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May 2024
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,…
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 – Gardening with Young Children
It’s never too early to learn how to garden! Young children who do can reap big benefits including better motor skills, healthy eating habits, appreciation for nature and an aptitude for science. Join Clallam County Master Gardener Marva Holmes for the Green Thumb Education Series presentation, “Gardening with Young Children,” and find out more on how to get the little ones in your life into the garden. The 2024 Green Thumb Education Series presentation “Gardening with Young Children” will be…
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Plant Clinic at Sequim Farmer’s Market 5-25-24
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 about…
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
Find out more »June 2024
Digging Deeper 2024 – Care and Maintenance of the Home Orchard
Join Master Gardeners (left to right) Keith Dekker, Tom del Hotal, and Gordon Clark on June 1st. The 2024 Digging Deeper Saturdays presentation: “Care and Maintenance of the Home Orchard” will be held in person on: Saturday June 1st from 10:30 a.m. to Noon at the Woodcock Demonstration Garden, in Sequim. The Digging Deeper Saturday Series, sponsored by the Washington State University Clallam County Master Gardeners, is held on the select Saturdays of most months. Scheduled presentations are subject to change. Visit the WSU Extension Clallam…
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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Woodcock Walkabout – June 2024
Woodcock's roadside rose bushes invite visitors to stop on by. Come join WSU Clallam County Master Gardeners for the first guided tour of the Woodcock Demonstration Garden in 2024. "Spring Comes to the Woodcock Garden” The walk will focus on new growth, early blooms, water conservation and more. Come out and join in the fun. Future walks are scheduled for July 11, August 1, September 12 and October 3 Located at 2711 Woodcock Road, Sequim, WA 98382 Thursday, June 6th,…
Find out more »Peninsula Food Coalition monthly meeting
The Peninsula Food Coalition is an informal group of local and statewide Food Access and Hunger relief organizations with the mission of recovering and distributing nutritious food to people in need across the North Olympic Peninsula. Meetings take place monthly and are open to all. Reach out to the Peninsula Food Coalition at peninsulafoodcoalition@gmail.com if you are interested in attending.
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