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SUMMARY:WSU Snohomish County Master Gardener Foundation Winter Speaker Series: Hydrangeas: Frumpy or Fabulous
DESCRIPTION:Hydrangeas:  Frumpy or Fabulous\nJanuary 15\, 2027 \n\n\nFew plants deliver the floral punch that hydrangeas do\, but sometimes they can be over-the-top or leave you wanting more. From giant\, voluptuous blue mophead blooms to delicate tasteful lace cap flowers\, it is hard to know if you should love or distain these old-fashioned shrubs. \n\n\nJoin Richie Steffen\, executive director of the Elisabeth C Miller Botanical Garden\, as he shares his journey with this diverse genus. He has developed a collection of over 170 cultivars ranging from old favorites to the newest cultivars to hit the market as well as an array of various species. Hear what is the best of the best and what roles this water-thirsty plant can play in a time of waterwise gardening.\nRichie will have is book available for purchase (cash or check): “Plant Lover’s Guide to Ferns”. \nSpeaker Profile:\nRichie Steffen loves plants\, although his friends may say this is an understatement. During his career in horticulture over the last 40 years\, he has grown thousands of plants and is still looking for more. Currently serving as the executive director of the Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden near Seattle\, Richie oversees the operations of the garden and its main educational program\, Great Plant Picks. Great Plant Picks is committed to building a comprehensive palette of outstanding and reliable plants for maritime Pacific Northwest gardens and sharing information on these exceptional plants with the gardening public. \nRichie is known for his entertaining lectures and beautiful photography and is a noted horticultural personality. Along with his husband Rick\, they also garden on a 10-acre property just south of Hansville. \n\n\nAbout the Series: Over two decades of great gardening advice\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe lecture series sponsored by the Snohomish County Master Gardener Foundation features eight knowledgeable gardeners\, authors and subject matter experts sharing their expertise on a variety of gardening subjects.  The presenters are chosen by their intriguing topics\, educational value and entertainment.  Doors open at 9:00 am.\nThe lecture begins at 9:30am – 11:30am\, it is located in the Weyerhaeuser Room at the Everett Train Station.\nSchedule Changes: If for some reason\, a lecture must be cancelled and rescheduled\, that information will be posted above the line below. This might occur due to WEATHER or if a SPEAKER has to cancel at the last minute or has a change in his/her schedule. \n\nSeason Tickets or Single Tickets Available\n\nSeason Pass (includes all 8 lectures): $110.00 per person\, available October – January 1st. \n\nPurchase on-line: Use the PayPal link at https://www.gardenlectures.com.\nPurchase by mail: Make checks payable to SCMGF\, send to:\n\nSCMGF c/o Leigh Anne Burford\n6705 Puget Park Drive\nSnohomish\, WA 98296 \nPlease include a name and email address with your check. \nSingle Tickets (for one lecture): $30.00 per person\, available after January 1st on this site or at the door the day of lecture.
