Saturday, June 20, 2026
2-3pm
San Francisco Botanical Garden — Plant Shop
About the Program
Learn the secrets to a successful, healthy, and colorful succulent landscape from UC Master Gardener Janice Moody, a local nursery owner and garden designer. She will discuss pre-planting considerations before you go out and buy a truckload of plants and then ponder where to put them! She will also provide garden design basics that include use of color, shapes, textures and heights, along with her favorite hardy landscape succulents for the Bay Area.
About the Speakers
Janice Moody’s horticultural roots run deep; she grew up on a nursery that her family started in Half Moon Bay in the early 60’s. Although she majored in dietetics at UC Davis, her inner passion for gardening never waned. After wearing many hats over the years, she finally found her true calling in life when she became a UC Master Gardener in 2010 and eventually started Seascapes Succulent Nursery and Garden Design in 2016, located in Half Moon Bay. She calls herself a jack of many trades, but a master of only one—gardening. She feels so fortunate to be able to work outdoors, doing what she loves most, and sharing her gardening knowledge with others.
Francesca Niyogi joined the UC Master Gardener program in 2026 and is a longtime volunteer at the San Mateo Arboretum Society. Growing up in Pakistan, she developed an early love for flowers and gardens with memories of her mother teaching her about plants like “dog flowers” (snapdragons!) and pansies. Today, she enjoys experimenting with different plants and gardening methods, finding joy not only in her successes but also in the learning process itself—one that requires patience, research, observation, and a lot of luck.
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RSVP recommended, walk-ins welcome. Heavy rain cancels. Admission to the Garden is free for San Francisco residents, veterans, Museums for All/EBT participants, and Gardens members.
