{"id":21550,"date":"2024-10-22T12:15:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T19:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/kitsap\/?page_id=21550"},"modified":"2025-05-16T06:32:44","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T13:32:44","slug":"master-gardeners","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/kitsap\/master-gardeners\/","title":{"rendered":"Master Gardeners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-hero wsu-width--full wsu-pattern--wsu-light-radial-left  wsu-hero--size-xsmall \">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wsu-image-frame wsu-image-frame--fill\">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/12\/donate-scaled-1.jpg\"\n\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/12\/donate-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/12\/donate-scaled-1.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/12\/donate-scaled-1.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/12\/donate-scaled-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/12\/donate-scaled-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/12\/donate-scaled-1.jpg 2048w\"\n\t\tsizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"\n\t\talt=\"Hand reaching for small green leaf plants in dirt.\"\n\t\tstyle=\"object-position: 50% 50%\"\n\t\t\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wsu-overlay wsu-pattern-after wsu-overlay--light wsu-pattern--wsu-light-radial-left\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-eyebrow-header\">\n\t\t\t\tWSU Kitsap Extension\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 id=\"title-id-69d16b29000bf\" class=\"wsu-title wsu-hero__title\"><span>Master Gardener  Program<\/span><\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-caption wsu-hero__copy\">\n\t\t\t\tCultivating plants, people, and communities since 1973\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs \" typeof=\"BreadcrumbList\" vocab=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/\"><span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to WSU Extension.\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/\" class=\"main-home\" ><span property=\"name\">WSU Extension<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/span> &gt; <span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Kitsap County.\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/kitsap\" class=\"home\" ><span property=\"name\">Kitsap County<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"2\"><\/span> &gt; <span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Latest News.\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/kitsap\/news\/\" class=\"post-root post post-post\" aria-current=\"page\"><span property=\"name\">Latest News<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"3\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-spacing-top--default wsu-spacing-before--xmedium wsu-row--sidebar-right\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left wsu-font-size--xlarge wsu-spacing-after--xxmedium\">Welcome to the WSU Extension Kitsap County Master Gardener Program<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2019\/10\/17800289_798908586923848_1870711425051879318_n-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"Man checking out at a Master Gardener event\" class=\"wp-image-9804\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2019\/10\/14195269_689002444581130_33959418857655413_o-792x594.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2019\/10\/14195269_689002444581130_33959418857655413_o-396x297.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2019\/10\/14195269_689002444581130_33959418857655413_o-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2019\/10\/14195269_689002444581130_33959418857655413_o-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2019\/10\/14195269_689002444581130_33959418857655413_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n<article class=\"wsu-card\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wsu-card__content-custom\">\r\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>We are your neighbors and members of your communities. Our priorities inform our efforts to create a more resilient Washington. We are actively engaged in teaching research-based gardening and environmental stewardship practices.<\/p>\n\n        <div id=\"cahnrs-back-to-top\" class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top\" hidden aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <a id=\"cahnrs-back-to-top-btn\" class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__btn\" href=\"#product-top\" aria-label=\"Back to top\">\n                <span class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2191<\/span>\n                <span class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__label\">Back to top<\/span>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The horticulture and environmental education outreach for WSU Extension Kitsap County is performed in a variety of ways, utilizing both staff and volunteers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Master Gardeners contribute over 19,000 hours of volunteer time each year reaching over 75,000 Kitsap County residents. Volunteers are trained to solve gardening problems and give WSU research-based advice to the public. Our volunteers staff regularly scheduled plant problem diagnostic clinics in many locations during the gardening season, helping people learn to garden more productively. In addition, they staff a clinic at the extension office where you can bring your gardening problems. Volunteers are in the office on Wednesdays from 10-12 and 1-3 from mid-April through the end of October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Staff and volunteers educate the public about: organic gardening practices; youth gardening; water quality; landscaping septic systems; best landscape practices; plant selection and maintenance (right plant\/right place): identification of plants, insects and weeds; IPM (Integrated Pest Management): environmental stewardship; native plants; and sustainability practices.