Showing posts with label gardening. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gardening. Show all posts

More progress at Darnell Park

Saturday, August 26, 2023

Himalayan blackberry root crown. Photo by Rusty McTaggert
Kaleidoscope Lead / Darnell Park Restoration Lead
There's a special place in gardening heaven for people who work to remove blackberry roots.
The Kaleidoscope crew pushed into a new section of Darnell Park, 1125 N 165th St, Shoreline WA 98133, on August 24, 2023.  A day of work thoroughly removing Himalayan blackberry revealed a grove of elderberry and many ferns. 

This section is now known to Kaleidoscope crew as elderberry cove.  We look forward to mulching this area in September and planting native companions for the elderberry this fall.

--Katie McGowan, Training and Education Manager, Kaleidoscope Inc. 


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Goats on Parade! Saturday, August 26th 10am - 6pm

Thursday, August 24, 2023

Story and photo by Derek Creisler

The weed eating goatherd (Earthcraft Services) will return to 'Midvale Gardens' this Saturday, August 26, 2023 from 10am to 6pm. 

This event serves as an excellent demonstration for children (and adults) on the effectiveness of using goats to organically clear invasive overgrowth in an urban setting.

Located at the intersection of N 192nd St and the Interurban Trail (Shoreline) you'll find this site directly behind the big blue apartment complex currently under construction.

This public utility parcel (Seattle City Light) has been transformed over the last four years by these ravenous ruminants. This project has been made possible by the non-profit organization Diggin' Shoreline as well as public donations.

Support can be sent by visiting GoFundMe and looking for: Goat-fund-me Diggin Shoreline. For other donations please contact: Midvalegardens@gmail.com


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Garden Guy and Friends: Care for Your Trees During the Dry Season

Monday, August 21, 2023

[Our Garden Guy has taken off August from his usual monthly writing duties. His guest columnist for this August issue is his long-time WSU Master Gardener colleague and fellow writer, Marty Byrne. Ed.]

How do we take care of our trees during this time of unpredictable, changeable weather? Trees need water, just like your flower and vegetable gardens and lawn. Proper watering and mulching will help your trees survive upcoming hot and dry spells.

Photo by JoeGardener.com
Correct Irrigation 

Water needs differ for newly planted trees and established trees. Newly planted trees need routine more frequent watering for the first three years. More established trees have put down deep roots and require less supplemental water. 

For all trees: Water deeply and infrequently rather than delivering more frequent shallow watering. Deep watering encourages deep root growth; shallow watering encourages roots closer to the surface with more negative impacts from summer heat and winter cold.

How do I know when to water? 

Check the soil around the base of the tree and at the drip line (the imaginary circle on the ground underneath the outermost branches of the tree’s crown). Gently dig 6 to 9 inches into the soil underneath the tree. Water if the soil is dry or barely moist. You can also use a water meter, available at most nurseries and garden centers.

Check newly planted trees every few days for the first three years; check established trees once or twice a month. Soil content may help determine frequency: Sandy soils will hold less water, requiring more frequent watering.

Water bag. Photo by mortonarb.org
How do I know how much to water? 

For newly planted trees, thoroughly soak the soil several inches down. One guideline suggests two gallons of water, delivered slowly, for each diameter inch of trunk for the first three years. 

A drip irrigation bag (seen left) around the base of the tree can also ensure the tree is getting enough water. Tree bags allow water to seep slowly to the roots.

Checking the soil around your established trees is the best way to determine if they need water. 

Here the general guideline is one inch of water per week during dry periods. Use a soaker hose at the tree’s drip line to deliver water right to the roots.

Over-watering can be as detrimental as insufficient water. Roots need oxygen, and too much water fills up the spaces between soil particles.

Mulch photo by pubs.nmsu.edu
Think mulch! 

The list of benefits that mulch provides is a long one. Here are a few to consider:
  • Reduces moisture loss around the base of the tree
  • Controls weeds
  • Provides insulation for the roots during high and low temperature extremes
  • Improves the soil over time: aeration, structure, drainage
  • Reduces the chance of damage to the tree bark caused by weed whackers and lawnmowers
  • Certain mulches decompose over time, improving soil fertility

What kind of mulch should I use? 