URL:https://extension.wsu.edu/snohomish/event/wsu-snohomish-county-master-gardener-foundation-winter-speaker-series-hydrangeas-frumpy-or-fabulous/
LOCATION:Everett Station – Weyerhaeuser Room\, 3201 Smith Ave\, 4th Flr\, Everett\, WA\, 98201\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Snohomish%20County%20Master%20Gardener%20Foundation":MAILTO:http://www.snomgf.org/contact-us.html
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270129T093000
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SUMMARY:WSU Snohomish County Master Gardener Foundation Winter Speaker Series: More Peonies\, Please! Different Propagating Techniques
DESCRIPTION:More Peonies\, Please!  Different Propagating Techniques\n\nJanuary 29\, 2027 \n\n\nThe current resurgence in peonies is no accident. Until recently\, their omission from modern garden design had persisted for nearly half a century\, but that’s rapidly changing as gardeners discover the exceptional qualities of newer varieties that have been specifically developed for today’s smaller\, low maintenance gardens. \n\n\nThese aren’t your grandmother’s peonies! Join Lorē as she shares tips and techniques for propagating peonies including how to grow peonies from seed\, how to hybridize new varieties\, and how to clone peonies using root crown division\, tissue culture and grafting woody tree peonies. In addition\, Lorē will briefly discuss how hybridizing impacts stamen transformation in peonies to create new flower styles. She will also share a brief history and update about the ongoing development of the exciting new Itoh intersectional peonies. Bring your questions and get ready to learn how to successfully propagate and grow more of these incredibly beautiful and majestic landscape aristocrats! \nSpeaker Profile:\nLorē is a well-known member of the garden community in the Pacific Northwest. She and her husband Jim own and operate Rarity Gardens\, a small perennial nursery specializing in Hosta\, daylilies and especially peonies. A nurseryman’s daughter\, Lorē has been growing and propagating a wide variety of trees\, shrubs and herbaceous plants since childhood. She studied botany at the University of Michigan and currently grows nearly 1\,000 different peony cultivars. A long-time member of the Pacific Northwest Peony Society\, Lorē is also Past-President of the American Peony Society where she was instrumental in establishing evaluation criteria and judges’ training for the Society’s Award of Landscape Merit selection process. Her mission is to introduce gardeners to modern peonies as the perfect choice for both the landscape and vase. More Peonies\, Please! \nAbout the Series: Over two decades of great gardening advice \nThe lecture series sponsored by the Snohomish County Master Gardener Foundation features eight knowledgeable gardeners\, authors and subject matter experts sharing their expertise on a variety of gardening subjects.  The presenters are chosen by their intriguing topics\, educational value and entertainment.  Doors open at 9:00 am.\nThe lecture begins at 9:30am – 11:30am\, it is located in the Weyerhaeuser Room at the Everett Train Station.\nSchedule Changes: If for some reason\, a lecture must be cancelled and rescheduled\, that information will be posted above the line below. This might occur due to WEATHER or if a SPEAKER has to cancel at the last minute or has a change in his/her schedule. \nSeason Tickets or Single Tickets Available \nSeason Pass (includes all 8 lectures): $110.00 per person\, available October – January 1st. \n\nPurchase on-line: Use the PayPal link at https://www.gardenlectures.com.\nPurchase by mail: Make checks payable to SCMGF\, send to:\n\nSCMGF c/o Leigh Anne Burford\n6705 Puget Park Drive\nSnohomish\, WA 98296 \nPlease include a name and email address with your check. \nSingle Tickets (for one lecture): $30.00 per person\, available after January 1st on this site or at the door the day of lecture. \n 
URL:https://extension.wsu.edu/snohomish/event/wsu-snohomish-county-master-gardener-foundation-winter-speaker-series-more-peonies-please-different-propagating-techniques/
LOCATION:Everett Station – Weyerhaeuser Room\, 3201 Smith Ave\, 4th Flr\, Everett\, WA\, 98201\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Home & Garden Event,MG
ORGANIZER;CN="Snohomish%20County%20Master%20Gardener%20Foundation":MAILTO:http://www.snomgf.org/contact-us.html
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SUMMARY:WSU Snohomish County Master Gardener Foundation Winter Speaker Series: Garden Escapes: Favorite Garden Plants in Natural Areas
DESCRIPTION:Garden Escapes: Favorite Garden Plants in Natural Areas\n\nFebruary 12\, 2027 \n\n\nTake a virtual field trip to natural areas that have issues with invasive garden plants. Learn about ecological consequences\, management options\, and garden alternatives. \n\n\nSpeaker Profile:\nHolly Zox has been teaching in the horticulture department at Edmonds College for 17 years\, and working as a field biologist on contract with the Tulalip Tribes for 20 years. The focus of Holly’s career has been wetland science\, habitat restoration\, native plants\, and invasive species. \nAbout the Series: Over two decades of great gardening advice \nThe lecture series sponsored by the Snohomish County Master Gardener Foundation features eight knowledgeable gardeners\, authors and subject matter experts sharing their expertise on a variety of gardening subjects.  The presenters are chosen by their intriguing topics\, educational value and entertainment.  Doors open at 9:00 am.\nThe lecture begins at 9:30am – 11:30am\, it is located in the Weyerhaeuser Room at the Everett Train Station.\nSchedule Changes: If for some reason\, a lecture must be cancelled and rescheduled\, that information will be posted above the line below. This might occur due to WEATHER or if a SPEAKER has to cancel at the last minute or has a change in his/her schedule. \nSeason Tickets or Single Tickets Available \nSeason Pass (includes all 8 lectures): $110.00 per person\, available October – January 1st. \n\nPurchase on-line: Use the PayPal link at https://www.gardenlectures.com.\nPurchase by mail: Make checks payable to SCMGF\, send to:\n\nSCMGF c/o Leigh Anne Burford\n6705 Puget Park Drive\nSnohomish\, WA 98296 \nPlease include a name and email address with your check. \nSingle Tickets (for one lecture): $30.00 per person\, available after January 1st on this site or at the door the day of lecture.
