Events & Classes at The Nursery
Join us throughout the year for free workshops and seasoned learning at City Farmers Nursery.
Every month, we offer engaging classes designed to help you succeed in your garden. From mastering seed propagation to creating beautiful bonsai, our expert-led sessions cover everything you need to know for San Diego gardening success.
Scroll below to see our full list of classes, or signup and we’ll send the class list your way.
Sunshine Club #2 - Marigolds
MARIGOLDS (America's favorite annual and the hardest-working flower in your garden). These beauties suppress pests, attract good bugs, and have edible flowers. Plus they're ridiculously easy to grow.
How to grow: Plant 3-4 seeds after last frost, ¼ inch deep, 6-12 inches apart in full sun. Keep moist. Done. They'll bloom all season and protect your veggies while they're at it.
This is packet 2 of 4! Collect them all: ✅ Sweet Peas (Winter) ✨ Marigolds (NOW) ✨ Gaillardia (Summer) ✨ Hollyhocks (Fall)
Free seeds, free advice, and flowers that actually work for their space.
📍 3110 Euclid Ave | Wed-Sun 9-5
Books Thru Bars - Combine Collection
Join us for a community-driven book collection benefiting Books Thru Bars, an incredible organization dedicated literacy for all.
This event is the next in our Community Combine series, inviting you to contribute gently-used books for incarcerated individuals, men and women of all ages.
Whether you're spring cleaning or simply looking to make a difference, this is a great opportunity to share your overabundance while giving back to the community.
Collection Details:
Dates: Ongoing through end of April
Location: City Farmers Nursery, 3110 Euclid Ave. San Diego, CA
Building Habitat: Native Gardening for Birds 🐦 🪹
Beginners and backyard birders alike—learn how to create a California native garden that birds actually use year-round through thoughtful plant selection and design.
Roses - Regular Growing Season Care 🌹
How to care for your roses during the growing season.
Altar Whisk Broom Class 🧹
Altar whisk broom is a unique small broom for your special and precious areas in your home or work place.
Knife Sharpening
We Welcome Tio’s Mobile Knife Sharpening
In addition to knives, Tio can sharpen gardening shears and pruners of any size.
Tio will be visiting from 9a-1p.
Rooted in Wonder: Nature Journaling at City Farmers 📓🌳
Do you ever wish you could slow down, notice deeper, and truly see the beauty all around you?
Greywater 101: Get a second use out of your laundry water or shower water and grow more stuff 💧
Basics of Greywater: legality, how it works, how it doesn't work, what you can water, what you can't water
How Chocolate is Made 🍫
Ever wonder how a tropical fruit becomes your favorite treat? Join us as we journey through the fascinating world of chocolate making.
Behind the Scenes Tour 🚜🌻
Discover the magic behind City Farmers Nursery's 50+ year legacy.
Knife Sharpening
We Welcome Tio’s Mobile Knife Sharpening
In addition to knives, Tio can sharpen gardening shears and pruners of any size.
Tio will be visiting from 9a-1p.
Wild Medicine: California Native Plants & Plant Walk 🌱👣
Curious about the hidden medicine growing all around us?
Fun with flowers ! Designing with local blooms 💐
Join us to make your own gorgeous floral arrangement using all locally grown blooms!
Chocolate Tasting Workshop 🍫
Think all chocolate tastes the same? Think again! In this hands-on tasting workshop, we'll explore how and why chocolate tastes different depending on where in the world the cocoa beans were grown.
Rooted in Wonder: Nature Journaling at City Farmers 🌳📓
Do you ever wish you could slow down, notice deeper, and truly see the beauty all around you?
Knife Sharpening
We Welcome Tio’s Mobile Knife Sharpening
In addition to knives, Tio can sharpen gardening shears and pruners of any size.
Tio will be visiting from 9a-1p.
Kids Entrepreneurship Session
This summer, we’re growing something new at the nursery: a place where young minds can plant and grow their first business ideas, just like we’ve always nurtured plants.
Hearth Broom Class 🧹
A fireside broom that is small enough to sweep ash and debris around the fireplace.
Pumpkin & Zucchini Growing & Preventing Powdery Mildew 🎃🥒
Summer planting success: grow giants and keep powdery mildew at bay.
Arte Floral: Haz tu diseño con flores de la región 💐
Acompáñanos durante el solsticio de verano para crear un diseño floral Garden Style!
Kids Entrepreneurship Session 👔
This summer, we’re growing something new at the nursery: a place where young minds can plant and grow their first business ideas, just like we’ve always nurtured plants.
Ladybug Release for Summer Solstice 🐞☀️
Celebrate the longest day with beneficial insects
Sunshine Club #3 - Gaillardia
GAILLARDIA (Blanket Flower) is the ultimate summer survivor. Tolerates extreme heat, poor soil, needs barely any water, zero fertilizer. Butterflies love it. You'll love how easy it is.
How to grow: Late summer, scatter seeds in full sun. DON'T cover them (they need light to sprout). Water 1-2x weekly. Watch them grow 2x2 feet of pure pollinator magic.
This is packet 3 of 4! One more to go: ✅ Sweet Peas (Winter) ✅ Marigolds (Spring) ✨ Gaillardia (NOW) ✨ Hollyhocks (Fall)
The easiest flower you'll ever grow. Promise.
📍 3110 Euclid Ave | Wed-Sun 9-5
Kids Entrepreneurship Session
This summer, we’re growing something new at the nursery: a place where young minds can plant and grow their first business ideas, just like we’ve always nurtured plants.