Wood and bark chips make the best mulch. They do not contain pesticides or dyes and because of the variety of material, decompose slowly, providing nutrients to the tree. Many tree services will give you the chips for free. You may get enough to spread on your other landscape areas and paths in addition to what you’ll need for your trees. Arborist chips may not be as pretty as bagged mulch, but they do a great job of protecting the tree roots.

Bagged mulches are also an option. The size of the pieces can range from fine to chunky. Choose a chunky mulch rather than one with very fine pieces. Chunky mulch allows air and water to pass through; fine mulches will become matted over time, impeding air and water flow. Avoid mulches with dyes, which will leach into the soil. You can also use an inorganic mulch like rock, pebbles or lava rock. Rubber mulches (ground or cut-up tires) are not a good choice as they can leach chemicals. They are also flammable, a genuine consideration now during our hot season.

Photo by sacramentotreefoundation.org
How should I spread the mulch? 

Keep mulch away from the tree trunk by eight to 12 inches. 

Mulch applied too close to the trunk may lead to root rot or allow rodents to burrow near the trunk and chew on the bark during the winter months. 

Spread it two to four inches deep out to the drip line for established trees, beyond the tree canopy for newly planted trees.

We value our trees in western Washington. Preparing for hot, dry weather will help our trees survive and be more resilient in our changing climate.
 For further reading:
Marty Byrne is a long-time WSU Master Gardener based in King County. 

In addition to her horticultural volunteer efforts at the Shoreline Farmers Market and the Lake Forest Park Master Gardeners Clinic, Marty is also a freelance writer, editor and gardening columnist for the Master Gardener Foundation newsletter.


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CORRECTION: Free class for Young Gardeners: Fantastic Ferns on Sunday August 20, 2023

Monday, August 14, 2023


CORRECTION: The original headline said Saturday - the event is on SUNDAY

Looking for a little something fun and educational to do with the kids? Join us in the Sky Greenhouse for a Young Gardener craft event next weekend!
 
"Ferns don't have crazy flowers or bright colors, but they're quite beautiful in their own right, easy to care for, and they've been around since the dinosaurs walked the earth! 

Come on in to Sky to craft your own clay fern amulet and learn more about these ancient plants!"
 
FREE EVENT. Please register here in advance so that we have enough materials available.



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Community Work Party at Twin Ponds North Saturday, August 12, 2023

Friday, August 11, 2023


Community Work Party at Twin Ponds North
Saturday, August 12, from 9:30 - 12:30

On August 12, from 9:30-12:30, the Washington Native Plant Urban Forest Stewards will be hosting a community work party, at Twin Ponds North.

We meet on the far NW side of the park, along N 155th St, west of the parking lot.

Bring gloves, hand pruners, water, and a snack. We will have tools on site to help with the projects.

Please share this invitation with others, and if you have any questions, please contact us at northtwinpondsrestoration@gmail.com

All Are Welcome!


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Shoreline Park Stewardship Work Party could use a few good hands on the 27th


Shoreline Park photo by Sara Cammeresi

Shoreline Park gardening party
Sunday, August 27, 2023 from 10am to noon

Sara Cammeresi reports that at previous gardening events in Shoreline Park they have removed a lot of invasive blackberry and ivy.

Now they really need some volunteers to help move arborist wood chips to mulch those areas! 

They can provide gloves and some tools, but would welcome another sturdy wheelbarrow and mulch-moving shovels or forks.



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Be a Forest Steward in a Shoreline park this week

Sunday, August 6, 2023

Volunteers in Shoreline Park
Photo by Joy Wood

You are invited to join the City of Shoreline’s Forest Stewards to perform ecological restoration in Shoreline’s forested parks!

Go to the events map page to register online

No experience necessary - just bring your enthusiasm for community-engaged restoration at any of the parks listed below.

We welcome individuals, families, and groups who would like to do good removing noxious weeds and installing native plants – rain or shine!

We will provide gloves, and tools. Please bring a water bottle, layers for the weather, and tough shoes and clothes that can get muddy.

We work in the following city parks:
  • Boeing Creek
  • Bruggers Bog
  • Darnell
  • Echo Lake
  • Hamlin
  • Twin Ponds
  • North City
  • Northcrest
  • Shoreline
  • Shoreview
  • Paramount Openspace
  • Richmond Beach Saltwater Beach
Pick your location and date and sign up!

