{"id":48305,"date":"2026-10-30T16:04:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T23:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/snohomish\/?post_type=tribe_events&p=48305"},"modified":"2026-10-30T16:51:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T23:51:33","slug":"wsu-snohomish-county-master-gardener-foundation-winter-speaker-series-vegetables-for-breakfast","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/snohomish\/event\/wsu-snohomish-county-master-gardener-foundation-winter-speaker-series-vegetables-for-breakfast\/","title":{"rendered":"WSU Snohomish County Master Gardener Foundation Winter Speaker Series: Vegetables for Breakfast"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vegetables for Breakfast<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n

April 9, 202<\/em>7<\/strong><\/p>\n

Colorful, Unusual, Delicious and Rare: \u00a0Discover 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.<\/p>\n

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The 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\u2019s Guide to vegetable gardening will share West Coast seed sources and highlight exceptional varieties\u2014from 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.<\/p>\n

Speaker Profile: <\/strong>
\nWilli began her career at Organic Gardening magazine, where she worked her way up from editorial intern to West Coast Editor. \u00a0While 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 \u2013 a nationally recognized nonprofit that teaches people to cultivate a healthy urban environment and community by growing organic food.<\/p>\n

Willi 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. \u00a0She has also hosted an online garden-to-table cooking show, GROW.COOK.EAT., and she served as the vegetable gardening expert on Seattle\u2019s NPR station, KUOW. \u00a0Her garden has been featured in SUNSET magazine and she has written for VEGETARIAN TIMES and APARTMENT THERAPY. \u00a0Willi currently lives and gardens with her family in Portland, Oregon.<\/p>\n

About the Series: Over two decades of great gardening advice<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 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.\u00a0 The presenters are chosen by their intriguing topics, educational value and entertainment.\u00a0 Doors open at 9:00 am.
\nThe lecture begins at 9:30am \u2013 11:30am<\/strong>, it is located in the Weyerhaeuser Room at the Everett Train Station.
\nSchedule Changes:\u00a0If for some reason, a lecture must be cancelled and rescheduled, that information will be posted above the line below. This might occur due to\u00a0WEATHER\u00a0or if a\u00a0SPEAKER\u00a0has to cancel at the last minute or has a change in his\/her schedule<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Season Tickets or Single Tickets Available<\/strong><\/p>\n

Season Pass (includes all 8 lectures): $110.00 per person<\/strong>, available October \u2013 January 1st.<\/p>\n

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  • Purchase on-line<\/strong>: Use the PayPal link at https:\/\/www.gardenlectures.com.<\/li>\n
  • Purchase by mail<\/strong>: Make checks payable to SCMGF<\/strong>, send to:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    SCMGF c\/o Leigh Anne Burford
    \n6705 Puget Park Drive
    \nSnohomish, WA 98296<\/p>\n

    Please include a name and email address with your check<\/em>.<\/p>\n

    Single Tickets (for one lecture): $30.00 per person<\/strong>, available after January 1st on this site or at the door the day of lecture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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