{"id":27075,"date":"2025-11-20T15:51:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T23:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/skagit\/?page_id=27075"},"modified":"2026-03-04T11:43:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T19:43:21","slug":"classes-and-workshops","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/skagit\/mg\/classes-and-workshops\/","title":{"rendered":"Classes and WorkShops"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-hero wsu-width--full wsu-pattern--wsu-light-radial-left  wsu-hero--size-small wsu-hero--style-boxed \">\n\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__background\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-image-frame wsu-image-frame--fill\">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2025\/05\/IMG_9479-scaled.jpg\"\n\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2025\/05\/IMG_9479-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2025\/05\/IMG_9479-scaled.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2025\/05\/IMG_9479-scaled.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2025\/05\/IMG_9479-scaled.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2025\/05\/IMG_9479-scaled.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2025\/05\/IMG_9479-scaled.jpg 2048w\"\n\t\tsizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"\n\t\talt=\"Classroom at NWREC Skagit County\"\n\t\tstyle=\"object-position: 50% 50%\"\n\t\t\/>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__overlay\">\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__content-wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__inner-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__title-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"wsu-hero__title\">Classes and Workshops<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__caption\">Answering your gardening questions since 1973<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__content\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs \" typeof=\"BreadcrumbList\" vocab=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/\"><span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to WSU Extension.\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/\" class=\"main-home\" ><span property=\"name\">WSU Extension<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/span> &gt; <span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Skagit County.\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/skagit\" class=\"home\" ><span property=\"name\">Skagit County<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"2\"><\/span> &gt; <span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to News.\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/skagit\/news\/\" class=\"post-root post post-post\" aria-current=\"page\"><span property=\"name\">News<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"3\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-spacing-before--default wsu-spacing-top--default wsu-row--sidebar-right\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Master Gardener Classes and Workshops<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Know &amp; Grow<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Master Gardener&#8217;s will share tips for sowing, germinating, and growing a large variety of vegetables that do well in Skagit County. It\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Anacortes Senior College<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This three-week course will be provided by three instructors who are WSU-Skagit<br>County Extension Master Gardeners through in-person classes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Basic Botany to Help You Know and Understand Your Plants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From Seed to Maturity Jump Start Your Garden with Winter Sowing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rose Care and Pruning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Skagit County Fair<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Get advice on plants, trees, landscaping, and pests at booths during public events such as the County Fair. 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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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">DIG-IT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Discovery in Gardening is Terrific (DIG-IT).&nbsp; Master gardeners host day-long field trips for Skagit County 2<sup>nd<\/sup>&nbsp;and 3<sup>rd<\/sup>&nbsp;graders. DIG-IT, one of six activities during the day, gives students hands-on gardening experience in the style of the Three Sisters garden\u2014beans, corn and squash\u2014a planting technique used by native American cultures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tulip Tours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>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.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Speakers Bureau<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--sidebar-left\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"792\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/10\/Ask-a-MG-Dayweb-792x594.jpg\" alt=\"Ask a Master Gardener volunteers in action\" class=\"wp-image-19868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/10\/Ask-a-MG-Dayweb-792x594.jpg 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/10\/Ask-a-MG-Dayweb-396x297.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/10\/Ask-a-MG-Dayweb-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/57\/2022\/10\/Ask-a-MG-Dayweb.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wsu-heading--style-marked wsu-heading--mark-color-crimson\">Ask a Master Gardener<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Have a gardening question? 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