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WSU Snohomish County Extension office has moved!

Our office is now located in the Snohomish County Parks & Recreation Administration Office at Willis Tucker Park, 6705 Puget Park Drive, Snohomish, 98296.

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    • Repair Cafe November 2025
    • Got broken stuff? Toss it? No way! Bring it to a WSU Repair Café! You can bring your vacuums, lamps, bikes, jewelry, and one of our volunteer fixers will diagnose the issue and do their…
    • Growing Groceries: Healthy Soil = Healthy Plants
    • Learn proper soil and fertility management and how to grow healthy soil for healthy crops.
    • Growing Groceries: Growing the Onion and Beet Families
    • The onion (Allium) family includes garlic, leeks, and shallots as well. The beet (Chenopod) family includes everyone’s favorite, spinach, as well as chard and quinoa. Discussion of both families includes variety selection, cultural requirements, common…
    • Growing Groceries: Basics of Irrigation & Weed Management
    • Join us for a discussion of several types of irrigation products and their application in the food garden. In addition, we’ll focus on the details of installing drip irrigation and its application for gardens and…
    • Growing Groceries: Growing Fruit Trees in Western Washington
    • Learn the basics of growing fruit trees in Western Washington including factors such as site selection, rootstock and size, varieties, pollination, pruning, nutritional requirements and diseases/pests.
    • Growing Groceries: Growing the Pea/Bean Family & the Basics of Cover Cropping
    • We'll cover the Legume family which includes peas, beans (both green and dry), and lentils as well as the one member of the Solanaceous family that can be planted out early – potatoes! Discussion of…
    • Growing Groceries: Growing Berries in Western Washington
    • Topics include variety selection, soil preferences, fertility, pruning, pest and disease management, and cultural requirements for strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, and other small fruits.
    • Growing Groceries: Seed Starting and Growing Transplants
    • Beginning with how and when to start to seeds, to watering techniques, thinning and transplanting, you’ll learn how to save money and be successful in starting your vegetables from seed.
    • Growing Groceries: Growing on a small scale – in raised beds and containers
    • One of the best ways to maximize a small gardening area is to use containers, pots and raised beds as these offer flexibility and control over the growing environment, making them perfect for beginners or…
    • Growing Groceries: Growing the Tomato & Potato Family
    • Topics covered include variety selection, cultural requirements, as well as the major disease and pests affecting these species.

Connecting People, Resources and Knowledge

WSU Snohomish County Extension programs connect the people and communities of Snohomish County with the knowledge base of Washington State University to promote quality of life and advance economic well-being through fostering inquiry, learning, and the application of research.

County Programs

New video! Preserving the Salish Sea by Using Less Plastic

Visit New video! Preserving the Salish Sea by Using Less Plastic

Requiem for the Packaging King (video)

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bee pollinating zinnia

Bring Back the Pollinators!

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Snohomish County Extension

6705 Puget Park Dr.
Snohomish, WA
98296
425-338-2400

Phone Hours: 9 am – 4:30 pm, weekdays

Master Gardener Plant Problem Clinic
October – March
Monday – Thursday, 11am-3pm

April – September
Monday – Thursday, 10am – 4pm

By phone at 425-357-6010,

In-person at Willis Tucker Park,
6705 Puget Park Drive, Snohomish

Or by e-mail at askamastergardener@snohomishmg.org

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