Learn all about Plant Propagation
Join us for a series of community programs & workshops where you’ll learn how to make more plants inexpensively from cuttings to seeds, and take some home, too. Discover what can be done in the winter and spring with houseplants and seed starting!
WINTER SOWING WORKSHOP
Saturday, February 21, 2026
Osterville Village Library, 43 Wianno Ave, Osterville, MA
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
REGISTER ONLINE HERE
Yes, there is still time to sow a selection of hardy annuals, natives, and flowering perennials on Cape Cod! Join Master Gardeners Deb Anderson and Lisa Menelly to learn about winter sowing, a simple way to start seeds outdoors by reusing common plastic containers and letting nature handle the hard part. No special lighting or equipment is required!
- Learn which plants are ideal for winter sowing
- What recyclable containers actually work
- How cold stratification leads to tougher, happier seedlings
- Best practices for winter sowing (and what NOT to do!)
Each participant will go home with an abundance of seeded material to get started outdoors at home.
$20 registration fee includes all materials.
Limited space. Please register in advance.
VEGETABLE SEED STARTING
Rescheduled to March 5, 2026
Osterville Village Library, 43 Wianno Ave, Osterville, MA
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
ONLINE REGISTRATION OPENS FEB 16
Get the dirt on growing great vegetables! Join Master Gardener Brittany Lord to learn when and how to start some of the earliest crops for your vegetable garden this season.
We’ll peel back the layers of growing a successful onion crop step-by-step from seed to harvest. Then we will explore when and how to start cool season vegetables including cabbage, broccoli, lettuce, and other greens. In addition, attendees will receive pointers for growing transplants of popular warm season crops including peppers and eggplants.
Each participant will go home with seeded trays of onions and other cool season vegetables for starting indoors.
$20 registration fee includes all materials.
Limited space. Please register in advance.
Questions?
Email: gardeners@capecod.gov
Phone: 508-375-6700
Ask a Master Gardener
Is a horticultural message an integral part of your event theme? We offer "Ask A Master Gardener" information tables at community events where we answer gardening questions and have handouts available on various current horticultural topics. Or request a presentation! Learn more about our Speakers Bureau here.