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Live oak

Santa Cruz Garden Exchange before and after.

Join the gardeners at the Santa Cruz Live Oak Grange parking lot, 1900 17th Ave, Santa Cruz, for a free monthly garden makeover on Saturdays at 9:00am and Tuesdays at 4:00pm. Plants, seeds, etc. burn calories before and after vacation with trading. Gardeners are encouraged to bring their own volunteers, cuttings, seeds, bulbs, succulents, houseplants, vegetables, fresh flowers, information materials or any gardening items for sale. You don't have to bring something to get something.

If you have questions, please call 831-515-7162 or email santacruzgardenexchange@gmail.com.

Santa Cruz

Organizing a fruit production initiative workshop

Workshop "Getting Started with Fruit Trees" Jan. 7, 9 a.m. to noon at Alan Chadwick Gardens, 239 McLaughlin Dr., Santa Cruz.

Learn how to organically select, plant, grow and care for healthy and productive deciduous fruit trees from Professor Orrin Martin, garden manager Alan Chadwick and author of Fruit Trees for Every Garden.

Planting a fruit tree should be an act of thought, yet people often pick up a tree, pick up a shovel, dig a hole, and plant a tree. Most fruit trees are the result of poor planning or no planning at all.

In this workshop, we will look at the "preconditions" necessary for healthy plants. With those basics out of the way, we'll head out into the garden for a hands-on demonstration that includes installation and maintenance.

For information and registration, visit calendar.ucsc.edu.

Santa Cruz

First Saturday round again with something new

The UCSC Arboretum and Botanical Garden is reinstating its First Saturday tours and adding the very popular bird and flower tours. First Saturday tours are held on the first Saturday of every month at 11:00 AM. Birds and flowers will be held on Thursdays and the third Saturday of the month at 9:15 a.m.

Meet your guide at the Visitor Parking Entrance (at the top of the hill after entering the Arboretum). The tour will last about an hour. Visits will not be made in bad weather.

Admission: $10 per person, attendees free. For directions and information, visit arboretum.ucsc.edu.

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Take a self-guided tour of the magical bamboo forest

Take a self-guided tour of Bamboo Giant Nursery and Nursery, 5601 Liberty Blvd., Aptos, on Saturdays from 5 to 9 p.m. Walk in the magical bamboo forest with your friends and family. This day trip is ideal for families and individuals of all ages. As in the classic corn maze, each participant receives a map of the area and an event badge to fill out with rubber ink stamps at stations hidden in the bamboo forest. Can you find them all?

Tickets can be purchased individually or as a group. Tickets will be sold online only. Tickets will not be sold at the door. Tickets are available at tinyurl.com/wb9uspwm.

Capitol

"Breath and unity" health seminar

Join a transformative workshop on microdosing and mushroom magic at Breath & One's Wellness Studio. 708 Capitola Avenue, Capitola. Several dates and times are possible. Learn the magic of growing transformative mushrooms. Get DIY knowledge of microdosing. In this 2-hour workshop, you'll learn how to grow your own transformative mushrooms (also known as homegrown) for healthy purposes. Space is limited to the first 25 registrants. You must be 18 years or older to participate. For information, visit tinyurl.com/2p9wfrtx.

Garden Digest is compiled by Jesselyn Rego. Email sentinelhomeandgarden@gmail.com to submit calendar items including events, meetings, resources or anything garden related.