Ask Us!

Got a home gardening question? Ask the Contra Costa Master Gardeners! Our Help Desk is staffed every week, Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-Noon. Options:

Visit us during Help Desk hours at 75 Santa Barbara Road, 2nd Floor, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523.
Call us at (925) 646-6586. If you call outside Help Desk hours, please leave both your phone number and email address so that we may respond to you in a timely manner.
Email us at ccmg@ucanr.edu. Please use email if you want to submit photos along with your question(s).

Please include the following information in your email:

Your name, phone number and city (very important!).
A description of the problem, including name of the plant if applicable, when the problem began, and cultural history such as watering, fertilizing, pruning, pesticides, etc.
Photographs of the problem, if possible and appropriate.

You can also check our Top FAQs Right Now.

We regret we are unable to provide home visits or direct gardening assistance to individuals. Also, if you are not a Contra Costa County resident, please visit the statewide Master Gardener web site to locate the web site for your county's program.