Pacific County Fair
2024-08-21 09:00 - 21:00, 2024-08-22 09:00 - 21:00, 2024-08-24 09:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-20 09:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-22 09:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Pacific County Fairgrounds, Menlo, WA, United States

Pacific County Fair
2024-08-23 09:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-21 09:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-23 09:00 - 21:00 | Pacific County Fairgrounds, Menlo, WA, 98561, United States

Pacific County Youth Livestock Auction
2024-08-24 13:00

Pruning Workshop - Ilwaco
2025-02-22 11:00 - 13:00 | Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum, 115 S E Lake Street, Ilwaco, WA, 98624, United States
The Master Gardeners of Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties are presenting a Pruning Workshop on Saturday, February 22, from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum in Ilwaco. Master Gardener volunteers will demonstrate proper pruning techniques for trees and shrubs. After the workshop, participants can practice their new pruning skills on the trees and shrubs in the Museum Discovery Garden. Bring your favorite pruning tools and dress for the weather. The workshop is free and open to the public.

Ask a Master Gardener! Plant Clinic - WSU Pacific County Extension Office
2025-04-14 10:00 - 13:00, 2025-07-14 10:00 - 13:00, 2025-07-28 10:00 - 13:00, 2025-09-08 10:00 - 13:00, 2025-09-22 10:00 - 13:00 | WSU Pacific County Extension Office, 1216 W. Robert Bush Drive, South Bend, WA, 98586, United States
The Master Gardeners of Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties will be hosting a Plant Clinic on Monday, April 14, 2025 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the WSU Pacific County Extension Office, located in the Courthouse Annex at 1216 W Robert Bush Drive in South Bend.
Common questions for the Master Gardener volunteers are:

What plants grow best in the Pacific Northwest?
What can I grow in the maritime environment?
How can I test my soil?
What will I have problems growing where I live?

To help us better diagnose a plant problem, please try to share as much of the following information as possible:

The type of damage are you seeing and when it start
The parts of the plant that are affected: flower, leaf, stem, fruit, etc.
How is the plant watered and the amount and frequency of watering
The location of the plant ; in a garden bed or in the lawn, next to a driveway or house, in full or part sun, the direction the plant faces, etc.

Sharing photographs of your plant problem, plant identification or insect identification is helpful. Please bring a sample if possible. To learn about preparing samples for diagnosis, please see Preparing Your Specimens for the Plant Clinic.
2025 Plant Clinic Dates
April 14 & 28
May 12
June 9 & 23
July 14 & 28
August 11 & 25
September 8 & 22

Phone 360-875-9331 for more information.

Create a Salsa Garden Workshop
2025-04-19 11:00 - 12:30

Application Deadline for 2025 Master Gardener Don Tapio Scholarship
2025-05-31 08:00 - 16:00 | WSU Extension Grays Harbor County, 34 Elma McCleary Road, Elma, 98541, United States
DEADLINE: MAY 31, 2025. Are you a graduating senior (including home-school and alternative school seniors) attending school in Grays Harbor County or Pacific County? Will you be furthering your education in horticulture, life sciences, or other related fields? Consider applying for the 2025 Master Gardener Don Tapio Scholarship being offered by the Master Gardener Foundation of Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties.
You can get more information and the instructions for the scholarship application here.

Plant Clinic & Information Center - Ilwaco
2025-07-12 10:00 - 14:00 | Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum, 115 S E Lake Street, Ilwaco, WA, 98624, United States
WSU Master Gardeners of Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties are holding a Plant Clinic and Information Center at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum in Ilwaco. We will be there to address your plant questions, concerns, and suggestions. The Discovery Garden is located behind the Museum’s parking lot at 115 SE Lake Street.
If you have questions such as:
• How do I place mulch around trees and shrubs?
• My one rhododendron is wilting and dying. What’s wrong?
• Moss is all over my lawn. What moss killer can I use?
• My hellebore plants look fairly healthy but some of the leaves look damaged. What should I do?
We can help you! Stop by anytime. Bring samples if you can. Learn about preparing your samples here.
We are also giving informal tours of the Native Plant Garden and our own vegetable garden!
For more information, contact Bev Arnoldy at bevarnoldy@gmail.com

WSU Extension also supports two web sites that can help you diagnose your own plant problems.
• Hortsense (http://hortsense.cahnrs.wsu.edu/Home/HortsenseHome.aspx) – Contains fact sheets for the home gardener to manage plant problems using Integrated Pest Management (IPM).
• Pestsense (http://pestsense.cahnrs.wsu.edu/Home/PestsenseHome.aspx) – Contains fact sheets for managing common indoor pest problems using Integrated Pest Management (IPM).

WSU Master Gardener Volunteer Training Applications Due
2025-08-30 08:00 - 17:00
Become a WSU Master Gardener volunteer! Click here for more information.

May Blooming Planter Sale – Two Locations!
2026-05-09 10:00 - 15:00
Master Gardener Blooming Planter Sale
on May 9, 2026
Rustemeyer Rd or Ocean Shores
Colorful flowers in wood and metal planters
Blooming Cedar Planters for Sale!
Just in time for Mother’s Day, our signature stylish planters in cedar and galvanized metal will be for sale at two locations. These planters are priced between $40 to $60, depending on sizes and styles. There are several styles of planters— and hanging baskets, too. Each is planted with unique combinations of colorful blooming annuals, perennials, bulbs, herbs and even some with salad vegetables.
Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer your plant questions and help problem solve your gardening issues.
Saturday, May 9, 2026
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Greenhouse at 86 Rustemeyer Road
(Off Hwy.105 between Aberdeen & Westport, just west of Westport Winery and Lily Lane)
Also planters will be for sale at Garden By The Sea, a community garden in Ocean Shores, on Saturday May 9th, also from 10:00am to 3:00pm.
Garden By the Sea, Ocean Shores
824 Ocean Shores Blvd. NW
(behind ‘Granny’s Tugboat Childcare’ and Galilean Lutheran Church)
Proceeds support The WSU Extension Master Gardener Program including education workshops for adults and children, plant clinics, demonstration gardens and beds and all our other activities in both Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties.
WSU Extension programs and employment are available without discrimination. Evidence of noncompliance may be reported through your local WSU Extension office.

2026 Home and Garden Show
2026-05-16 09:00 - 17:00 | Grays Harbor Fairgrounds, 32 Elma McCleary Road, Elma, WA, 98541, United States
The Pavilion at the Grays Harbor County Fairgrounds will once again be filled with regional and local vendor exhibits, speakers and educational workshops to help you get new ideas and add to your homes and gardens.
There will be activities for children, our staffed plant clinic, educational presentations, the Master Gardener store and great raffle prizes. And as always, admission and parking are free.

2025 Home and Garden Show
2026-05-17 09:00 - 16:00 | Grays Harbor Fairgrounds, 32 Elma McCleary Road, Elma, WA, 98541, United States

28th Annual Garden Tour and Plant Sale
2026-07-18 09:00 - 17:00
28th Annual Garden Tour
Saturday, July 18th, 2026
Garden Tour hours are 10:00 AM until 4:00 PM
Plant Sale hours are 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM

This year’s Garden Tour will be held in Ocean Shores. Tickets will be available one month before the tour, for $20 and free for children 10 and under.

Plant Sale will be held at the new Master Gardener Demonstration Garden, DiG@Shores, behind the Ocean Shores
Methodist Church, 557 Point Brown Avenue NW. No ticket will be required for the plant sale.
