Sonoma County home and garden event for the week of Dec. 9

SEBASTOPOL

Make Christmas ornaments using collage and Japanese Washi paper

Longtime crafter Barbra Friedman will help students make three duck egg ornaments using collage and handmade Japanese Washi paper on today at Coffee Catz, 6761 Sebastopol Ave., in Sebastopol.

The $35 cost covers all materials.

To register for the class call or email Barbra Friedman at 696-2009 or barbrabvf@yahoo.com.

CLOVERDALE

Learn how to lure beneficial wildlife with landscaping

Master Gardener Walt Hickey will offer tips on how to attract beneficial wildlife to your own back yard during a free talk today.

Hickey will demonstrate how, by using a variety of plants and trees, you can attract a host of song birds, butterflies, hummingbirds, bees and other pollinators to your garden. The presentation takes place from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Cloverdale Library, 401 N. Cloverdale Blvd., in Cloverdale.

SANTA ROSA

Find natives, herbs, perennials to plant now at SRJC sale

Santa Rosa Junior College’s next plant sale Dec. 13, will feature a wide range of plants perfect for fall and winter planting.

Look for California natives, fall and winter edibles, Mediterranean herbs, shrubs and vines, succulents, and unusual drought-tolerant perennials from around the globe.

The sale takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Lark Hall on Planetarium Way, in the Lark Greenhouse off Elliott Avenue, in Santa Rosa.

SANTA ROSA

Dig up the perfect living gifts for season at Willowside sale

The Willowside School Nursery opens for a special winter sale to appeal to holiday shoppers looking for a living gift for loved ones.

Among the plants available will be many succulent arrangements. The sale, slated for today, has been dubbed by organizers “Plants for Presents” to plant the seed that plants make great gifts.

The sale takes place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 5299 Hall Road, at Willowside Road, in Santa Rosa.

PETALUMA

Learn how to make fresh decorations for holidays

At this month’s meeting of the Petaluma Garden Club at 9:30 a.m. Monday, Master Gardener Ellyn Pelikan will give a presentation on creating fresh evergreen decorations for the holidays.

During the demonstration, Pelikan will create a number of festive items, from wreaths to centerpieces, which will then be auctioned off to benefit the Garden Club. The meeting, open to the public, includes coffee and snacks. Petaluma Veterans Memorial Building, 1094 Petaluma Blvd. S.

SONOMA

Nursery has 14,000 bulbs ?available for Glen Ellen project

Sonoma Mission Gardens has acquired 14,000 bulbs to help beautiful a Glen Ellen neighborhood stricken by the Nuns fire.

The Sonoma nursery is making the bulbs available at cost to all residents of the Valley of the Moon who intend to use them for either the Dunbar Blooms project or another neighborhood planting.

Dunbar Blooms is headed by Trinity Oaks Neighbors and involves the ongoing planting of daffodils to beautify more than 2 miles of scorched land along Dunbar Road in Glen Ellen. 851 Craig Ave, Sonoma.

You can send Home and Garden news to Peg.Melnik@pressdemocrat.com. Please send items in at least three weeks in advance of an event.