{"id":111988,"date":"2026-01-14T11:11:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T19:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/island\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=111988"},"modified":"2026-01-14T11:20:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T19:20:29","slug":"whidbey-gardening-workshop-2","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/island\/event\/whidbey-gardening-workshop-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Whidbey Gardening Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/01\/Banner-1024x288.png\" alt=\"Celebrate the Promises of Spring\" class=\"wp-image-111989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/01\/Banner-1024x288.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/01\/Banner-300x84.png 300w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/01\/Banner-768x216.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2026\/01\/Banner.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re new to gardening, a seasoned horticulturist, or want to learn the latest in sustainable gardening practices, you&#8217;ll enjoy attending. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year&#8217;s theme focuses on improving individual and community health and wellbeing by applying sustainable techniques for growing your own fruits, vegetables, and herbs, and transitioning to locally sourced food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are also offering our usual variety of classes on garden maintenance and design, ornamental plants, gardening in a time of climate change, native plants, microclimates, and much more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Half the classes offered this year are new, including mixing veggies into perennial gardens, roots and rare fruits, winter sowing and propagation, h\u00fcgelkultur, exploring a windswept forest, futurescaping, resilient yards and ecosystems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There will also be Make-n-Take classes, bookstore and book signing, free gardening demonstrations, and opportunity to speak with Master Gardeners. The Marketplace will feature a range of plants, trees, starts, dahlia tubers, handmade goodies and garden art, gardening tools, and local non-profit organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Registration Opens January 30, 2026<\/strong><br>Early Bird rates January 30 &#8211; February 8, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you&#8217;re new to gardening, a seasoned horticulturist, or want to learn the latest in sustainable gardening practices, you&#8217;ll enjoy attending. This year&#8217;s theme focuses on improving individual and community [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":111986,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_wsuwp_accessibility_report":[],"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":""},"tags":[85,39,45,87,68],"tribe_events_cat":[76],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/island\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/111988"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/island\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/island\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/island\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/island\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111988"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/island\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/111988\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111991,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/island\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/111988\/revisions\/111991"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/island\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/island\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/island\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111988"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/island\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=111988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}