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Do your part to help protect streams and Puget Sound while also keeping stormwater drainage away from your home. Stream Team and WSU Extension’s Native Plant Salvage will co-sponsor a free workshop will provide all the details needed to build one or more rain gardens in your yard to create a low-maintenance, attractive feature that will also provide habitat for birds and butterflies. This how-to workshop is  offered from 6:00 to 8:15 p.m.  There will also be an optional hands-on…

Join us as we investigate plants to determine if what you are observing is something of concern with or just a normal change. This workshop will give you the necessary skills to help you diagnosis your plant problems. Pre-registration required. Email klanies@co.thurston.wa.us or call 360-867-2159

Treat your mom (or just yourself!) to a delightful visit to a splendid garden! Enjoy live music and our delectable brunch! Add to your gift with a sweet sedum planter, made with love by NPSF garden artists and offered for sale to support the work of Native Plant Salvage! Give us a shout by phone or email to reserve your place for the brunch and receive all the details.

Dirt Works Demonstration Garden - 530 Alta Street SW, Olympia, WA 98502 The sale features a wide variety of plants including Great Plant Picks, Perennials, Shrubs/Trees, Grasses, Native Plants, Heirloom Tomato starts, and Herb/Vegetable starts. Along with the sale, Dirt Works garden is open to the public the whole day. Education of the community about plants, water-wise gardening, other related organizations and composting are major focuses of the event. Foundation members will also be offering a variety of garden related…

Presented by certified Master Recycler Composter Volunteers of Thurston County, this free workshop is provided for everyone from the backyard gardener to the window box enthusiast. Topic: Yard Waste (10:00 am) and Worms (11:00 am) No pre-registration is needed. Questions please call our Rot Line at 360-867-2163 or e-mail master@co.thurston.wa.us This event will be held in conjunction with the Master Gardener Foundation of Thurston County Plant Sale.

Join Master Gardener Ken Bedat as he shows how he partially modified an overhead/ pop-up landscape style irrigation system to function with a drip irrigation component. The workshop will cover: Both landscape and vegetable garden drip applications. Best practice advice in drip irrigation operations. Show physical examples of the different materials needed and sources for them. Planning and procedural advice if you want to implement a new or retrofit an existing system. Further references will be given in the class.…

Learn about sustainable landscaping techniques that will save you time and money while also attracting birds and butterflies to your garden and protecting water resources. A classroom session will be followed by a field trip to local private gardens; bus transportation will be provided. Landscape designer Linda Andrews and Erica Guttman of WSU’s Native Plant Salvage Project will lead the class. Topics include how to make a landscaping plan; design ideas for outdoor living spaces; managing drainage, slopes and other trouble…