On the Road Tour – A Day with Family-Owned Businesses

For over 70 years, the Schmidt Family has been “Growing New Ideas”. As originators of the Red Sunset ® Maple and introducer or co-introducer of more than 50 other patented or trademarked cultivars, the company is known as a premier source of deciduous trees cultivars and new introductions. Red Pig Garden Tools make garden tools old-fashioned way – by hand, with steel, fire, an anvil & sweat! These hand-crafted tools are stronger, sharper and will last longer than any others you can buy. You will also learn “How you use the tool is as important as the tool itself.”

For lunch we stop at family-owned Tollgate Inn in Sandy.

Al’s Garden Center in Gresham, a 3rd generation family business, is continually filled with fresh annuals grown in its own greenhouse and is well supplied with perennials, trees, shrubs and vines from Al’s other growing facilities. More than 75% of the shopping area is covered.

Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Van transportation from Enterprise Rent-A-Car; 9319 NE Hwy 99, Hazel Dell, WA. Cost: $35. Lunch: On your own at the Tollgate Inn. Online registration required by Oct. 8 at http://bpt.me/3613724. For more information: 360-397-6060 x5738 or erika.d.johnson@wsu.edu.