Reaching out to communities in Kittitas County
Educational Outreach
WSU Extension Master Gardener Programs statewide host educational classes, workshops, demonstrations, and field days. Through these events our university-trained volunteers bring relevant, unbiased, research-based horticulture and environmental stewardship education to their local communities.
Upcoming Master Gardener Events
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Speakers Bureau
Does your organization need a speaker? WSU Master Gardeners do presentations on a variety of gardening topics as part of their mission to empower and sustain diverse communities with relevant, unbiased research-based yard and garden information. Request a speaker qualified to talk to your garden club, service club or classroom about anything gardening related, from growing veggies to soil health to attracting pollinators, or something specifically to address your group’s needs.
Youth Gardening
Are you a teacher who wants to get your students in the garden? The gardeners of tomorrow start building their passion today! Several counties have youth gardening programs where kids can experience the joy of gardening. The goal is to build knowledge, but especially to inspire a passion for gardening that lasts a lifetime.
Demonstration Gardens
Want to see sustainable gardening in action? Stop by one of our gardens. These outdoor classrooms give gardeners the opportunity to see and practice sustainable gardening techniques. Master Gardeners demonstrate via classes, workshops, and field days a range of gardening practices including water wise gardens, native plant gardens, English knot gardens, raised bed vegetable gardening, composting, container gardening, espaliered apples, berry beds and more.
Plant Sales
Looking for plants well-suited for your particular location? Our plant sales have become important events in our communities. People come looking for unique varieties of vegetable starts and perennials that are well-suited for local climates and soils and for advice from WSU Extension Master Gardeners about how to best care for their new plants. Plant sale goers know that they will get high quality plants and veggie starts at a reasonable price.
Our plant sale, held in the spring and hosted by our Master Gardener Foundation of Kittitas County, is an important tool for us to defray the cost of running many of our free programs.
Ask a Master Gardener
Have a gardening question? Ask a Master Gardener at one of our in-person or on-line plant and insect diagnostic clinics.
From our beginning, Master Gardeners have provided free access to unbiased research-based horticulture advice to help people find answers to their gardening questions. Clinics are located at farmers markets, hardware stores, nurseries, demonstration gardens and Extension offices throughout the state of Washington. You can also find us online.
On The Radio with Ellensburg Community Radio
WSU Kittitas County Master Gardeners have partnered with Ellensburg Community Radio to present Master Gardening tips for Kittitas County. Past episodes can be found on the Ellensburg Community Radio Master Gardener Tips webpage. Topics include Garden Calendars for each month, Cold Hardy Fruit Trees, Shrubs, Perennials, Bulbs, and Trees, Xeriscaping, Native Plants, and more!
Master Gardener Tips – Hosted by WSU Extension Kittitas County Master Gardeners
Tuesday, Thursday, Weekends at 8am.
Wednesdays at 6pm
Friday at 11:55am
Come learn with us!
The WSU Extension Master Gardener Advanced Education Conference (AEC) is open to all garden enthusiasts!
To further the training of volunteers and keep them abreast of cutting-edge horticultural science, the Master Gardener Foundation of Washington State partners with the WSU Extension Master Gardener Program to produce the AEC. This educational event is just one way we strive to ensure that when you reach out to your local Extension Master Gardeners, you are assured of getting innovative, unbiased, scientifically supported advice.
