{"id":41360,"date":"2025-08-01T15:42:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T22:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/snohomish\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=41360"},"modified":"2026-01-05T09:49:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T17:49:58","slug":"growing-groceries-growing-fruit-trees-western-washington","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/snohomish\/event\/growing-groceries-growing-fruit-trees-western-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Groceries: Growing Fruit Trees in Western Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaker:<\/strong><br \/>\nIngela Wanerstrand is the owner of Green Darner Garden Design in Seattle, specializing in edible garden design. She has been pruning fruit trees professionally for 25 years and is an award winning educator at Edmonds Community College where she teaches comprehensive fruit growing classes. Ingela also teaches for various organizations like Plant Amnesty and nurseries around Puget Sound.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #a32638\">Growing Groceries<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>In partnership with WSU Snohomish County Master Gardeners, the Growing Groceries program brings beginning and experienced gardeners together with speakers and topics focused on growing healthy food using sustainable gardening practices.<\/p>\n<p>No matter if you only have a tiny apartment deck, small garden space, or plenty of acreage you can grow fresh, healthy food in a healthier, more environmentally friendly way.<\/p>\n<p>Developed over the last decade, our program goal is to increase community access to fresh, healthy food by teaching the latest research-based techniques for growing food.<\/p>\n<p><em>WSU Extension programs and employment are available to all without discrimination. Evidence of noncompliance may be reported through your local extension office. Reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities and special needs; contact WSU Extension at 425-338-2400 at least two weeks prior to the event.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #a32638\">Where<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Online via Zoom<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #a32638\">Cost<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Take just the classes you want at $10 per class or save $20 and take all 15 for $130!<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #a32638\">Registration<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Registration is now open for the 2025-2026 Growing Groceries Education series. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/GrowingGroceries2025.eventbrite.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GrowingGroceries2025.eventbrite.com<\/a> to register.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #a32638\">Using Zoom<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Because of security issues, we suggest you have your own Zoom account to participate.\u00a0 In this case you must have your Zoom account set up and be registered for the webinar at least three hours before the webinar start time.<br \/>\nYou can easily\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/freesignup\/\">create a free Zoom account<\/a> if you do not already have one. Be sure you register with the same name and email address that you used for creating your Zoom account.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/snohomish\/growing-groceries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Other classes in the series&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n        <div id=\"cahnrs-back-to-top\" class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top\" hidden aria-hidden=\"true\">\n            <a id=\"cahnrs-back-to-top-btn\" class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__btn\" href=\"#product-top\" aria-label=\"Back to top\">\n                <span class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2191<\/span>\n                <span class=\"cahnrs-back-to-top__label\">Back to top<\/span>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":29727,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_expiration_date":""},"tags":[103,142,175,184,189,194,198,226,256,409,415],"tribe_events_cat":[447,448,452,457],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/snohomish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/41360"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/snohomish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/snohomish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/snohomish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/snohomish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41360"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/snohomish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/41360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44815,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/snohomish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/41360\/revisions\/44815"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/snohomish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/snohomish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/snohomish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41360"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/snohomish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=41360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}