Gardens
Beautification
Gardening with Natives
A special interest group of the California Native Plant Society's
local Chapter which meets on the first Thursday of each month
at 7p in the Community Library. The group is open to all, and
includes a mix of seasoned native plant gardeners as well as
beginners. Join their Yahoo Group
to keep informed of events and advice.
Heritage Tree Program
Recognize and protect individual trees or groves of trees. Includes photos of significant and historic trees in Milpitas.
Neighborhood Beautification Ordinance
Or "How your neighbors can rat on you if they don't like
your front yard" law.
Our City Forest
Free trees for your front yard or public pathway. All you have
to do is call either 998-7337 or City Hall at 586-2600.
Borrow or
Rent Tools
A Tool Shed Rentals
Power tools for getting that garden project done, such as small
tractors, rototillers, chippers, etc.
Lend-A-Tool Shed
Milpitas residents, businesses, property owners and community
groups may borrow these tools free of charge! No power tools.
Composting
Guide
to Home Composting
The work upon which this information is based was performed pursuant
to a contract with the County of Santa Clara. Composting is a
practical and convenient way to handle yard trimmings. It's easy
to do, keeps useful materials from being disposed in landfills,
and compost improves soil and benefits plants growing in it.
Home Composting Education Program
Provides backyard composting classes during gardening months at locations around the valley, but no longer in Milpitas.
Gardens of Note
Butterfly
Garden at Sunnyhills UMC
Sunny afternoons bring out the butterflies and bees overwintering
in the evergreens and scrap piles. And, of course, the bunnies
come out to play (along with a few hunting cats) in the early
evening.
Landscape
Assistance
California Garden &
Landscape History Society
CG&LHS is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to
the celebration of the beauty, wealth, and diversity of California
gardens and landscapes.
Call 811 Before You Dig!
Underground Service Alert (USA) is a free service for homeowners,
excavators and professional contractors who are digging, blasting,
trenching, drilling, grading, or excavating.
Master
Gardeners of Santa Clara County
Scientific and educational purposes: promotes horticultural education
and service to the community and provides continuing horticulture
enrichment for members.
Pests
Creepy
Calling
Milpitas-based interior landscaper Parker buys "good bugs"--like
ladybugs and wasps without stingers--and brings them into buildings.
Julianne's
not so Secret Garden
Julianne is a San Francisco gardener. My favorite part of her
site is her "snail ratings." For each plant in her
garden, she rates each one as to how much snails like them.
Less Toxic Pest Management
Common household pesticides show up in treated wastewater and
in Bay Area creeks, sometimes at levels that can harm sensitive
aquatic life. These fact sheets are designed to help you manage
pests in a less toxic manner.
 New quarantine zones are added for light brown apple moth
By Holly Hayes, Mercury News, 3/17/09
More Santa Clara County gardeners will find themselves in a quarantine zone following two new discoveries of the invasive agricultural pest known as the light brown apple moth. The new boundary, set by the California Department of Food and Agriculture, includes an additional 64 square miles in the Milpitas area. County agriculture officials are reminding home gardeners who live inside the quarantine area that anything grown inside the zone may not be removed from the property - not even to share with a neighbor.
Pests & Control
A GO MILPITAS RESOURCE
Got something bugging you? Advice on everything from mosquitoes
to deer.
Planting
Guides
Go Native
Garden Tour
Not only information about the tour, but also lots of information
about native plant growing, and seed and cutting exchanges in
the SF Bay Area.
How to Plant a Tomato
Sunset has a series of videos here, not only how to plant a tomato, but also how to make a tomato cage, staking tomatoes, how to repot a houseplant, how to make compost, etc.
Lemon
Tree Growing
Meyer lemons grow well in our soil and climate. Here's information
n how to make yours thrive and ideas for what to do with your
backyard crop.
Rose Propagation and Pruning
In the dormant season, it is very easy to root cuttings of your roses.
Sunset: How to Live in the West
Just about all you need to know to successfully garden and improve
your home in the west.
Water-wise
Plant List
Our thanks to Summer Winds Nurseries for providing the following
list of water-wise plants. The list is not conclusive -- Many
other beautiful water-wise plants flourish in the Bay Area.
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