Saturday workshops offered at five Green Acres locations
Here's an example of the pumpkin centerpiece that will be taught during Saturday's workshop. Courtesy Green Acres Nursery & Supply
Add a little pumpkin spice to your holiday decorations with a succulent-filled pumpkin centerpiece.
Learn how Saturday, Oct. 21, at classes offered at Green Acres Nursery & Supply.
The 10 a.m. workshop will be held at five Green Acres locations: Citrus Heights, Elk Grove, Folsom, Rocklin and Roseville.
Class fee is $30 plus tax and includes all materials and instructions. Space is limited; register online here: https://idiggreenacres.com/pages/create-class-pumpkin-succulent-centerpiece.
“Our experienced garden gurus will lead you through the process of crafting a fall-inspired succulent pumpkin centerpiece,” says Green Acres. “Assemble a variety of succulents and decorative moss on top of a large specialty pumpkin while our experts share how to care for it.”
The participating Green Acres are located at: 6128 San Juan Ave., Citrus Heights; 9220 E. Stockton Blvd., Elk Grove; 205 Serpa Way, Folsom; 5436 Crossings Drive, Rocklin; and 7300 Galilee Road, Roseville.
Green Acres also has a huge selection of pumpkins in more than a dozen varieties. Find a patch at each location.
In addition to the Succulent Pumpkin class, the Green Acres in Roseville is hosting the annual Sierra Foothills Rose Society show. Featuring exhibition roses, rose photography and artistic arrangements, this large show will feature hundreds of roses at their fall peak of bloom. It’s open to the public from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Admission is free.
Details and directions: https://idiggreenacres.com/.
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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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