Event Calendar

Join us at the beautiful Gardens at Lake Merritt for: brief talks by Master Gardeners on timely gardening topics, self-guided tours of vegetable, pollinator and habitat gardens, composting demonstrations and fun activities for children.

Saturday, June 6, 2026

10 AM - 1 PM

Tours of our Garden and Short talks
with Hands on Demonstrations

10:30 - Drip Irrigation
11:00 - Compost
11:30 - Good Bugs vs Bad Bugs
12:00 - Container Gardening

Lakeside Gardens
666 Bellevue Avenue, Oakland, CA 94610

Stu Dalton is a member of several bay area Rose Societies including: EBRS, Peninsula Rose Society (PRS) Past President, 1988, 2018-19. American Rose Society (ARS)member since 1985. Master Rosarian, UCCE Master Gardener San Mateo and San Francisco Counties.

Midyear care emphasizes removing spent blooms (aka deadheading), opening the middle andsummer pruning, watering deeply, mulching ,improving soil health and checking for issuesincluding pests and diseases. Planting a variety of plants that attract beneficials can lessen issues. The heat then rain in the mid bay microclimate hit the early first boom hard , with highamounts of blackspot , rust and mildew. He will talk about his Integrated Pest Management(IPM) approach.

Stu grew up on a farm then in Oakland and helped his dad in a neighbor’s rose garden at 10 and has been growing roses for over 50 years. He now has over 250 of many types in his Menlo Park home and also grows about 15 Camellias, fruit trees, vegetables, , orchids, natives, and other plants, some over 40 years old. He has given talks at garden societies, libraries, nurseries and garden materials supply and taught nutrition for a consulting rosarian class. He has been teaching rose care and giving pruning and doing other rose demonstrations and talks for decades. He has made videos for Peninsula Rose Society, and these can be viewed by searching“Peninsula Rose Society YouTube”. Articles, slides and guidelines are on the PRS website peninsularosesociety.org

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

7:30 PM -9:30 PM

Lakeside Gardens
666 Bellevue Avenue, Oakland, CA 94610

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Wednesday, September 16, 2026

7:30 PM -9:30 PM

Lakeside Gardens
666 Bellevue Avenue, Oakland, CA 94610

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Wednesday, Oct 21, 2026

7:30 PM -9:30 PM

Lakeside Gardens
666 Bellevue Avenue, Oakland, CA 94610

 November 2026

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Royal Krieger - Rosarian
& The Friends of Morcom Rose Garden

Saturday, January 2027

10 AM - 12 PM

Morcom Rose Garden
700 Jean St, Oakland, CA 94610

Royal Krieger - Rosarian

Saturday, January 2027

10 AM - 12 PM

Lincoln Park
1450 High St, Alameda, CA 94501

See You In 2027!

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OUSD - The Center
2850 West St, Oakland, CA 94608

Sunday, May 3, 2026

1 PM - 5 PM

Lakeside Park Garden Center
666 Bellevue Ave, Oakland, CA 94610