Addresses and maps are at the website



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Look what a few good volunteers can do

Monday, July 31, 2023

Bins are full of cattails pulled from Echo Lake
Photo by Patrick Deagen

Look what a few good volunteers can do!!!

The Echo Lake Neighborhood Association project to remove invasive cattails from the beach at Echo Lake Park had a setback when everything shut down for the pandemic.

But work parties have resumed and the one on July 27, 2023 was extremely productive.

Five volunteers = 12 compost bins of invasive cattails pulled from Echo Lake!

It was slightly hazardous, though. The lake has become very popular for fishing so you need to be careful where you step. Fish hooks and fishing line were everywhere.

Thank you to volunteers Marla and Matt Tullio, Pat Deagan and Claudia Meadows, Manuele Meyer.

New volunteers can still get in on the fun. Cattail pulling parties are scheduled for
  • Saturday 10am-noon
    • Aug 5th
  • Thursday 4-6pm
    • Aug 17th
    • Aug 31st
There are two kinds of cattails, so you don't have to pull every cattail in the lake. Meet by the beach in Echo Lake Park at N 200th and Ashworth Ave N and be prepared to get in the water.


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Rotary Club of LFP gets an update on Operation Pollination project

Friday, July 21, 2023

The goal is to create a Pollinator Pathway
from Eastern to Western Washington
The July 12, 2023 speaker at the Rotary Club of Lake Forest Park was Linda Holman, Horticulture Consultant for the club's new Operation Pollination project.

Linda told the group that "The Environmental Sustainability Committee has begun a project in conjunction with Rotary International’s new program Operation Pollination. 

She said that "We have begun by creating three sites in Pfingst Animal Acres Park which will highlight pollinator and native plants. The goal is to create a healthy environment to sustain our bee population. 

Rotary members have spent many hours working in the pollinator garden

"We are working with Rotary groups both locally and around the country to build this project. The primary goal is to build a healthy bee corridor from Eastern to Western Washington and also to provide education to the community."

Linda Holman, 2nd from left, is in charge of the project

Volunteers enthusiastically met at Animal Acres on July 10th to remove detrimental black tarp and invasive weeds and prepare the soil for native plants.

--Photos courtesy Rotary Club of Lake Forest Park


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Work party at Echo Lake Park Saturday to maintain native plant area

Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Photo by Ann Michel
Echo Lake Park work party
 Saturday July 22, 2023 10am - 1pm 

Come help restore the native plant area at Echo Lake Park at the north end of the lake, N 200th and Ashworth Ave N. 

Last we year we planted about 100 natives. This year we are removing invasive plants that are trying to choke out the natives. Native birds, insects and wildlife will thank you! Come meet neighbors and other lovers of Echo Lake. 

Photo by Ann Michel

Open to the public All ages OK

Wear sturdy clothes and shoes and your water bottle and maybe a snack. You're welcome to bring gloves and favorite tools, but we will also have those here, as well as extra water and energy bars.

Meet by the fenced in area, next to the beach. Easily visible from the little parking area.



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Garden Guy: Butterflies in Your Garden

Saturday, July 15, 2023

Butterfly Garden at Woodland Park Zoo
Photo courtesy WoodlandParkZoo.org
By Bruce Bennett

As a volunteer at the Woodland Park Zoo, I received word about the 2023 June reopening of Molbak’s Butterfly Garden after a two-year pandemic-related closure. 

But, “Why?” you may well ask, “would a zoo dedicate precious urban space to an exhibit which is open for only four months of the year? “ 

It’s because the twenty or so varieties butterflies who call western Washington home are choosy insects. Any gardener can have aphids, but Red Admirals, Painted Ladies and Tiger Swallowtails and all their kin insist upon certain environmental niceties, such as sunshine, shelter from wind and protection from the winter wet.

The chances of area readers/gardeners having such spaces in their yards are pretty good and would allow the ephemeral spots of color to float through neighborhood yards and display like so many flowers-on-the-breeze. The zoo also provides the space because butterflies as well as other pollinators are becoming even more endangered. And, for the zoo, the survival and preservation of ‘endangered species’ is what it’s all about.