URL:https://extension.wsu.edu/snohomish/event/wsu-snohomish-county-master-gardener-foundation-winter-speaker-series-garden-escapes-favorite-garden-plants-in-natural-areas/
LOCATION:Everett Station – Weyerhaeuser Room\, 3201 Smith Ave\, 4th Flr\, Everett\, WA\, 98201\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Home & Garden Event,MG
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SUMMARY:WSU Snohomish County Master Gardener Foundation Winter Speaker Series: The Science of Color
DESCRIPTION:The Science of Color\n\nFebruary 26\, 2027 \n\n\nGardens are all about color. From flowers to fruit to foliage\, we gardeners select a palette of plants based on the colors we like\, while excluding those we don’t care for. But plants don’t create color for our benefit. \n\n\nIn this lecture\, Dr. Ross Bayton delves into the science of color\, revealing how plants produce it and how they use it to communicate.\nSpeaker Profile:\nLondon-born botanist and gardener Dr. Ross Bayton gained his PhD at the Royal Botanic Gardens\, Kew\, studying the classification of tropical palms. He’s the author of several books on horticulture including New Trees: Introductions to Cultivation (with John Grimshaw)\, Plant Families: A Guide for Gardeners and Botanists (with Simon Maugham)\, and most recently The Gardener’s Botanical: An Encyclopedia of Latin Plant Names\, as featured in the New York Times. Formerly the Gardening Editor of the UK’s best-selling gardening periodical\, BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine\, he is now the Director of the world-renowned Heronswood Garden in Kingston\, Wa.\, and is developing a 5-acre garden at home in nearby Bremerton. \n\nAbout the Series: Over two decades of great gardening advice \nThe lecture series sponsored by the Snohomish County Master Gardener Foundation features eight knowledgeable gardeners\, authors and subject matter experts sharing their expertise on a variety of gardening subjects.  The presenters are chosen by their intriguing topics\, educational value and entertainment.  Doors open at 9:00 am.\nThe lecture begins at 9:30am – 11:30am\, it is located in the Weyerhaeuser Room at the Everett Train Station.\nSchedule Changes: If for some reason\, a lecture must be cancelled and rescheduled\, that information will be posted above the line below. This might occur due to WEATHER or if a SPEAKER has to cancel at the last minute or has a change in his/her schedule. \nSeason Tickets or Single Tickets Available \nSeason Pass (includes all 8 lectures): $110.00 per person\, available October – January 1st. \n\nPurchase on-line: Use the PayPal link at https://www.gardenlectures.com.\nPurchase by mail: Make checks payable to SCMGF\, send to:\n\nSCMGF c/o Leigh Anne Burford\n6705 Puget Park Drive\nSnohomish\, WA 98296 \nPlease include a name and email address with your check. \nSingle Tickets (for one lecture): $30.00 per person\, available after January 1st on this site or at the door the day of lecture.
