Community Presenter – Public Education Class – Topic: Garden Hacks – Work Smarter, Not Harder

The WSU Pend Oreille County Master Gardeners will host a very special class on Garden Hacks: Work Smarter, Not Harder, on Thursday, September 10, at 1:00 p.m. at the WSU Pend Oreille County Extension Office, located at 227A South Garden Avenue, Newport WA. This class will be taught by longtime Inland Northwest Garden writer and consultant Pat Munts, whose five decades of hands-on experience have shaped her practical, efficient approach to gardening.

From her home garden in Spokane where she has weathered fire, ice, snow, deer, bugs, heat, cold, and plenty of weeds, Munts has developed strategies to make gardening easier at any age. She will share tips on moving materials around the garden, keeping deer at bay, controlling weeds, propagating plants, and repurposing castoff materials. Her message is clear: with the right techniques, gardeners can continue enjoying their gardens well into their 70s and 80s. The cost of the class is $5 per person.

Munts writes a weekly gardening column for the Spokesman-Review and is co-author of the Northwest Gardeners Handbook, the first book to fully address gardening conditions on both sides of the Cascades. She retired from WSU Spokane County Extension after 15 years, where she helped establish community gardens throughout the region, and now offers landscape consulting as Pat Munts Garden Coach.

To register for this class, contact Beverly Sarles, M-F, 8-4:30pm, at 509-447-2401 or email anytime at: beverly.sarles@wsu.edu