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/article>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading wsu-spacing-before--large wsu-font-size--large wsu-heading--style-marked\">Upcoming Master Gardener Events:<\/h3>\n\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"js-wsu-events-list wsu-events-list 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\">\n\t\t\t<img\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/kitsap\/wp-content\/plugins\/cahnrs-extension-plugin\/assets\/images\/gardening.png\"\n\t\t\theight=\"75\"\n\t\t\twidth=\"75\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"extension-program-icon\"\n\t\t\talt=\"Program Icon.\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"program-contact-info\">\n\t\t<h2>Program Contact<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\tHari Stone, Horticulture Program Coordinator<br>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wsu-screen-reader-only\">Phone Number<\/span>360-228-7306\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wsu-screen-reader-only\">Email Address<\/span> \u2022\n\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:hari.stone@wsu.edu\">hari.stone@wsu.edu<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wsu-spacing-before--xmedium\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/28\/MG-flower-150x150.png\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-130\" width=\"113\" height=\"113\" 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Question?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center wsu-spacing-before--small wsu-spacing-after--small\">Contact a Kitsap County Master Gardener<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wsu-spacing-after--none wsu-spacing-bottom--none wsu-spacing-top--none\"><strong>Phone:<\/strong> 360-228-7320.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-cta wsu-text-align--center wsu-spacing-before--small\" >\n\t<a \t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/kitsap\/master-gardeners\/ask-a-master-gardener\/\"\t\n\t\tclass=\"wsu-button \">\n\t\t\t\n\t\tAsk a Master Gardener\t\t\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity wsu-spacing-before--large wsu-spacing-after--large\" \/>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-heading--style-marked\">WSU Extension Master Gardeners in the news<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row  wsu-color-background--gray-85 wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n<div class=\"wsu-card-wrapper wsu-card-wrapper--news wsu-card-wrapper--per-row-4\">\r\n        <article class=\"wsu-card wsu-card--news wsu-card--id-64255 \">\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-image-frame wsu-image-frame--fixed-ratio\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/news.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/article\/new-from-wsu-extension-pacific-northwest-gardeners-handbook-tool-for-acidic-soils\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/4\/Aerial-view-of-tractor-and-trailer-running-on-field-1024x576.jpeg\"\n\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/4\/Aerial-view-of-tractor-and-trailer-running-on-field-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/4\/Aerial-view-of-tractor-and-trailer-running-on-field-400x225.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/4\/Aerial-view-of-tractor-and-trailer-running-on-field-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/4\/Aerial-view-of-tractor-and-trailer-running-on-field-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/4\/Aerial-view-of-tractor-and-trailer-running-on-field-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/4\/Aerial-view-of-tractor-and-trailer-running-on-field-2048x1152.jpeg 2048w\"\t\t\t\tsizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"\t\t\t\talt=\"Liming using farm machinery\" \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-card__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wsu-title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/news.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/article\/new-from-wsu-extension-pacific-northwest-gardeners-handbook-tool-for-acidic-soils\/\">\t\t\tNew from WSU Extension: updated Pacific Northwest Gardener&#8217;s Handbook, tools for acidic soils\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t   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wsu-image-frame--fixed-ratio\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/news.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/article\/wsu-extension-programs-partner-on-food-access-initiative-win-regional-award\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/4\/Shopping-for-Veggies-at-Farmers-Market-1024x683.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/4\/Shopping-for-Veggies-at-Farmers-Market.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/4\/Shopping-for-Veggies-at-Farmers-Market-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/4\/Shopping-for-Veggies-at-Farmers-Market-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/4\/Shopping-for-Veggies-at-Farmers-Market-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/4\/Shopping-for-Veggies-at-Farmers-Market-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, 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href=\"https:\/\/news.cahnrs.wsu.edu\/article\/master-gardeners-group-celebrates-pollinators\/\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/4\/Peirce-County-pollinator-garden-B-1024x576.jpg\"\n\t\t\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/4\/Peirce-County-pollinator-garden-B-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/4\/Peirce-County-pollinator-garden-B-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/4\/Peirce-County-pollinator-garden-B-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/4\/Peirce-County-pollinator-garden-B-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/4\/Peirce-County-pollinator-garden-B-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/cahnrs\/uploads\/sites\/4\/Peirce-County-pollinator-garden-B-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\"\t\t\t\tsizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 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