Rail City Garden Center

Apply pre-emergent to prevent weeds
2025-04-07
Check for aphids on honeysuckle and cherries – treat as needed.

Set outside in walls-o-water: tomatoes, peppers
2025-04-08
Prune and fertilize roses.

Plant outdoors: beets, broccoli, cauliflower, leeks, parsley, swiss chard
2025-04-09

Plant gladiolus, dahlia and lilies outside
2025-04-10

Start algae control for ponds
2025-04-11

Peonies
2025-04-12 | Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, NV, 89434, United States
Peonies for your garden
Learn all the tips and tricks for successfully growing peonies in your garden. Learn about different varieties and everything you need to know about the care and feeding of your peonies! They aren’t as difficult as you might think!
Date and time:
Saturday, April 12, 2025
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
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Start indoors: melons, pumpkin, squash, watermelon in peat pots
2025-04-14

Trim dead flowers, but no leaves from spring bulbs
2025-04-17
Fertilizer after bloom.

Tomato Mania
2025-04-19
Learn all the cool unique varieties of tomatoes that we will having for your garden
We know you love tomatoes and this year we will be having quite a few varieties that you can plant to grace your garden!
Date and time:
Saturday, April 19, 2025
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
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Harden off tomatoes by exposing to temperatures 40-50* for 3 hours a day this week
2025-04-21

Hang coddling moth traps after blossoms drop on apple and pear trees
2025-04-23

Apply systemic on ash trees for ash aphids
2025-04-24

Medicinal Herbs
2025-04-26 | Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, NV, 89434, United States
What can medicinal herbs do for you?
Guest speaker Stacy Fisk has the lowdown on how to grow and use medicinal herbs from your garden to keep you happy and healthy. She has been raising her own herbs for many years and using them to stay healthy and to make herself feel better. Let her teach you how to grow and use these practical herbs daily to change your life naturally. She also recommends the book The Healing Garden by Juliet Blankespoor.
Date and time:
Saturday, April 26, 2025
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
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Set out traps after blossoms drop to monitor moths - spray when present
2025-05-01
Start treating your plants with compost tea every two weeks.

Overseed lawn and bare spots
2025-05-02
Plant start outside: artichoke, celery.

Container Gardening
2025-05-03 | Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, NV, 89434, United States
Learn how to incorporate containers into your existing landscape to create a new garden!
Learn about using containers to add a different element to your garden! Add depth, color and texture!
Date and time:
Saturday, May 3, 2025
11am – 12pm PDT
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Check and adjust sprinkler heads for good coverage - be sure to check coverage with small cans
2025-05-05
Check for aphids; treat as needed.

Plant outdoors: vegetables from group C on planting guide - see back of calendar
2025-05-06

Prune spring blooming shrubs after blossoms wither (lilac, forsythia)
2025-05-07

Plant starts outside - basil, peppers and tomatoes
2025-05-08

Spray aspens with fungicide to prevent leaf spot and twig blight
2025-05-09

All About Your Lawn
2025-05-10 | Rail City Garden Center, 1720 Brierley Way, Sparks, NV, 89434, United States
Learn how to make your lawn the best in the neighborhood!
Want to be the envy of your neighborhood with your great lawn? Learn all the tips and tricks for getting a great looking lawn and keeping it looking great throughout the season. You will learn about watering, feeding and getting rid of weeds, bugs and diseases.
Date and time:
Saturday, May 10, 2025
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
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Clean up winter kill on perennials, fertilize and compost
2025-05-12

Fall planting - parsnips (DS)
2025-05-13
Watch for flea beetle damage.

Plant outdoors - corn, cucumbers, eggplant, melons, pumpkins, squash, watermelon
2025-05-14

Start treatment for lawn fungus if problem in the past
2025-05-15

Add hyacinth floaters to ponds to keep pond clear
2025-05-16

Humming Bird and Butterfly Gardening (Promoting Pollinators)
2025-05-17
Like hummingbirds and butterflies? Learn how to get them into your garden

If you like humming birds and butterflies and don’t have any hanging around your garden, you need this class. In this class, you will learn what to plant to attract humming birds and butterflies to get them to visit your garden.

Date and time:
Saturday, May 17, 2025
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
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Thin apples and pears to 6” apart
2025-05-19

Fall Planting - celeriac (TP)
2025-05-20