I highlight butterflies in this column because they tend to be the most visually interesting and mind- stickering of our much-needed plant pollinators. If you have read a summer newspaper, magazine or blog in the past several years, you already know how important pollinators are to the overall health of the human ecosystem and how they help to keep us thriving and eating. 

If you want to read more information on the subject, simply type ‘butterflies’ or ‘pollinators’ in your Internet browser-of-choice. The care and promotion of butterflies would also make an excellent science research report for any kiddo in the house who attends school or is homeschooled.

Photo courtesy WoodlandParkZoo.org
You can increase your butterfly viewing opportunities by creating garden spaces which are attractive to them. 

To butterflies, the plants in the garden are more important than the design of the garden. They need flowers for nectar throughout the short season of their lives. Luckily, many annuals, perennials, shrub and tree flowers are great nectar producers throughout the year. 

While native plants can play an important role as host plants for butterfly caterpillars, most adult butterflies have more cosmopolitan tastes and are able to get their fill on the more exotic flowers that you grow in your landscapes. This one fact makes it much easier edit the design of your garden and still feel good about providing for the many pollinators who are under siege in our urban environments.

Butterflies seem to be especially attracted to gardens boasting generous patches of a given nectar flower. If you happen to plant the robust Jupiter's-Beard (Centranthus), don't settle for one or two plants. A drift of three to seven plants will provide an excellent meal for your colorful visitors and, at the same time, provide you with a garden color spot surrounded by the aerobatics of butterflies, moths and hummingbirds. It’s a value-added strategy, without any extra cost, for the landscape designer within you.

Tiger swallowtail
Photo courtesy WoodlandParkZoo.org
I am fairly successful at having flowers blooming in the yard for twelve months a year. 

This planning process certainly helps to visually enhance my window views and increases the smorgasbord menus that pollinators can enjoy, some more than others (think about our resident hummingbirds). 

Plants such as mahonia, azaleas, grape hyacinths, lilacs and pinks can start the menu in late-winter through mid-spring. 

Achilleas, asclepias, germander, perennial phlox and Jupiter’s Beard provide color and nectar in July and August. 

For September and October, abelia, caryopteris, purple asters, sneezeweed and coreopsis will help to fill-out the pollinator menu. The list of nectar-producing plants is long and varied and will change from one part of the state to another. 

Talk to volunteers at a local Master Gardener Clinic. Visit your local library and/or surf the Internet for specific information on your part of the world. To be a good gardener, you need to also be a good researcher!

Start a pollinator garden area in a location that gets at least six-hours of sunlight. Butterflies need the sun's warmth and most plants that attract butterflies grow best in full sun. Determine how much space you have and any items, other than plants, that you'd like to include. 

Consider adding a large flat rock or two. Butterflies enjoy basking on them, often with their wings spread out to catch more rays. Also allow room for a pot saucer filled with mud or moist sand as a water source to encourage butterflies to linger longer. Create this manufactured puddle in a low-profile container with to attract swallowtails and other butterflies that enjoy drinking at mud puddles. (They do so to obtain needed salts in their diet.) 

A sprinkling of table salt and the addition of some manure each year will increase the puddle's appeal, for pets and kiddos if not butterflies. After their first year, these pollinator gardens can become low-maintenance areas of the landscape.

Photo courtesy MissouriBotanicalGarden.org
After two years of a pandemic-related hiatus, the Woodland Park Zoo’s Molbak’s Butterfly Garden opened its doors with 300+ butterflies to welcome you. 

The garden will be open during regular zoo hours through the first week of September. 

Even after the Butterfly House closes for the season, the adjacent Microsoft Pollinator Garden is open year-round. On display will be more pollinator-friendly plants than would be useful for just butterflies (the Voodoo Lily, Dracunculus vulgaris, a fly attractor, immediately comes to mind. 

Strange? Well, yes and, yet, flies are pollinators). You may even find me wandering the two gardens and have the chance to ask your home gardening questions.

With proper planning, good plant selection and minimal maintenance, Western Washington gardeners can create a garden area that will not only attract butterflies and help to preserve these important and beautiful insects that are so vital to our ecosystem, but, also provide we homeowners with many garden-produced smiles throughout the year and I’m all for that. 

Happy Gardening all!

