How to pamper the seeds in your garden

SANTA ROSA

Workshop helps you prep for fall garden

When the days grow shorter, what’s the best way to pamper the seeds in your garden? This free workshop Aug. 25, put on by the Sonoma Master Gardeners, will teach you how to prep seeds for both fall and early spring veggies. It will also guide you in gathering seeds from your garden and preparing your garden for winter. 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Harvest for the Hungry Garden, 1717 Yulupa Ave., Santa Rosa, sonomamastergardeners.org.

SANTA ROSA

Needlework anyone?

The Redwood Stitchers welcome fellow enthusiasts to come to its annual open house Sept. 12 at the Luther Burbank Art & Garden Center. There will be an exhibit of a wide range of members’ needlework, featuring cross stitch, needlepoint and embroidery. Admission is free and complimentary refreshments will be served. At 1 p.m. Kathleen Johnson will teach a free class in beginning cross stitch. Guests will learn how to begin and end threads, read diagrams and work two basic stitches as they create a bookmark with a Halloween design. 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Luther Burbank Art & Garden Center, 2050 Yulupa Ave., Santa Rosa, 707-544-8016, bobandrose1@yahoo.com.

HEALDSBURG

Class in Iris care

Are your irises thriving? If not, now through October is a good time to rejuvenate them. The Russian River Rose Company is offering iris classes today and Sunday. The garden and nursery will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with hundreds of roses, irises, and perennials for sale. Special iris demonstrations will be at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. 1685 Magnolia Lane, Healdsburg.

FORESTVILLE

Create a fire resistant home and landscape

Before fire strikes, protect your property with information gleaned from this Aug. 24 workshop. Pre-fire activities can help you prevent potential problems given the realities of fires in our region, both in the wildlands and urban areas. The workshop is designed for homeowners and large property owners. The fee is $15 and it includes morning refreshments and lunch. 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Shone Farm, 7450 Steve Olson Lane, Forestville., sonomamg@ucanr.edu, 707-565-2608.

SANTA ROSA

Bonsai exhibition

A forest of tiny trees will materialize in the Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Building Aug. 25 and 26 for the Redwood Empire Bonsai Society’s annual exhibition.

More than 200 bonsai will be on display, the largest exhibition of its kind in the U.S., according to members.

Sensei or teacher Kathy Shaner, who trained in Japan, will give demonstrations at 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. both days. Shaner trained in Japan and was the first woman and non-Japanese citizen to be certified by the Nippon Bonsai Association as a professional bonsai artist and instructor. 1351 Maple Ave., Santa Rosa.

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