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July 2017
2017 Annual Garden Tour
The 2017 Annual Garden Tour features five delightful gardens a short drive away in the Raymond area of Pacific County. The gardens are open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Four of the gardens are in the scenic Willapa Valley, off Highway 6. The fifth garden, the historic North River Resort, is a few miles along SR 105, where the North River flows into Willapa Bay. Each of the gardens has unique qualities, demonstrating a variety of gardening techniques to…
Find out more »October 2017
Master Gardener Volunteer Training applications due
Have you thought of becoming a Master Gardener Volunteer? The next class for training to become a WSU Master Gardener Volunteer will start in January of 2018. You can learn more about the program by taking a look at the training expectations or by contacting the Master Gardeners here. If you’d like to apply to become a WSU Master Gardener Volunteer, get the application: FillablePDF or MS Word Applications are due October 31, 2017 A limited number of full and…
Find out more »April 2018
Forest Stewardship Short Course
Helping Family Forest Owners Develop Plans and Find Resources to Achieve Personal Goals Is your forest healthy? How do you know? When harvesting timber, what is your fair share? Is a handshake good enough? How do you enhance wildlife habitat and protect your land from wildfire? How do you harvest timber sustainably without harming your land? A Forest Stewardship Shortcourse will help you answer these questions. Beginning April 23rd, and running through June 18th, an outstanding series of weekly classes…
Find out more »May 2018
2018 Home & Garden Show
The 18th annual Home and Garden Show brought to you by the WSU Extension Master Gardeners of Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties will fill the entire Grays Harbor Fairgrounds Event Center with more shopping and classes than ever before! Saturday’s program at 1:00 PM features Lorene Forkner Edwards, editor of Pacific Horticulture Magazineand author of The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Pacific Northwest, sharing “A Good & Delicious Life: 10 secrets to a Great PNW Vegetable Garden”.…
Find out more »July 2018
2018 Annual Garden Tour
Five beautiful gardens on the south coast will open on July 14, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. It’s the once-a-year chance to peek behind the garden gate to enjoy delightful plantings representing a variety of gardening styles, all inventive and brilliantly colorful. The gardens this year are located in the John’s River, Markham, and Grayland areas. One garden never before seen by the public demonstrates how doable it is to move a garden from Eastern Washington to Grayland, one…
Find out more »October 2018
1st Saturday with the Master Gardeners – Fall into Gardening
Join the Master Gardeners from Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties for the October 1st Saturday workshop - Fall into Gardening, geared to help gardeners get ready for winter gardening. The workshop will be held at the WSU Extension Grays Harbor Office meeting room. This location is at the Grays Harbor County Fairgrounds in Elma. Topics to be discussed by the Master Gardeners will include: When to expect the first winter frost. How to use cold frames and other devices to…
Find out more »April 2019
1st Saturday with Master Gardeners – Garden Beginnings
This April workshop is especially for newcomers and gardeners wanting to learn more about how to start a garden in the Pacific Northwest. We will be discussing a variety of considerations for our area (moisture, what grows well/not well, etc) as an introduction, followed by general soil amendment suggestions to begin improving your garden soil. We will end with information on starting seeds (when to start, what to start indoors, seeds vs starts, etc) and demonstrate how to start seeds.…
Find out more »May 2019
2019 Home & Garden Show
The 19th annual Home & Garden Show brought to you by the WSU Extension Master Gardeners of Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties will fill the entire Grays Harbor Fairgrounds Event Center with shopping and educational opportunities for the whole family. On Saturday at 2:00 PM, award-winning garden designer, Sue Goetz, the featured speaker, will engage the audience, tackling Fix my Yard, sharing design and insider tips for the real world, with practical ideas and advice to bring your landscape dreams…
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The 19th annual Home & Garden Show brought to you by the WSU Extension Master Gardeners of Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties will fill the entire Grays Harbor Fairgrounds Event Center with shopping and educational opportunities for the whole family. On Sunday at 1:00 PM, Ciscoe Morris, the featured speaker, will be enchanting the audience with Dazzling Plant Combos. He will use plants to demonstrate vibrant combinations that also get along well together. Ciscoe is a well known Pacific Northwest…
Find out more »July 2019
Knotweed Workshop
Help save our lands and rivers from this destructive weed! Kiley Smith, Grays Harbor County Noxious Weed Board Coordinator is hosting a Knotweed Workshop Thursday, July 25, at 6:00 PM at the Cosmopolis Lions Club, 601 2nd Street, Cosmopolis. Come learn how to identify, control and remove knotweed on your property. For more information, contact Kiley at the WSU Extension office at 360-482-2934.
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