Classes and Workshops
Master Gardener Classes and Workshops
Know & Grow
Master Gardener’s will share tips for sowing, germinating, and growing a large variety of vegetables that do well in Skagit County. It’s easy, inexpensive, and rewarding. She will speak about starting seeds, proper planting, crop rotation, watering, fertilizing, plant protection, and weeding. Experience the gratification of growing your own fresh vegetables for your family.
Anacortes Senior College
This three-week course will be provided by three instructors who are WSU-Skagit
County Extension Master Gardeners through in-person classes
- Basic Botany to Help You Know and Understand Your Plants
- From Seed to Maturity Jump Start Your Garden with Winter Sowing
- Rose Care and Pruning
Skagit County Fair
Get advice on plants, trees, landscaping, and pests at booths during public events such as the County Fair. Learn about plants that are locally-grown and chosen for success in the Skagit Valley environment.
Toddlers Day
A morning of free activities designed for 2-5 year old children from 10 a.m. to noon, in July at the WSU Extension Skagit County Master Gardeners Discovery Garden, in Mount Vernon.
- looking for butterflies and other insects
- feeding fish in the pond
- learning about worms
- story time
- making a bird feeder
- water play and more
Open House
Want to know about gardening – from roses to vegetables? Want to learn more about including native plants in your landscape? Ever wonder how to grow, graft, and prune fruit trees? Learn about all of this and more at the annual Garden Open House in June, in Mount Vernon.
DIG-IT
Discovery in Gardening is Terrific (DIG-IT). Master gardeners host day-long field trips for Skagit County 2nd and 3rd graders. DIG-IT, one of six activities during the day, gives students hands-on gardening experience in the style of the Three Sisters garden—beans, corn and squash—a planting technique used by native American cultures.
Tulip Tours
Contact the Washington State University Master Gardeners and inquire about our step-on guided informative overview of our wonderful area and are available for your group tour during the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival.
Speakers Bureau
Ask our trained and certified members of the volunteer program of Washington State University Extension, Master Gardeners assist Extension. They provide information to home gardeners about sound and sustainable gardening practices. This includes integrated pest management, efficient watering technologies, recycling of garden wastes and cultural methods for preventing and treating plant disease.
Ask a Master Gardener
Have a gardening question? Skagit County WSU Extension Master Gardeners provide year-round assistance to home gardeners.
During the growing season, visit one of our Diagnostic Plant Clinics or Ask a Master Gardener booth at local farmers markets, community events, and the WSU Extension office in Burlington. In the winter months, we are still here to help. Submit your questions by email, phone, or online.