Sunshine Club #4 - Hollyhocks
Sunshine Club FINALE! 🌸
HOLLYHOCKS (the grand finale deserves a grand flower). These beauties grow 3-8 feet tall with multiple blooms per stalk. Old-fashioned, dramatic, and surprisingly easy to grow.
How to grow: Plant 2-3 seeds together, 2-3 feet apart, early spring or 2 months before first frost. Cover lightly, keep moist. Fertilize twice all season. Plant near a fence for support.
YOU COMPLETED THE COLLECTION! 🎉 ✅ Sweet Peas (Winter) ✅ Marigolds (Spring) ✅ Gaillardia (Summer) ✅ Hollyhocks (NOW)
Four quarters, four incredible flowers. Bring your four packets in this December for a prize!
Thanks for being part of the Sunshine Club!
📍 3110 Euclid Ave | Wed-Sun 9-5
Behind the Scenes Tour 🚜🌻
Discover the magic behind City Farmers Nursery's 50+ year legacy.
Gardening 101: The Whys of San Diego Gardening 🌻🌱
Learn what makes San Diego gardening unique.
Altar Whisk Broom Class 🧹
Altar whisk broom is a unique small broom for your special and precious areas in your home or work place. This class does have a fee associated to compensate the instructor for supplies.
Helping Pollinators 🦋🐝
Support spring emergence with pollinator-friendly garden practices.
Behind the Scenes Tour 🚜🌻
Discover the magic behind City Farmers Nursery's 50+ year legacy.
Bonsai 101 🌳✂️
Discover the art of bonsai! Learn pruning, watering, and care techniques for creating beautiful, miniature trees.
Knife Sharpening
We Welcome Tio’s Mobile Knife Sharpening
In addition to knives, Tio can sharpen gardening shears and pruners of any size.
Tio will be visiting from 9a-1p.
Berry Basics: Strawberry Success 🍓
Master strawberry growing for sweet, homegrown berries all season long.
Big Yard Projects done Smart: Hillsides, Terraces & Soil Renovation🏔️🌱
Tackle challenging landscapes with confidence and smart planning.
Selecting & Caring for Fruit Trees 🍏🍑
Learn how to choose and care for fruit trees that thrive in Southern California.
Habitat Restoration
Volunteer event planting native plants - come join us for a great morning of hands-on activity.
Growing Cut Flower Garden
Learn the basics of growing a cut flower garden in SoCal from experienced flower farmer, Rachel Nafis of Psalter Farm Flowers.
Free. Taught by Rachel Nafis of Psalter Farm Flowers. Learn more about them here: Psalterfarmflowers.com
Since 1972, we've focused on simple growing methods, time-tested advice, and locally-grown plants.
We'd love to invite you down to our open-air canyon classroom for casual learning, informed by over 50 years of experience.
Free to attend, no RSVP required.
Class times can change or shift, we recommend you check our website for the most up-to-date (cityfarmersnursery.com).
Parking Notice for Class Participants
If you're attending a free class and are able to walk a short distance, please consider parking on Altadena Ave and walking over. This keeps our lot available for customers shopping at our three businesses who may be on tight schedules.
When classes fill up, a full parking lot can prevent other shoppers from visiting our stores. By parking on the street, you help ensure everyone can access our businesses.
Planning to shop? No worries! You can easily swing back through our "Loading Zone" after class for convenient drive-up loading of bulky purchases—no parking required.
To sign up for our monthly email which includes class schedule: https://cityfarmersnursery.com/newsletter
Knife Sharpening
We Welcome Tio’s Mobile Knife Sharpening
In addition to knives, Tio can sharpen gardening shears and pruners of any size.
Tio will be visiting from 9a-1p.
Sunshine Club #1 - Sweetpeas
We're kicking off our quarterly seed giveaway with SWEET PEAS (the most romantic flower you can grow). Fragrant, climbs 6-10 feet, perfect for cutting, and thrives in San Diego winters.
How to grow: Soak seeds overnight, plant and keep deadheaded all season. That's it. You'll have armfuls of blooms from spring through summer.
This is packet 1 of 4! Stop by every quarter to collect all 4.
Free seeds, free advice, grown with joy in San Diego.
📍 3110 Euclid Ave | Wed-Sun 9-5
Designing with local flowers
In this workshop, participants will explore the art of creating low, elegant table arrangements using locally grown and seasonal flowers. The class emphasizes both design techniques and mindful sourcing, teaching attendees how to select blooms that celebrate the beauty and abundance of the local landscape.
Pruning Basics
Give your trees and bushes a healthy head start! This class covers tool selection and pruning techniques for fruit trees, cane berries, and more. Pruning at the right time helps plants thrive and fruit abundantly. Free to attend.
Early Closure
We’re closing 30min early to celebrate our team. Thank you for understanding.
Mosquito ecology and diversity in San Diego
In this class learn biological adaptations unique to mosquitoes, mosquito diversity and ecology in California, and what mosquitoes are found in San Diego.
Fruit Tree Care
Join us at City Farmers Nursery to learn how to choose and care for a fruit tree that will thrive in Southern California.
Gardening 101: Winter Edition ❄️🌱
Winter gardening in San Diego is full of opportunities for fresh harvests and healthy gardens.
Selecting & Caring for Fruit Trees 🍏🍑
Learn how to choose and care for fruit trees that thrive in Southern California.
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[CANCELLED] Greywater: Showers to Flowers 💦🏡
Learn how to safely and legally reuse household greywater to irrigate your garden, saving water and money.
Whisk Broom Making Class (Make-and-Take)
Come join us to make a hand whisk broom. learn basic knots and skills to create a besom/broom. it’s fun and rewarding.