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EVENTS
Master Gardener Foundation of Spokane County Cabin Fever – March 21, 2020
The 2020 Cabin Fever Gardening Symposium will be held at the CenterPlace Regional Event Center in Spokane Valley; it’s scheduled for March 21 with doors opening at 8:30 am, opening remarks at 9:00 am, and classes from 9:15 am to 3:15 pm. Karen Chapman is this year’s keynote speaker and a lifelong gardening enthusiast, a Certified Professional Horticulturist and has spent over ten years as an award- winning designer, author and popular presenter. She will share her ideas during the keynote about “How to Create Captivating Gardens”. During the day’s lineup of classes, she will also present from her new book Deer-Resistant Design. Living in Duvall, Washington she probably has extensive experience learning to co-exist with deer in her garden.
When registering for Cabin Fever, choose one class from each of the four sessions. Classes this year are organized by three strands: Design, Horticulture, and Pruning. You may choose all your classes in one strand or mix it up. It’s your choice. All our instructors are knowledgeable in their field and offer new and inspiring information to take home.
Registration includes your choice of one class from each of the four sessions, coffee and conversation from 8:30 to 9:15 am, a boxed lunch, time to visit our vendors, as well as many door prizes. General admission tickets for the day are priced at $65 (plus handling fee) and $60 (plus handling fee) for Master Gardener Foundation members. Choose your classes before registering; all class descriptions are listed at the Master Gardener of Spokane County Foundation website.
CLASSES
are held at:
WSU Spokane County Extension Building
222 N Havana
Spokane WA 99202
2020 Spring Class Series
2/29/2020 Beginning Gardening 9am to noon
2/29/2020 Growing Vegetables in the Inland Northwest 12:30 – 3:30 pm
3/732020 Raised Bed gardening 9am to noon
3/7/2020 Growing Flowers 12:30 – 3:30pm
3/14/2020 Growing Berries in the Inland Northwest 9am to noon
3/14/2020 Growing Small Fruit in the Inland Northwest 12:30 – 3:30pm
2020 Horticulture Class Series
The 12-week Course: Thursdays 6 – 9 pm starting in January 2020 (topic dates TBD). Registration open.
Individual Horticulture Classes
Registration for individual classes in the 2020 Horticulture Series Will begin In October 2019 as instructors agree to teaching dates.
BOTANY and PLANT IDENTIFICATION
WATERWISE LANDSCAPING AND WATER CONSERVATION
ENTOMOLOGY: INVERTEBRATE PESTS
URBAN FORESTRY/FIREWISE LANDSCAPING
PRUNING WOODY LANDSCAPE PLANTS
COMPOSTING, PLANT NUTRITION & FERTILIZING
Beekeeping Classes
at WSU Spokane County Extension
Questions?
Contact Us at 477-2181
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