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May 2015
Mother’s Day Brunch Garden
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.
Find out more »Master Gardener Foundation Annual Plant Sale
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…
Find out more »FREE Composting Workshop
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.
Find out more »Drip Irrigation Workshop
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.…
Find out more »Native Plant Salvage – Plant Transfer & Organization Project
We need help transferring and organizing plants! Summer heat is already upon us and we need to move plants that are at our office to holding beds where they will be watered every day. With the help of some extra hands we should be able to get this done quickly and efficiently! Please help out!
Find out more »“Naturescaping for Water and Wildlife Field 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…
Find out more »Apartment and Small Scale Gardening
Bring a bit of nature to your patio or porch when space is tight! We will be exploring creative solutions to small space dilemmas to help maximize plant growing availability. We will be focusing on growing in containers to create growing areas. This workshop will utilize the compost sock for small space solutions. You will learn how to plant and then take home your own compost sock! Space is limited, reservations are required. To reserve a spot email Suzannah Klaniecki at klanies@co.thurston.wa.us or…
Find out more »June 2015
NATIVE PLANT SALVAGE – Annual Meeting/Dinner & Volunteer Recognition
Please join us for our Annual Dinner & Volunteer Recognition as we celebrate 21 years of water-resources and habitat education and action projects in the community and region! Join us for: - An evening of camaraderie with old friends and new - Potluck Dinner (please label you offering) - Locally crafted Whitewood Cider & Fish Tale Ales - All-you-can-eat buffet of Olympic Mountain Ice Cream & Sorbets - Live Music - Selection of water-wise perennials for sale - Recognition of…
Find out more »FREE Composting Workshop
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: Worms No pre-registration is needed. Questions please call our Rot Line at 360-867-2163 or e-mail master@co.thurston.wa.us
Find out more »McLane Creek Trail Maintenance Party
We are teamed up with the Steam Team to help maintain the fabulous McLane Creek Nature Trails. We mindfully trim back growth along the trail, pull weeds and clear the paths of any large debris. Stream Team will provide gloves, tools, snacks and refreshments. Volunteers will be issued a free one-day parking pass in lieu of the Discover Pass that is now required at WA State DNR sites. Please help us keep the trails maintained at this local natural gem.…
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