For More Information:

  • Burns, Deborah, ed. Attracting Native Pollinators, North Adams, MA: Storey Publishing, 2011.
  • Fleming-Hayes, Rhonda. Pollinator Friendly Gardening: Gardening for Bees, Butterflies, and Other Pollinators, McGregor, MN: Voyager Press, 2016.
  • Johnson, Lorraine and Colla, Sheila. A Northern Gardener's Guide to Native Plants and Pollinators, Washington, DC: Island Press, 2023.
  • Kruckeberg, Arthur and Chalker-Scott, Linda, Gardening With Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest, Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2019.
  • Lewis, Alcinda. Butterfly Gardens, Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Botanic Gardens, 2001.

Contributing garden columnist, Bruce Bennett, is a Washington State University Master Gardener, lecturer and Seattle-area garden designer. 

If you have questions concerning this article, have a gardening question or two to ask concerning your landscape or want to suggest a topic for a future column, contact Bruce at gardenguy4u@gmail.com or visit the Master Gardener Clinic at the Lake Forest Park Town Center in July and August.

Previous Garden Guy columns can be accessed HERE


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NEW PRICE! Herbs and Recipes - Grow, Make and Use

Thursday, July 13, 2023

Grow your own herbs and learn how to dry and store them for year-round use. 

We will explore using herbs in sweet and savory recipes and then you will aromatic dried mixtures, scented gifts and herbal infused vinegars to take home! 

(children 10 or older, with supervision).

Dates: 7/18/2023 (TUES)
Times: 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Fee: $49.00
Room 1504
Instructor: Kathy Anderson

REGISTER

Continuing Education from Shoreline Community College


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Make your own sprout farm Wednesday at the Richmond Beach Library

 

Make Your Own Sprout Farm at the Richmond Beach Library
Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 4pm

Join Lisa Taylor, garden educator extraordinaire, in a lively session all about sprouts! 

Learn how to setup your own sprout farm and what seeds you can use. Dive into the spice cabinet for surprising sprouting possibilities. Ages 5 to 10 with adult.

Please register here


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Dunn Gardens class: Native Plants for Pollinators and Birds

Native plants at Dunn Gardens. Photo courtesy DG

"Native Plants for Pollinators and Birds"
Members: $15 | Not-Yet-Members: $20
Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 1pm

"What’s with the buzz about native plants?
  • Native plants sequester, or remove, carbon from the air.
  • Native plants provide shelter and food for wildlife.
  • Native plants promote biodiversity and stewardship of our natural heritage.
  • Native plants are beautiful and increase scenic values!

Join our horticulture team to learn about native plants and how to use them in your garden. 

Sample some treats made from plants native to our area while we talk about why native plants are so important for the birds and the bees. Then we’ll head out to the garden to see examples. 

Class fee includes a native plant to take home.

Dunn Gardens 13533 Northshire Rd NW, Seattle WA 98177

Register here


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Edmonds in Bloom Garden Tour on Sunday, July 16

Tuesday, July 11, 2023


The annual Edmonds in Bloom Garden Tour is Sunday, July 16, 2023 from 11am to 4pm. General information here.

Early bird tickets are $20; day of tour tickets are $25 (if available). Online tickets have sold out. A few tickets are on sale in downtown Edmonds at ACE Hardware and at Sky Nursery in Shoreline, but do not delay. 

Get your Edmonds in Bloom merchandise here

The Edmonds in Bloom raffle is back, and tickets are now on sale. Check out all the raffle packages available and how to purchase tickets to win at edmondsinbloom.org/edmonds-raffle



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Community Work Party at Twin Ponds North on Saturday, July 15, 2023

Monday, July 10, 2023


Community Work Party at Twin Ponds North
Saturday, July 15, from 9:30am -12:30pm

On July 15, from 9:30-12:30, the Washington Native Plant Urban Forest Stewards will be
hosting a community work party, at Twin Ponds North.

We meet on the far NW side of the park, along 155th street, west of the parking lot.

Please bring gloves, hand pruners, water, and snack. We will have tools on site to help
with the projects.

Contact us with any questions at northtwinpondsrestoration@gmail.com

All Are Welcome!



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Help out in a Shoreline Park this week

Sunday, July 9, 2023

Photo by Joy Wood
You are invited to join the City of Shoreline’s Forest Stewards to perform ecological restoration in Shoreline’s forested parks!

Go to the events map page to register online

No experience necessary - just bring your enthusiasm for community-engaged restoration at any of the parks listed below.

