Quarry Lakes Demonstration Garden - UCCE Master Gardeners of Alameda County

Quarry Lakes Demonstration Garden - UCCE Master Gardeners of Alameda County Quarry Lakes Demonstration Garden is a project of the Master Gardeners of Alameda County under the University of California Cooperative Extension "UCCE"

The Quarry Lakes project began in 2008 with a discussion between a Master Gardener and a Park Ranger which was followed a year later with an agreement between the UC Regents and EBRPD. Once a site was selected in 2010, the Master Gardeners began the job of evaluating the soil and topography and designing an appropriate layout for several distinct gardens. Because the soil was compacted to 98%, the

first task was to improve the quality of the soil through extensive mulching of the 12,000 square-foot site and planting a Sod Buster cover crop that would mature the following Spring. The next step was to design and install the irrigation system which took approximately 5 months to complete. Once water was available to the site, compost and silt were tilled in to further improve soil quality. Some planting began in Spring 2012 although most was done after paths were installed by EPRPD in December 2012. Master Gardeners are generally on site to work and answer questions on the first Saturday of the month and the third Tuesday, 9 am-12 pm. Quarry Lakes is located at 2100 Isherwood Way Fremont, CA 94536. The garden is open to the public anytime the QUARRY LAKES RECREATION AREA is open.

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2100 Isherwood Way
Fremont, CA
94536

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(510) 670-5645

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