What We Do

As community volunteers, we provide a number of public services as well as work on projects that contribute to our mission.

Services

You'll find us staffing a daily hotline to answer gardenng question and teaching public classes to help spread our gardening knowledge. We provide speakers for local event, participate in gardening shows, and grow heirloom plants for our annual spring garden market.

Projects

To support our public outreach, we have a number of projects where we apply and extend our gardening knowledge, cultivate and staff demonstration gardens, and provide education programs.

Contact Us in San Jose

Our San Jose Gardening Hotline is open from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Monday to Friday. Call us at (408) 282-3105 or send us your question on-line. Our office is located at 1553 Berger Drive, San Jose. Please bring samples only on Monday through Wednesday.

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Contact Us in Palo Alto

Holiday Closure: December through January 2009
Our Palo Alto Gardening Hotline is open on Fridays from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. weekly, except for the winter months. Call us at (650) 329-1356, ext. 205. We are located in the house library at Gamble Gardens. The address is 1431 Waverly Street at Embarcadero in Palo Alto. We also have monthly workshops on the second Saturday of non-winter months from 9:00 to 11:00 am. Check their [calendar] for the topic.