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May 2024
2024 Plant Clinic at Swain’s General Store
Come visit the Master Gardeners at the Swain's General Store with your questions, insects, and plant samples. We love sharing relevant, unbiased, research-based horticulture and environmental stewardship information with our community. Sessions go from 10 am to 1 pm starting April 5th, 2024 and will continue every other Friday through September 20th, 2024. You can also email the Plant Clinic at mgplantclinic.clallam@gmail.com Or please call 360-565-2678
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Master Gardener Plant Sale 2024
Don't miss the biggest sale yet! Save the date! It’s the Master Gardener Foundation of Clallam County Spring Plant Sale at Woodcock Demonstration Garden, 2711 Woodcock Road. in Sequim Saturday, May 4th, 2024 from 9:00 am to 12:30 p.m. (closed 12:30 – 1 p.m. in preparation for our 1/2 Price Sale from 1-3 p.m.). Veggie and herb starts, perennials, shrubs, saplings and more are in store for shoppers this year with Master Gardeners on hand to help you make the best choices…
Find out more »Farm Glean
Our Farm Gleaning program distributes thousands of pounds of unharvested produce from local farms to food banks and other food access organizations in the region. Glean volunteers get a cut of the harvest, too! Food Access Coordinator Benji Astrachan leads weekly farm gleans. Exact day and time varies each week. Please email benji.astrachan@wsu.edu for more information and to join gleans.
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Green Thumb 2024 – Understanding Your Nightcrawlers
Pollinators are important to the environment, but if you dig a little deeper, you’ll find the unsung heroes of good gardens everywhere: nightcrawlers! These wonderful wigglers are earthworms that help aerate, filtrate and recycle organic material in your soil making it richer to help plants grow and thrive. Get to know your earthworms! Join local gardener, photographer and inventor Brad Griffith for the Green Thumb Education Series presentation “Understanding Your Nightcrawlers: If Darwin Had Popsicle Sticks” to find out more…
Find out more »Plant Clinic at Sequim Farmer’s Market 5-11-2024
Come join us at the Sequim Farmer’s Market! We look forward to sharing WSU Extension Resources with you. Clinicians will be available from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm each Saturday listed. Master Gardeners will be there on May 11th and 25th June 8th and 29th July 6th, 13th, and 27th August 10th, 24th, and 31st September 14th and 28th and October 5th. Master Gardener Plant clinics are opportunities for members of the public to get help solving gardening problems, or finding out…
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2nd Saturday Garden Walk at 5th Street – May 11th, 2024
Area gardeners gather at the April 13 Second Saturday Garden Walk at the Fifth Street Community Garden in Port Angeles as Clallam County Master Gardeners begin their educational outreach program. Join Clallam County Master Gardeners Jan Bartron, Bob Cain, Laurel Moulton, and Audreen Williams on Saturday, May 11 from 10-11:30 a.m. at the Port Angeles Fifth Street Community Garden for the monthly “Second Saturday Garden Walk.” The guides will point out what grows well on the North Olympic Peninsula, review…
Find out more »4-H Council Meeting
All are welcome to participate in the next County 4-H Council Meeting. Come participate in our county 4-H leadership!
Find out more »Farm Glean
Our Farm Gleaning program distributes thousands of pounds of unharvested produce from local farms to food banks and other food access organizations in the region. Glean volunteers get a cut of the harvest, too! Food Access Coordinator Benji Astrachan leads weekly farm gleans. Exact day and time varies each week. Please email benji.astrachan@wsu.edu for more information and to join gleans.
Find out more »2024 Plant Clinic at Swain’s General Store
Come visit the Master Gardeners at the Swain's General Store with your questions, insects, and plant samples. We love sharing relevant, unbiased, research-based horticulture and environmental stewardship information with our community. Sessions go from 10 am to 1 pm starting April 5th, 2024 and will continue every other Friday through September 20th, 2024. You can also email the Plant Clinic at mgplantclinic.clallam@gmail.com Or please call 360-565-2678
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Digging Deeper 2024 – Growing Tomatoes Well Here
There’s nothing quite like a juicy, home-grown tomato to add a savory, earthy flavor to your favorite meal. Unfortunately, here on the North Olympic Peninsula, our short growing season and cool summer temperatures can prevent tomato plants from setting fruit or keep fruit from ripening before the weather turns cold. Tomato lovers do not despair! You can grow vine-ripened tomatoes here. On Saturday, May 18 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon, veteran Clallam County Master Gardeners Jan Bartron, Betsy Burlingame,…
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