Marin Master Gardeners – Growing and Pruning Roses

Posted by bonnie on 01 August 25

Come learn how to select, grow, and prune roses for our local gardens. There will be a demonstration on how to prune roses during the class.

Rod Kerr is a Master Gardener who has been growing and tending roses for more than 30 years. He has been teaching classes on growing roses to master gardeners and residents of Marin for many years. Rod was the Co-President of the UC Marin Master Gardeners from 2018 to 2020.

Marin Master Gardeners – Keeping Varmints at Bay

Posted by bonnie on 01 August 25

Do you look out the window and find your roses beheaded? Are your carefully cultivated fruits and vegetables partially eaten? Or, have your plants disappeared in entirety? It’s likely your garden is being appreciated by deer, raccoons, gophers or rats. Come and get information and techniques to help home gardeners cope with these pests.

Speaker: Lois Stevens has been a UC Marin Master Gardener since 2008 and been gardening for nearly 50 years. She currently chairs the Marin Master Gardener Help Desk service, has been responsible for training new Master Gardeners, served on the Board of Directors, and makes presentations about the Master Gardener program and garden related topics at events such as this.

Marin Master Gardeners – Habitat Gardening: Bring Birds, Bees & Butterflies to your Yard

Posted by bonnie on 12 July 25

A habitat is a place where wildlife such as insects, herps, birds, and even mammals can find food, water and shelter. But wild habitats are decreasing at an alarming rate, having a serious negative effect on wildlife populations everywhere. Learn how you can help reverse this trend by using plants, feeders, water and other features to provide havens for wildlife in your garden.

Bob Mauceli A Master Gardener for almost 17 years –8 in Marin and 9 in Monroe County NY, he is a co-founder and co-chair of the Marin Master Gardener (MMG) Native Plants Guild, co-chair of the MMG Garden Walks Project and an original member of the MMG Fire-smart Project Team. He is also a member of the California Native Plant Society, Marin Audubon Society, and a long-time birder. He talks about gardening with native California plants, building home habitat corridor gardens, attracting birds to home gardens, and turning home landscapes into wildfire-smart landscapes.

Marin Master Gardeners – Rethinking the Lawn

Posted by bonnie on 10 July 25

In this presentation, you will learn why lawns are not eco-friendly, watch a short video that shows the best method to easily eliminate one, and discover how to decide the best use for the space. We will discuss the latest in walkable green plants, plus a host of other possibilities that will broaden your definition of “lawn alternative” as we answer these questions: Why replace your lawn? Three methods for lawn removal. What do you put where your lawn was?

Speaker: Marie Narlock has been a UC Marin Master Gardener since 2004. She studied landscape design through the UC Berkeley Extension and Merritt College and completed sustainable landscape classes at Sonoma State University. She writes articles for the Marin IJ and is co-founder and co-editor of the Leaflet, the Marin Master Gardener e-newsletter. Marie has participated in many MMG projects over the years, including the Marin County Fair demonstration gardens. Marie advocates using native plants in the garden both for their beauty and to help maintain Marin’s biodiversity.

Marin Master Gardeners – Edible Flowers–Beyond the Beauty

Posted by bonnie on 09 July 25

Have you ever wondered if you can eat your flowers? In some cases, you can! Many of these edible beauties are easy to grow over the course of a season. Join us as we discuss which flowers or parts of flowers are safe to eat and, also, some that you should avoid. We will cover ornamentals, herbs, flowers of fruits and vegetables and even weeds, and give you creative ideas on how to use them.

Keri Pon has been a UC Marin Master Gardener since 2011. She is involved with projects at the Indian Valley Organic Farm and Garden and our Edibles Guild. She has also spoken on how to harvest your fruit and vegetables and is a contributing writer for Backyard to Belly. Jenine Stilson became a UC Marin

Master Garden in 2014 and has been a member of the Edibles Guild for the last four years. She spent time growing up on her parents’ almond orchard in the heat of Yolo County and has been a life-long gardener of edibles ever since. She’s a contributing writer for Backyard to Belly and has presented at the Indian Valley Organic Farm & Garden as well as other venues around the county.

First Wednesday Art talk – Manet & Morisot

Posted by bonnie on 09 July 25

This is the first major exhibition dedicated to the artistic exchange between French Impressionists Édouard Manet (1832–1883) and Berthe Morisot (1841–1895). Manet was the era’s great pioneer of modern painting, and Morisot, the only woman to exhibit under her own name in the original Impressionist group. Unfolding over a period of 15 years (1868–1883), this exhibition traces the evolution of a friendship between two groundbreaking artists. The story of their relationship has often been told through Manet’s early portraits of Morisot, with Morisot’s own work treated as an offshoot of Manet’s. Recent scholarship reveals that, by the final years of his life, Manet increasingly followed Morisot’s example — her choice of subjects and colors, and even her rapid, fluttering brushstrokes. Rich in new research, the exhibition recasts this celebrated artistic friendship — and, by extension, the story of modern art — in a fresh light. Manet and Morisot

FAMSF Docent: Maureen O’Brien

First Wednesday Art Talks are funded by the Friends of the San Rafael Library

First Wednesday Art Talk – Activist Artists: The Social Practice of Art

Posted by bonnie on 08 July 25

Many artists today practice their art outside the museum, aiming to use their art skills to make a positive social contribution. These Social Practice artists share a postmodern ethos: everyday living, community work, relationships, organizing and other often-overlooked aspects of artmaking are as significant as the creation of art objects. Learn about this exciting trend in contemporary art in the work of Mark Bradford, Judy Chicago, Suzanne Jackson, Suzanne Lacy, and Theaster Gates.

Docent Speaker: Avril Angevine

First Wednesday Art Talks are funded by the Friends of the San Rafael Library

Filmmakers in Focus: Traces of Home

Posted by bonnie on 03 July 25

Join us for a sneak preview excerpt of Traces of Home, Bay Area filmmaker Colette Ghunim’s new documentary in which she embarks on journeys with her parents to find the ancestral houses they were forced to flee as children in Mexico and Palestine. What begins as a desire to connect to Colette’s cultural origins reveals an internal quest to heal her disconnect with her parents, and, ultimately, with herself.

Q&A with the filmmaker will follow the screening.

Filmmakers in Focus is funded by the Friends of the San Rafael Libraries.

Humans of San Quentin

Posted by bonnie on 21 June 25

Join us for a presentation by Humans of San Quentin, a local non-profit which shares the stories and writings of incarcerated people to build empathy and understanding.

The presentation will include an overview of the organization, followed by a previously incarcerated person sharing their story, and concluding with a Q&A.

One Tam Van Summer Storytime and Outdoor Adventures

Posted by davagy on 29 May 25

Come join us for Storytime and nature-themed activities for the whole family!

10:30 am – 11:00 am Storytime
11:00 am – 12:30 pm Hands-on experiments with One Tam

¡Acompáñanos a un rato de cuentos y actividades relacionadas con la naturaleza para toda la familia!

10:30 am – 11:00 am Tiempo de cuentos
11:00 am – 12:30 pm Aprendizaje interactivo con One Tam