We welcome individuals, families, and groups who would like to do good removing noxious weeds and installing native plants – rain or shine!

We will provide gloves, and tools. Please bring a water bottle, layers for the weather, and tough shoes and clothes that can get muddy.

We work in the following city parks:
  • Boeing Creek
  • Bruggers Bog
  • Darnell
  • Echo Lake
  • Hamlin
  • Twin Ponds
  • North City
  • Northcrest
  • Shoreline
  • Shoreview
  • Paramount Openspace
  • Richmond Beach Saltwater Beach
  • Pick your location and date and sign up!

Addresses and maps are at the website



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Volunteer in a local park this week

Saturday, July 1, 2023

Photo courtesy Green Shoreline Partnership
You are invited to join the City of Shoreline’s Forest Stewards to perform ecological restoration in Shoreline’s forested parks!

Go to the events map page to register online

No experience necessary - just bring your enthusiasm for community-engaged restoration at any of the parks listed below.

We welcome individuals, families, and groups who would like to do good removing noxious weeds and installing native plants – rain or shine!

We will provide gloves, and tools. Please bring a water bottle, layers for the weather, and tough shoes and clothes that can get muddy.

We work in the following city parks:
  • Boeing Creek
  • Bruggers Bog
  • Darnell
  • Echo Lake
  • Hamlin
  • Twin Ponds
  • North City
  • Northcrest
  • Shoreline
  • Shoreview
  • Paramount Openspace
  • Richmond Beach Saltwater Beach
Pick your location and date and sign up!

Addresses and maps are at the website


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Always an opportunity to volunteer in Shoreline Parks

Sunday, June 25, 2023

Photo courtesy Green Shoreline Partnerships

You are invited to join the City of Shoreline’s Forest Stewards to perform ecological restoration in Shoreline’s forested parks!  


No experience necessary - just bring your enthusiasm for community-engaged restoration at any of the parks listed below.  

We welcome individuals, families, and groups who would like to do good removing noxious weeds and installing native plants – rain or shine! 

We will provide gloves, and tools.  Please bring a water bottle, layers for the weather, and tough shoes and clothes that can get muddy. 

We work in the following city parks:
  • Boeing Creek
  • Bruggers Bog
  • Darnell
  • Echo Lake
  • Hamlin
  • Twin Ponds
  • North City
  • Northcrest
  • Shoreline
  • Shoreview
  • Paramount Openspace
  • Richmond Beach Saltwater Beach
Pick your location and date and sign up!

Addresses and maps are at the website.

Correction: tools will be provided - no need to bring your own


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2023 WSU Master Gardener Advanced Education Conference in Tacoma September 27-30, 2023

Monday, June 19, 2023

Tacoma, WA – Master Gardener Foundation of Washington State in partnership with the WSU Master Gardener State Program will present the 2023 WSU Master Gardener Advanced Education Conference, taking place at Marriott Tacoma Downtown on September 27-30, 2023.

The Master Gardener Foundation of Washington State and the WSU Master Gardener State Program are proud to announce the 50th Anniversary of the Master Gardener Program. 

The Master Gardener Program is WSU Extension’s flagship volunteer program; a grassroots, sociologic movement that started at Washington State University in 1973 and was emulated across the United States and into Canada and South Korea. 

The conference will be the culminating event of a year-long anniversary celebration. The 2023 Advanced Education Conference offers top-notch classes and instructors, and significant WSU-approved continuing education hours to statewide Extension Master Gardeners who serve our communities here in Washington State. 

The WSU Master Gardener Advanced Education Conference is open to the public.

Early registration closes on June 30, 2023


Keynote speaker Michael Blackstock
In addition to keynote speaker, Michael Blackstock (Gitxsan name: Ama Goodim Gyet), writer visual artist, forester and founder of the Blue EcologyÔ theory, there will be 35 speakers on diverse topics such as biodiversity, pollinators, climate change, soil health and nearby nature. 

The Master Gardener Foundation of Washington State is instrumental in providing funding to advance the Master Gardener Program and education through horticultural-based research generated through Washington State University and affiliated university systems. 

WSU Extension Master Gardeners empower and sustain diverse communities with relevant and unbiased, research-based horticulture and environmental stewardship education.



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