URL:https://extension.wsu.edu/snohomish/event/wsu-snohomish-county-master-gardener-foundation-winter-speaker-series-the-science-of-color/
LOCATION:Everett Station – Weyerhaeuser Room\, 3201 Smith Ave\, 4th Flr\, Everett\, WA\, 98201\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Home & Garden Event,MG
ORGANIZER;CN="Snohomish%20County%20Master%20Gardener%20Foundation":MAILTO:http://www.snomgf.org/contact-us.html
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SUMMARY:WSU Snohomish County Master Gardener Foundation Winter Speaker Series: Growing Berries in your Backyard
DESCRIPTION:Growing Berries in your Backyard   \n\nMarch 5\, 2027 \n\n\nThis presentation will provide botanical and horticultural background on the successful cultivation of raspberry\, blackberry\, and blueberry\, with a focus on growing conditions and practices relevant to northwestern Washington. \n\n\nSpeaker Profile:\nLisa Wasko DeVetter is a Professor of Horticulture and leads the statewide Small Fruit Horticulture program at Washington State University’s Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center in Mount Vernon. Her research and outreach program focuses on maximizing productivity\, fruit quality\, and on‑farm efficiencies while protecting the natural resources essential to small fruit production in the Pacific Northwest. Key areas of work include pollination services\, end‑of‑life management of agricultural plastics\, machine‑harvesting technologies\, and nutrient management. \nAbout the Series: Over two decades of great gardening advice \nThe lecture series sponsored by the Snohomish County Master Gardener Foundation features eight knowledgeable gardeners\, authors and subject matter experts sharing their expertise on a variety of gardening subjects.  The presenters are chosen by their intriguing topics\, educational value and entertainment.  Doors open at 9:00 am.\nThe lecture begins at 9:30am – 11:30am\, it is located in the Weyerhaeuser Room at the Everett Train Station.\nSchedule Changes: If for some reason\, a lecture must be cancelled and rescheduled\, that information will be posted above the line below. This might occur due to WEATHER or if a SPEAKER has to cancel at the last minute or has a change in his/her schedule. \nSeason Tickets or Single Tickets Available \nSeason Pass (includes all 8 lectures): $110.00 per person\, available October – January 1st. \n\nPurchase on-line: Use the PayPal link at https://www.gardenlectures.com.\nPurchase by mail: Make checks payable to SCMGF\, send to:\n\nSCMGF c/o Leigh Anne Burford\n6705 Puget Park Drive\nSnohomish\, WA 98296 \nPlease include a name and email address with your check. \nSingle Tickets (for one lecture): $30.00 per person\, available after January 1st on this site or at the door the day of lecture.
URL:https://extension.wsu.edu/snohomish/event/wsu-snohomish-county-master-gardener-foundation-winter-speaker-series-growing-berries-in-your-backyard/
LOCATION:Everett Station – Weyerhaeuser Room\, 3201 Smith Ave\, 4th Flr\, Everett\, WA\, 98201\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Home & Garden Event,MG
ORGANIZER;CN="Snohomish%20County%20Master%20Gardener%20Foundation":MAILTO:http://www.snomgf.org/contact-us.html
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270319T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270319T113000
DTSTAMP:20261101T000735
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SUMMARY:WSU Snohomish County Master Gardener Foundation Winter Speaker Series: Trilliums: Jewels of the Woodland Garden
DESCRIPTION:Trilliums: Jewels of the Woodland Garden\n\nMarch 19\, 2027 \nJoin Susie Egan for an engaging look at trilliums\, one of the most treasured woodland wildflowers. This talk covers their natural history\, botany\, and practical tips for growing them successfully in the Pacific Northwest. \n\n\nFeaturing beautiful photography and insights from decades of hands-on experience\, this presentation will inspire gardeners to incorporate these elegant plants into their own shaded landscapes. \nSpeaker Profile:\nSusie Egan is the owner and curator of Cottage Lake Gardens\, a three-acre botanical garden in Woodinville\, Washington\, known for its collection of rare woodland plants. Over the past 30 years\, she has developed the garden into one of the few places where more than 50 species of trilliums can be grown together. \nA sought-after speaker\, Susie has presented to garden clubs and horticultural organizations locally and internationally\, sharing her passion for woodland gardening and plant exploration. She has also traveled extensively throughout North America and Japan to study trilliums in their native habitats. \nAbout the Series: Over two decades of great gardening advice \nThe lecture series sponsored by the Snohomish County Master Gardener Foundation features eight knowledgeable gardeners\, authors and subject matter experts sharing their expertise on a variety of gardening subjects.  The presenters are chosen by their intriguing topics\, educational value and entertainment.  Doors open at 9:00 am.\nThe lecture begins at 9:30am – 11:30am\, it is located in the Weyerhaeuser Room at the Everett Train Station.\nSchedule Changes: If for some reason\, a lecture must be cancelled and rescheduled\, that information will be posted above the line below. This might occur due to WEATHER or if a SPEAKER has to cancel at the last minute or has a change in his/her schedule. \nSeason Tickets or Single Tickets Available \nSeason Pass (includes all 8 lectures): $110.00 per person\, available October – January 1st. \n\nPurchase on-line: Use the PayPal link at https://www.gardenlectures.com.\nPurchase by mail: Make checks payable to SCMGF\, send to:\n\nSCMGF c/o Leigh Anne Burford\n6705 Puget Park Drive\nSnohomish\, WA 98296 \nPlease include a name and email address with your check. \nSingle Tickets (for one lecture): $30.00 per person\, available after January 1st on this site or at the door the day of lecture.
