Thursday, June 10, Green Thumb: Gardening for Food in the City

Local gardener Selinda Barkhuis will share her knowledge of and expertise in growing a wide variety of fruit, vegetables, herbs, and flowers on a typical city lot in the center of Port Angeles. Barkhuis will focus on the challenges and opportunities particular to gardening in a highly hardscaped urban environment with a lovely but water-thirsty growing season. She will provide lists of fruits, herbs, and vegetables that have proven to grow well locally, and offer tips on choosing the right fruit for the right place, using water wisely, and extending local gardening to an all-year-long growing season.

Barkhuis has gardened for food for many years and uses intensive and organic gardening techniques (together with a few favorite power tools) to grow a wide variety of edibles and flowers on her property in Port Angeles’ city center. Her garden was featured in the 2012 Master Gardeners Petals & Pathway Garden Tour. She has been a regular presenter on a wide variety of gardening topics since then.

Join by computer: https://wsu.zoom.us/j/95012602676?pwd=cDdTaVBiSW4wOGEraFA1Ujk2U3cyUT09 
Join by phone: (253)215-8782
Meeting ID: 950 1260 2676
Passcode: 100052

Green Thumb Education Series Presentations are held from 12 to 1 pm on the second and fourth Thursdays of most months. Talks are currently only being offered by online streaming, due to current social distancing concerns with COVID-19. Please see instructions for accessing the live stream. Presentations and associated printed materials will be archived on the local articles and archived presentations portion of our website. These events are free, but donations to help support the WSU Clallam County Extension Master Gardener program are appreciated.