocuses, hyacinths, tulips, anemones and scillas.
* This is also a good time to seed wildflowers and plant such spring bloomers as sweet pea, sweet alyssum and bachelor buttons.
* Rake and compost leaves, but dispose of any diseased plant material. For example, if peach and nectarine trees showed signs of leaf curl this year, clean up under trees and dispose of those leaves instead of composting.
* Save dry stalks and seedpods from poppies and coneflowers for fall bouquets and holiday decorating.
* For holiday blooms indoors, plant paperwhite narcissus bulbs now. Fill a shallow bowl or dish with 2 inches of rocks or pebbles. Place bulbs in the dish with the root end nestled in the rocks. Add water until it just touches the bottom of the bulbs. Place the dish in a sunny window. Add water as needed.
* Give your azaleas, gardenias and camellias a boost with chelated iron.
* For larger blooms, pinch off some camellia buds.
* Prune non-flowering trees and shrubs while dormant.
* To help prevent leaf curl, apply a copper fungicide spray to peach and nectarine trees after they lose their leaves this month. Leaf curl, which shows up in the spring, is caused by a fungus that winters as spores on the limbs and around the tree in fallen leaves. Sprays are most effective now.
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