{"id":24330,"date":"2025-05-13T09:36:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T16:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/kitsap\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=24330"},"modified":"2025-05-13T09:38:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T16:38:09","slug":"horticulture-seminar-dahlias","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/kitsap\/event\/horticulture-seminar-dahlias\/","title":{"rendered":"Horticulture Seminar: Dahlias"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"event-summary-title hidden-print\"><span id=\"ember963\" class=\"ember-view\"> Horticulture Seminar: Dahlias <\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n<div class=\"event-date\">Date: Saturday, May 17, 2025<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"event-time\">Time: 1:00 PM \u2013 2:00 PM<\/div>\n<div class=\"event-location\">Location: Kitsap Regional Library, Bainbridge Island &#8211; 1270 Madison Ave. N. Bainbridge Island, WA<\/div>\n<div>For more information and to register: <a href=\"https:\/\/krl.bibliocommons.com\/events\/67d09d7f0b7c27290074065e\"><strong>https:\/\/krl.bibliocommons.com\/events\/67d09d7f0b7c27290074065e<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<p>This lecture is part of a series by Master Gardeners on a variety of horticultural subjects.<\/p>\n<p>Dahlias &#8211; New Genetics and More<\/p>\n<p>This presentation will review the latest genetic research on the dahlia species and answer common questions about digging, earwigs, fertilizers, trimming, planting, and more. Come and enjoy and bring your questions.<\/p>\n<p>Presenter <strong>Paul Kusche<\/strong> is the Owner, Operator and Hybridizer of Papa Paul\u2019s Dahlia Farm in Olalla, WA and President of the Kitsap County Dahlia Society. Paul started growing dahlias in Sandpoint, ID over 30 years ago, with the challenges of snow, frozen ground and a shorter growing season. In 2019 Paul and his wife Teena came back to the PNW and Olalla, WA to be with family. Papa Paul\u2019s Dahlia Farm has over 250 Varieties and seedling beds for hybridization. Paul is a frequent Garden Club and Master Gardener Seminar Speaker. His latest work, \u201cPowdery Mildew\u2013Nemesis of the Garden\u201d, was featured in the American Dahlia Society Spring Bulletin. Papa Paul\u2019s Dahlias was the cover story in the July 2020 West Sound Home &amp; Garden Magazine. Paul Kusche is also two state Master Gardener having completed training first in Bonner County Idaho in 2015 just after retirement and again in Kitsap County, Washington in 2019 when he relocated back to the Northwest.<\/p>\n<p>Please note: this is an educational seminar put on by the Kitsap Regional Library in partnership with WSU Kitsap Extension Master Gardener Program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Horticulture Seminar: Dahlias Date: Saturday, May 17, 2025 Time: 1:00 PM \u2013 2:00 PM Location: Kitsap Regional Library, Bainbridge Island &#8211; 1270 Madison Ave. N. Bainbridge Island, WA For more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153,"featured_media":24331,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_expiration_date":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[23],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/kitsap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/24330"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/kitsap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/kitsap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/kitsap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/kitsap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24330"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/kitsap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/24330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24334,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/kitsap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/24330\/revisions\/24334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/kitsap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/kitsap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/kitsap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24330"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/kitsap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=24330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}