Blueberry Pruning Love juicy, sweet just-picked blueberries from your own bushes? Not sure how to keep them performing at their best? Join Master Gardener and landscape designer, Beth Goodnight for a workshop on blueberry pruning, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016 10 AM to 12:30 PM at the 78th Street Heritage Farm; 1919 NE 78th St., Vancouver, WA 98665. Free. No registration necessary.  We’ll […]

You can grow hops in your own backyard! An easy to grow perennial, hops are used in home brewing beer or as an attractive decorative addition to your garden landscape. In this introductory workshop, you’ll learn about site selection, how to start and care for the plants, and how to harvest and use them. Join Greg Joyce of Homebrew Exchange, for a workshop […]

You can grow hops in your own backyard! An easy to grow perennial, hops are used in home brewing beer or as an attractive decorative addition to your garden landscape. In this introductory workshop, you’ll learn about site selection, how to start and care for the plants, and how to harvest and use them. Join Greg Joyce of Homebrew Exchange, for a workshop […]

Container gardening is the ultimate problem solver. If you have soil problems or small spaces, you can become a container garden farmer. This tour will help you learn to create a container water garden, grow vegetables in pots, and how to turn your patio or deck into a colorful garden oasis. Thurs., March 24, 2016 9:15 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. TOUR BEGINS/ENDS: Van […]

Build a Rain Garden! Learn to build beautiful rain gardens that look great in your landscape and improve environmental health! Rain gardens are bowl-shaped flower beds that capture and soak in rain runoff from roofs and driveways, keeping polluted runoff from rushing off to local waterways where it causes erosion, flooding and pollution. Rain gardens use low-maintenance native plants, make great wildlife habitat, […]

Ninety-nine percent of all bugs in our gardens are beneficial – performing admirable duties such as pollination, predation of our pests, decomposition of garden waste, and more. Join Master Gardener Laura Heldreth for a talk on some of our area’s most common beneficial bugs and learn how to attract and support them in your garden. This class includes original photography – see some of our friends […]

Join WSU Extension Clark County Master Gardeners to learn about and laugh at birds. First, at 3 Feathers Emu Ranch, we’ll marvel at emus, whimsical-looking relatives of ostriches. Watching the chicks made us think of The Keystone Cops running amok in Jurassic Park. A visit to Blacksheep Farm will give us a glimpse into the breeding, shearing, lambing care that goes into […]

Northwest native plants can be grown anywhere - from the small balcony garden to vast acreage. Natives can be blended with other landscape elements or you can create wildlife habitat and go fully native. Join Master Gardener Micki Stauffer on a photographic journey through a native plant landscape. The talk will include suggestions for using natives in various garden situations and descriptions of native alternatives […]

Simple Drip Irrigation For Your Vegetable Garden Keeping our vegetable gardens adequately watered can be a real challenge during the busy summer months, requiring many hours of vigilance and attention. With a simple drip irrigation system, you can rest assured that your garden’s water needs are being met whether you are in the garden or on vacation! Join Ian Wilson, owner and founder […]