URL:https://extension.wsu.edu/snohomish/event/wsu-snohomish-county-master-gardener-foundation-winter-speaker-series-trilliums-jewels-of-the-woodland-garden/
LOCATION:Everett Station – Weyerhaeuser Room\, 3201 Smith Ave\, 4th Flr\, Everett\, WA\, 98201\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Home & Garden Event,MG
ORGANIZER;CN="Snohomish%20County%20Master%20Gardener%20Foundation":MAILTO:http://www.snomgf.org/contact-us.html
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270326T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270326T113000
DTSTAMP:20261101T000735
CREATED:20261030T230135Z
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SUMMARY:WSU Snohomish County Master Gardener Foundation Winter Speaker Series: The Pollinator Underground: Wild Bees in Domesticated Places
DESCRIPTION:The Pollinator Underground: Wild bees in domesticated places\n\nMarch 26\, 2027 \nIn the first session\, I’ll talk about why bees are important\, how they use the spaces that we create to stay alive\, and what we can do to conserve native bees (and improve pollination in our gardens.)  In the second session\, I’ll give a quick introduction to the diversity of local bees.  Lots of pretty pictures! \n\n\nSpeaker Profile:\nWill Peterman is a lifelong geek who stumbled into pollination ecology in graduate school\, and remained fascinated by native bees even as he was drawn into the attractive nuisance that is the Seattle software industry.  He was an early adopter of digital insect photography\, and used that as leverage to gain entry into the UW biology community\, where he spent a decade learning to keep\, track\, and identify bees.He is currently studying the behavioral economics of foraging bees\, that is\, how bees (and other natural detectives) choose flowers\, find food\, and make mistakes.\nHe would like to remind everyone that bees need dirt! \n\nAbout the Series: Over two decades of great gardening advice \nThe lecture series sponsored by the Snohomish County Master Gardener Foundation features eight knowledgeable gardeners\, authors and subject matter experts sharing their expertise on a variety of gardening subjects.  The presenters are chosen by their intriguing topics\, educational value and entertainment.  Doors open at 9:00 am.\nThe lecture begins at 9:30am – 11:30am\, it is located in the Weyerhaeuser Room at the Everett Train Station.\nSchedule Changes: If for some reason\, a lecture must be cancelled and rescheduled\, that information will be posted above the line below. This might occur due to WEATHER or if a SPEAKER has to cancel at the last minute or has a change in his/her schedule. \nSeason Tickets or Single Tickets Available \nSeason Pass (includes all 8 lectures): $110.00 per person\, available October – January 1st. \n\nPurchase on-line:\nUse the PayPal link at https://www.gardenlectures.com.\nPurchase by mail: Make checks payable to SCMGF\, send to:\n\nSCMGF c/o Leigh Anne Burford\n6705 Puget Park Drive\nSnohomish\, WA 98296 \nPlease include a name and email address with your check. \nSingle Tickets (for one lecture): $30.00 per person\, available after January 1st on this site or at the door the day of lecture.
