Marin gardeners showcase varieties at tomato sale

Master Gardener Nuala Ruddell fields tomato plant questions from Tom Lippi of Novato and others in line at the Marin Master Gardeners’ annual tomato plant sale at Pini Hardware in Novato, Calif. on Saturday, April 12, 2025. Diane Kaljian with Marin Master Gardeners said about 30 volunteers from her group helped run the popular event. In 2 hours their inventory of 16 varieties of 1,500 tomato plants had sold out. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal)

Volunteer Master Gardener Gail Crawford...