![Small white flowers.](https://wpcdn.web.wsu.edu/extension/uploads/sites/43/2024/07/IMG_3675-scaled.jpg)
Ask a Master Gardener
Ask a Master Gardener
Gardening advice via phone or email
If you have a gardening issue, you can submit your question via email or give us a call at (253) 798-7170. Our Master Gardener clinicians are most frequently answering questions between 10am-2pm on weekdays. There may be days where we do not have a volunteer available; please allow one week for a response. Just take a picture of the issue and submit the form below.
![Master Gardeners answering questions for clients at State Fair table.](https://wpcdn.web.wsu.edu/extension/uploads/sites/43/2024/07/Clinic-State-Fair.jpg)
Ask a Master Gardener plant clinic locations
If instead of email, you want to have some back-and-forth question and answer so that, together, we can hone on the difficult-to-describe issue, we have over a dozen Ask a Master Gardener plant clinic locations across Pierce County.
Want to do some research on your own?
![Aphids on a plant](https://wpcdn.web.wsu.edu/extension/uploads/sites/43/2024/07/Home-Garden-pests-e1691783855348-768x549-1.jpg)
Hortsense
Hortsense contains home gardener fact sheets for managing plant problems.
![Butterfly on daisy](https://wpcdn.web.wsu.edu/extension/uploads/sites/43/2024/07/Garden-WA.jpg)
Other gardening resources
Find publications and links to a vast library of gardening resources.
Learn more about some common weeds in our area
![Field of horsetail](https://wpcdn.web.wsu.edu/extension/uploads/sites/28/equisetumbp.jpg)
Horsetail
![Bittercress, also known as Shotweed](https://wpcdn.web.wsu.edu/extension/uploads/sites/28/bittercress-rosette-1.jpg)
Bittercress (a.k.a.: Shotweed)
![Dandelion going to seed](https://wpcdn.web.wsu.edu/extension/uploads/sites/28/pexels-ekaterinabelinskaya-4671547-scaled.jpg)
Dandelions
![Common weed Barnyardgrass also known as Watergrass](https://wpcdn.web.wsu.edu/extension/uploads/sites/43/2024/08/barnyardgrassjk.jpg)
Barnyardgrass (a.k.a. Watergrass)
![Common weed: blackberries](https://wpcdn.web.wsu.edu/extension/uploads/sites/43/2024/08/Blackberry-fruit.jpg)
Blackberries
![common weed, western bracken fern](https://wpcdn.web.wsu.edu/extension/uploads/sites/43/2024/08/westernbrackenfern.jpg)
Brackenfern
![common weed, buttercup](https://wpcdn.web.wsu.edu/extension/uploads/sites/43/2024/08/Creeping_Buttercup_Flowers-TMiller.jpg)
Buttercup
![common weed and sometimes lawn alternative, clover](https://wpcdn.web.wsu.edu/extension/uploads/sites/43/2024/08/cloverbp.jpg)
Clover
![common weed, spotted knapweed](https://wpcdn.web.wsu.edu/extension/uploads/sites/43/2024/08/spottedknapweed-cropped.jpg)
and much, much more…
Frequently asked questions:
A: Our community Answer Clinics are typically open April – September each year. Please check above for details on dates & times at specific locations. Our email clinic is available year-round.
A: Yes, you can bring your samples for diagnostics to our community locations. Please do not bring samples to the office clinic before calling (253.798.7170). Office clinic walk-ins are by appointment only.
A: Yes, please submit your request at least 6 weeks prior to your event. This can be a one-time or reoccurring event. We will do our best to accommodate your event.