Sonoma County House and Backyard Display returns to Santa Rosa

Santa Rosa

Strike the refresh button for your dwelling

The Sonoma County Property and Garden Show springs up at the fairgrounds in Santa Rosa March 18 and 19, with strategies for new tasks for a home refresher.

Suppliers, exhibitors, talks, entertainment and a exclusive Little Home Link concentrating on ultra-compact dwelling will spotlight the biannual event. Attendees can store for kitchen area and bath remodels, roofing, flooring, photo voltaic panels, scorching tubs and much more. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, March 18, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, March 19. Tickets are $7 or $4 for grown ups 60 and more mature children 12 and underneath enter cost-free. Fairgrounds parking is $10. 1350 Bennett Valley Street. sonomacountyhomeshows.com

Rohnert Park

Grow vegetable yard in modest containers

You don’t want a farm or even a significant backyard to develop foods and flowers. The Sonoma County Grasp Gardeners will demonstrate you how to yard in containers, a excellent resolution for folks who only have a deck, patio or balcony for outdoor area.

From 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 18, Learn Gardeners Nancy Creveling and Bryce Sumner will deal with the rewards of container gardening, what can make a acceptable container, the large varieties of vegetation that develop well in containers and how to keep your container backyard. They also will demonstrate how to plant a container garden, with tips for salad gardens, pizza gardens and other themed containers. The in-individual workshop is free of charge, but registration is necessary at conta.cc/3E2z1gY or sonomamg.ucanr.edu (appear beneath approaching activities). Just after registering, you will receive a affirmation e-mail that contains information and facts about attending the speak at the Rohnert Park-Cotati Regional Library, 6250 Lynne Conde Way, Rohnert Park.

Santa Rosa

Acquire rose shots suited for framing

A rose professional and achieved botanical photographer will share his tips for taking gorgeous photographs of bouquets in the course of a no cost seminar Thursday hosted by the Redwood Empire Rose Society.

Lou Evans, president of the Mount Diablo Rose Modern society, is an accredited horticultural and arrangement decide who has been a photographer for extra than 40 many years. He begun critically photographing roses about 12 a long time in the past, generally to enter rose contests, in which he has taken best prizes. He and his spouse increase about 145 roses of all types in their Livermore backyard garden, and he exhibits in rose shows throughout Northern California.

Evans will offer strategies for lighting, angles, depth of field and over-all image composition with DSLR and cell phone cameras to get successful photographs appropriate for framing or contest entries. The party is open up to nonmembers. The meeting starts off at 6:30 p.m. with a social time and refreshments, with the software pursuing at 7 p.m. Luther Burbank Art & Yard Centre, 2050 Yulupa Ave., Santa Rosa.

Post Residence and Back garden news to Staff Author [email protected].