Speakers Bureau
We are educators
The Master Gardener Mission revolves around educational outreach on horticulture and environmental stewardship.
Our Pierce County Speakers Bureau has developed over 30 talks on topics of interest to gardeners.
If you are looking to pick up some gardening knowledge, free of charge, read on!
More Information
*NEW*: We’re giving talks at the Plant Sale!
- Date:
Saturday, May 2nd 1:30pm
Reimagining Your Lawn
Saturday, May 2nd 2:30pm
Right Plant, Right Place
Sunday, May 3rd Noon
Attracting Native Bees to your Garden Oasis - New Location:
Puyallup Fairgrounds at the
Agriplex
Public talks: they’re FREE!
We give talks in libraries across Pierce County, McLendon’s Hardware and in our Demonstration Gardens in Puyallup and Gig Harbor….usually 1 hour talks.
We’ll come to you!
If you are part of an organization seeking a Master Gardener Speakers Bureau presentation, we’d love to talk with you! We are happy to take our presentations ‘on the road’ (or via video conference). We’ll bring the presentation and you set the venue and bring your people.
How? Just pick from our catalog of talks and then fill out a…
- Garden Clubs
- Home Owners Associations (HOAs)
- Nurseries
- Corporations
- … basically anyone who wants to learn about gardening!
Presentation Library: talks on…
These are talks on growing food both veggies and small fruits, building soil health including composting and attracting pollinators to your garden.
These are talks on how to adjust your gardening practices to align with our changing climate including water wise gardening and maintaining clean water.
A category of talks include the health benefits of engaging with nature, wild fire preparedness for your home and encouraging plant biodiversity.
Schedule a presentation for your organization
Requesting a Speaker: It’s easy!
Check our Presentation Library, when you find a topic that aligns with your interest submit a request via email and we will get you scheduled. If you don’t find a topic that interests you, you can request a custom presentation and we will try to accommodate you.
Simply fill out the Speakers Request Form by clicking the link below. Instructions provided on the form.
Frequently Asked Questions:
A: The Master Gardeners Program is an Extension Program of Washington State University. Part of our charter as a Land Grant University is to provide this type of education, without charge.
However, Land Grant Universities also have restrictions on what activities we can fund. So, we have a parallel Foundation organization that helps us fundraise for those activities. If you find value in these presentations and have the budget, please consider making a donation to our Foundation. The monies contributed go to expanding the programs and reach of Master Gardeners activities within the county.
Ask us for a “Custom” presentation when you submit your request. We cannot promise we’ll do it, but sometimes the topic you are interested in is also an area of interest to one of our Master Gardeners and your request could be the ‘call to act’ for them. Also, we can sometimes ‘lego-together’ modules from related presentations to better map to the topic you want covered. It never hurts to ask.
A: Please try and give us six weeks lead time. If you are asking for an existing presentation from our library the lead time can be shorter, depending on speaker availability. If you want a custom presentation, then we need to find a Master Gardener willing to create a presentation to your specifications. This will take longer.