Got gardening questions? Clallam County Master Gardeners have answers based on science and local gardening experience.

Find a direct link to the Zoom presentation here.

On Saturday, March 5, from 10:30 am to 12 noon, Gordon Clark, Bob Cain and Jeanette Stehr-Green, Clallam County Master Gardeners with over 100 years of gardening experience combined, will answer questions from home gardeners about ornamental plants, fruit and vegetable crops, lawns and houseplants. They will recommend what to plant in your garden, when and where to plant it and how to care for it. If they can’t answer your question, they will do research and get back to you!

Gordon Clark is a self-employed landscape gardener with a focus on aesthetic pruning. Clark completed a one-year Environmental Horticultural program at Lake Washington Institute of Technology in 1999. He became a Washington State Nursery and Landscape Association certified horticulturist in 2001 and an International Society of Arboriculture certified arborist in 2004. Clark has lectured on a variety of gardening topics over the years and joined Clallam County Master Gardeners in 2021.

Bob Cain has more than 40 years of gardening experience in Scotland, Ireland, Colorado and Washington. He joined Clallam County Master Gardeners in 2009 and is a frequent contributor to local newspaper gardening columns and radio programs. He was the Manager of the Woodcock Demonstration Garden for 7 years. Cain was the 2009 Master Gardener Intern of the Year, 2011 Master Gardener of the Year and has attained Lifetime Achievement status with Clallam County Master Gardeners.

Jeanette Stehr-Green has gardened on the east coast, the west coast and points in between. Stehr-Green joined Clallam County Master Gardener in 2003 and enjoys teaching others about gardening. She is a popular speaker and frequent contributor to local newspaper gardening columns and radio programs. Stehr-Green was the 2012 Clallam County Veteran Master Gardener of the Year and has attained Lifetime Achievement status with Clallam County Master Gardeners.

This presentation is part of Clallam County Master Gardener’s Digging Deeper educational series. Digging Deeper presentations are free and open to the public. They are held on the first and third Saturdays of most months and cover basic gardening topics relevant to most home gardeners. Sessions are scheduled for 90-minutes to allow for demonstrations (or videos) and questions from viewers.

The “Spring Garden Question and Answer Panel” will be held live via ZOOM. To join by phone: 253 215 8782; Meeting ID: 920 0799 1742; Passcode: 709395.

For more information about the “Spring Garden Question and Answer Panel” or the Digging Deeper series call 360-477-0116. To learn about other Clallam County Master Gardener events, please visit https://extension.wsu.edu/clallam/mg/educational-activities/.