Join the University Heights Garden Club for a timely seminar on Preserving Bumper Summertime Crops through Water Bath Canning. Water bath canning (different from pressure canning) is appropriate for high acid foods like tomatoes, jams, jellies and pickles, perfect. Our instructor, UC Master Gardener and Master Food Preserver, Deanna Chandra will provide an introduction to this method of canning and discuss the equipment and necessary ingredients.
For more information, see UH Garden Club Events .

Master Gardener, Teri Sprecco will be presenting on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) – the Scientific Ecosystem Strategy in the Garden. Pick the right plant for the right place.
For more information, see UH Garden Club Events .

Walk with UH Pride

The parade begins at the Hillcrest Pride Flag at University Ave and Normal St, proceeds west on University Ave, turns south on 6th Ave, turns left onto Balboa Dr and ends at Quince Dr. Route Length is 1.5 miles. This is a free, community event.

Join the University Heights Garden Club for a seminar on Efficient Irrigation for Urban Farming on Saturday, June 10th from 10:00 - 11:30 AM at the UH Library. Backyard gardener Chris Sera will share with attendees the various types of irrigation systems, including drip emitters, drip line, and low flow in-ground vessels. Chris will also address water pressure regulators, timers, and tapping into existing sprinkler systems for garden bed irrigation.

The University Heights Library will be making irrigation related books available for library card holders to check out for attendees to use for further guidance at home.

Two lucky social media winners will receive low-flow, in ground vessels at the seminar. Winners must be in attendance to receive their giveaway prize.

Register to attend this free event at tinyurl.com/EfficWatering .

Fire Season is rapidly approaching fueled by the record rainfall this winter. Now is the time to work together to mitigate the risks from the buildup of invasive vegetation and highly flammable waste from abandoned campsites. All of UH is in a Cal Fire zone because of our proximity to canyons, so this concerns all of us. UHCA is teaming up with I Love a Clean San Diego and Adopt a Canyon to conduct fire mitigation in UH.

The first of these cleanups will be Sunday June 4th from 9 am to Noon at the S-163 freeway on-ramp (near Washington St just west of Lincoln Ave), which will be closed to traffic during the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon. We will start at Mystic Canyon (aka Camelot Canyon) under the Vermont St Pedestrian Bridge and work our way down along Hwy 163. Please sign up at cleanup@uhsd.org.

Remember to wear protective clothing and bring water. Tools will be provided. Please tell your neighbors. Thank you and stay safe!

Mark your calendars for the UH Community Yard Sale happening on Saturday June 3rd! This is the perfect opportunity to declutter your home and make some extra cash.

Hundreds of shoppers will be following the map of yard sale participants so remember to register your address at uhyardsale@gmail.com. It's free!

Don't miss out on this chance to meet your neighbors and reuse and resell in UH!

The University Heights Garden Club cordially invites you to a Summertime Garden Gala event on Saturday, May 20th from 4:00 - 7:00 PM in a local University Heights' neighbor's garden. Celebrate the incoming summer season with us as the days get longer and the gardens become more alive. Join us for botanical cocktails, live bluegrass music, light botanically inspired bites, and a silent auction all set within a beautiful garden setting.

This event is a fundraising event to raise money for repairs and supplies needed for Birney Elementary's school garden. Ticket sales and silent auction donation funds will be put towards these projects.

If you would like to donate a silent auction item or gift basket, please contact us at universityheightsgardenclub@gmail.com to donate.

Please bring a light sweater and sensible shoes as we will be outside in a garden space with unpaved pathways. Parking will be limited so please plan to either walk or carpool to this event.

If you cannot attend this event, but would still like to donate funds towards this project, please submit a donation here with information in the memo line that reads, "UHCA Garden Club - Birney Elementary Project Donation."

We look forward to seeing you at the Garden Gala!

Join University Heights Garden Club for a presentation on developing monarch friendly garden spaces on Saturday, March 11th at 3:00 PM at a local UH certified monarch waystation. Urban farmer and Monarch Messenger, Amber Mcpolin will discuss:

• monarch butterflies and their importance in our ecosystem, their migration pattern, and their lifecycle

• milkweed - growing, pruning, cleaning

Our garden club hosts, Andrew and Cathy Guzzon will be providing guests a tour of their pollinator friendly garden, as well as share the process of certifying their garden as an official monarch waystation.

Participants will receive special butterfly kits to take home with them to help foster pollinator friendly garden spaces at their own homes. Register to attend this session as space is limited. Registrants will receive the address of the event location one week prior to the event via email.

Join us for a growing your own food series presented by Lauren Doucette, founder of The University Heights Garden Club. Topics that will be covered in the workshop include:

• Developing Healthy, Living Soil: discussing layers, compost, hugelkultur method for raised beds, identifying beneficial organisms/insects within your soil, establishing mycorrhizae and other beneficial symbiosis, fungal relationships

• No Till Methodology

• Seed Starting: discussing the type of soil to use, planting depth, light, and heat needs; direct sow vs. transplant; seeds to start in March; using liquid fertilizers for germinated seedlings; avoiding transplant shock

Proceeds of this event will go to The University Heights Garden Club's fundraiser to build replacement garden boxes for Birney Elementary's school garden.

About Lauren Doucette:

Lauren Doucette is a local urban farmer that grows food year-round for her family in a 200sf backyard space. Lauren graduated from the University of California Santa Cruz with a degree in Agroecology + Sustainable Food Systems and studied coffee cultivation and production in Nicaragua. She is the founder of the University Heights Garden Club and is passionate about encouraging folks to grow their own food in a way that supports a more sustainable, healthier future.

Join your University Heights neighbors for a nighttime bike tour of the 2022 Lights in the Heights submissions! Meet at Trolley Barn Park at 7:00 PM to tour all holiday light contest entry homes and vote online for the best, most creative, and wackiest lights of the season. Wear your most festive holiday outfits, dress warmly, and equip your bike with holiday lights + spirit!

UHCA bike ride hosts will provide glowsticks, jingle bells for your bikes, and holiday music as we tour the neighborhood to enjoy the festive lights.

Roll out @ 7:10 PM. Don’t be late!

Join University Heights for a special annual tradition of Caroling in the Heights! UHCA will have Santa’s Sweethearts, a professional caroling troop sing at three locations in University Heights on Saturday, December 17th to help us get into the holiday spirit.

The three locations around University Heights where you can catch the carolers are:

5:00 - 5:30 PM: Vermont Street Bridge (4071 Vermont Street)
5:45 - 6:10 PM: Mystic Mocha (2105 Mission Avenue)
6:25 - 7:00 PM: The Point (Golden Gate + Rhode Island intersection)

UHCA will have a table with cookies + hot cocoa donated by Twiggs Coffeehouse and Mystic Mocha at each stop with decorations and elves to greet you. We recommend bringing a camp/folding chair and a blanket to the location of your choice to enjoy the carolers.

A big thank you to Stu McGraw Real Estate for sponsoring this event!

email UHyardsale@gmail.com to be included and for more information!