Additional Resources
We want to help you get gardening! Below are resources for your garden space as well as recommended local gardeners.
Garden Design
HEALTHY SOIL
Soil Texture
GFE Resource: What type of soil should I use?
Soil Testing: Timberleaf | San Francisco Department of Public Health
For deeper reading on soil: "The Soul of the Soil" by Grace Gershuny and Joe Smillie
ORGANIC PEST CONTROL/IPM
Workshop Outline
GFE’s Managing Pests in Your Garden Part I
GFE’s Managing Pests in Your Garden Part II
Master Gardener: What is IPM?
Master Gardener: Home + Landscape Pests
BOOKS FOR GARDEN DESIGN
Plants and Landscapes for Summer Dry Climates
Wildly Successful Plants
Sunset Western Gardening Book
PLANT SELECTION
Site Evaluation/Hydrozone Map
Introductory Plant List
Perennials for Schools Gardens (and other spaces!) by Education Outside
RAISED BED CONSTRUCTION
Detailed Workshop Agenda
GFE’s Raised Bed Covers
GFE Resource: Building a Raised Bed
Building Raised Beds, the Ecology Center
How to Build a Raised Bed, the Essential Urban Farmer
WATER WISE GARDENING
Workshop Outline
Site Evaluation/Hydrozone Map
GFE’s Native Plant Fun Facts
Edible Gardening
CALENDAR & CROP ROTATION
Simplified Planting Calendar, Golden Gate Gardening
Planting List, Golden Gate Gardening
For the Gardener, UC Santa Cruz CASFS
PLANTING YOUR EDIBLE GARDEN
Victory Gardener, Carey Craddock
Growing Food in Containers
Seed and Seedling Biology
Starting Seeds Indoors
Seed Starting
BOOKS FOR EDIBLE GARDENING
Golden Gate Gardening, Pam Peirce
CARE & HARVEST
Monthly Garden Checklist
How to Manage Crop Pests
How and When to Harvest Veggies
FRUIT TREES
GFE Fruit Tree Varieties
Apple Tree Information, UCSC Center for Agroecology
Winter Fruit Tree Pruning 2016, GFE
Fruit Tree Variety Selection, UC Davis
For the Fruit Tree Grower, UCSC Center for Agroecology
Pruning & Training, UC Master Gardener Program
Fruit Tree Pruning PowerPoint, Kathleen Putnam
Composting
Kids Gardening
Small Spot Gardens
Gardening with Nature in the City
Bramble and Vine
Verge Landscapes (design + education)
Carey Craddock (design and coaching)
Garden Guidance (Ellyn Shea)
Local Resources
Susan Prentice
RootedSF’s List of Recommended Gardeners
Down to Earth Landscapes
Urban Farmer Store for irrigation + water needs
Lyngso for soil and compost
UC Master Gardener Free Help Line
