A winter scene of the Demonstration Garden’s Berm Garden in the foreground, with outdoor classroom in the background. (Laura Kling/Contributed) A stunning romanesco broccoli growing in the Edible Garden section of the Master Gardeners’ Demonstration Garden. (Laura Kling/Contributed) Kniphofia hybrid, or red hot poker, torch lily, is seen in the Mediterranean Garden at the Demonstration Garden at the Patrick Ranch Museum in Durham, California.
(Laura Kling/Contributed) A winter scene of the Demonstration Garden’s Berm Garden in the foreground, with outdoor classroom in the background. (Laura Kling/Contributed) Are you looking for a short winter outing that offers natural, educational and meditative opportunities, welcomes children, and is not too far away? The Master Gardeners’ Demonstration Garden lies just outside the Chico city limits on the Patrick Ranch Museum property at 10381 Midway. Begun in 2013, the Demo Garden has been growing and expanding ever since and is open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.
m. to 3 p.m.
There are now 14 different garden areas within the Demonstration Garden as a whole: the California Native Plant Garden highlights the beauty of natives; the All-Stars Garden features plants that do particularly well in our climate; and the closely-related Mediterranean Garden showcases plants grown around the world in areas like ours that have cool, moist winters and hot, dry summers. The Wildlife Garden presents examples of plants that p.