URL:https://extension.wsu.edu/snohomish/event/wsu-snohomish-county-master-gardener-foundation-winter-speaker-series-the-pollinator-underground-wild-bees-in-domesticated-places/
LOCATION:Everett Station – Weyerhaeuser Room\, 3201 Smith Ave\, 4th Flr\, Everett\, WA\, 98201\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Home & Garden Event,MG
ORGANIZER;CN="Snohomish%20County%20Master%20Gardener%20Foundation":MAILTO:http://www.snomgf.org/contact-us.html
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270409T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270409T113000
DTSTAMP:20261101T000735
CREATED:20261030T230448Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261030T235133Z
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SUMMARY:WSU Snohomish County Master Gardener Foundation Winter Speaker Series: Vegetables for Breakfast
DESCRIPTION:Vegetables for Breakfast\n\nApril 9\, 2027 \nColorful\, Unusual\, Delicious and Rare:  Discover the Most Flavorful and Beautiful Vegetable Varieties for Kitchen Gardens. Growing edibles in your garden gives you the opportunity to grow varieties that you will never find at the grocery store. \n\n\nThe Pacific Northwest is home to an extraordinary array of seed companies\, many of whom are dedicated to preserving heirloom varieties and breeding new varieties that are regionally adapted to our climate and beautiful\, productive and tasty. In this seminar\, vegetable gardener and author of Grow Cook Eat: A Food-Lover’s Guide to vegetable gardening will share West Coast seed sources and highlight exceptional varieties—from rare heirlooms to new regionally adapted varieties. You will discover vegetable that thrive in your garden and taste wonderful in your kitchen\nWilli will be selling copies of both of her books and can accept cash\, check\, card or Venmo. \nSpeaker Profile: \nWilli began her career at Organic Gardening magazine\, where she worked her way up from editorial intern to West Coast Editor.  While living in Seattle she became an active participant in the urban agriculture movement\, earning her Master Gardener certification and serving for six years on the board of directors of Tilth Alliance – a nationally recognized nonprofit that teaches people to cultivate a healthy urban environment and community by growing organic food. \nWilli writes about kitchen gardening and seasonal cooking and has taught gardening and cooking classes around the PNW\, including teaching stints with James Beard Award-winning chef\, Matthew Dillon.  She has also hosted an online garden-to-table cooking show\, GROW.COOK.EAT.\, and she served as the vegetable gardening expert on Seattle’s NPR station\, KUOW.  Her garden has been featured in SUNSET magazine and she has written for VEGETARIAN TIMES and APARTMENT THERAPY.  Willi currently lives and gardens with her family in Portland\, Oregon. \nAbout the Series: Over two decades of great gardening advice \nThe lecture series sponsored by the Snohomish County Master Gardener Foundation features eight knowledgeable gardeners\, authors and subject matter experts sharing their expertise on a variety of gardening subjects.  The presenters are chosen by their intriguing topics\, educational value and entertainment.  Doors open at 9:00 am.\nThe lecture begins at 9:30am – 11:30am\, it is located in the Weyerhaeuser Room at the Everett Train Station.\nSchedule Changes: If for some reason\, a lecture must be cancelled and rescheduled\, that information will be posted above the line below. This might occur due to WEATHER or if a SPEAKER has to cancel at the last minute or has a change in his/her schedule. \nSeason Tickets or Single Tickets Available \nSeason Pass (includes all 8 lectures): $110.00 per person\, available October – January 1st. \n\nPurchase on-line: Use the PayPal link at https://www.gardenlectures.com.\nPurchase by mail: Make checks payable to SCMGF\, send to:\n\nSCMGF c/o Leigh Anne Burford\n6705 Puget Park Drive\nSnohomish\, WA 98296 \nPlease include a name and email address with your check. \nSingle Tickets (for one lecture): $30.00 per person\, available after January 1st on this site or at the door the day of lecture.
URL:https://extension.wsu.edu/snohomish/event/wsu-snohomish-county-master-gardener-foundation-winter-speaker-series-vegetables-for-breakfast/
LOCATION:Everett Station – Weyerhaeuser Room\, 3201 Smith Ave\, 4th Flr\, Everett\, WA\, 98201\, United States
CATEGORIES:All Events,Home & Garden Event,MG
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