{"id":27402,"date":"2026-10-01T09:56:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/?page_id=27402"},"modified":"2026-10-08T11:49:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T18:49:28","slug":"ask-an-expert","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/gardening\/community-events-and-outreach\/ask-an-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask An Expert"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-hero wsu-width--full wsu-pattern--wsu-light-radial-left  wsu-hero--size-small wsu-hero--style-boxed \">\n\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__background\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-image-frame wsu-image-frame--fill\">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2026\/09\/20260329_125054-scaled.jpg\"\n\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2026\/09\/20260329_125054-scaled.jpg 1920w, 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class=\"wsu-hero__title\">Ask Your Local Experts<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__caption\">Two full days of in-person Question &amp; Answer Clinics at the Capital Mall in Olympia, Washington<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__content\">\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs \" typeof=\"BreadcrumbList\" vocab=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/\"><span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to WSU Extension.\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/\" class=\"main-home\" ><span property=\"name\">WSU Extension<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/span> &gt; <span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Thurston County.\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\" class=\"home\" ><span property=\"name\">Thurston County<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"2\"><\/span> &gt; <span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to News.\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/news\/\" class=\"post-root post post-post\" aria-current=\"page\"><span property=\"name\">News<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"3\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-spacing-before--default wsu-spacing-top--default wsu-row--sidebar-right\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n<section  class=\"wsu-section wsu-spacing-margin-right--small wsu-color-background--gray-5 wsu-border--color-crimson\"  >\r\n        \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-heading--style-marked wsu-heading--mark-color-crimson\">Find us in front of Macy&#8217;s at the Capital Mall<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Saturday, November 7, 10am to 8pm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sunday, November 8, 11am to 6pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Capital Mall is located at&nbsp;<a 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         \/>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div class=\"wsu-overlap__column wsu-overlap--surface-column wsu-overlap--overlap-large\">\r\n            <div class=\"wsu-overlap__column-inner\">\r\n                <div class=\"wsu-overlap-spotlight__caption  wsu-dropshadow--medium\">\r\n                    \n\n<p>Volunteers with the WSU Master Gardener and Master Recycler Composter programs, and Master Gardener Foundation of Thurston County will help answer your gardening, composting, and waste reduction questions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WSU Master Gardener and Master Recycler Composter volunteers are trained to <strong>connect you with reliable, science-based information that is relevant to our area. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There is no charge <\/strong>and we invite you to bring your family to participate in many engaging activities. <\/p>\n\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n<div class=\"wsu-column  wsu-border--color-midnight\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n<section  class=\"wsu-section wsu-dropshadow--low wsu-spacing-before--none wsu-spacing-after--xxmedium wsu-spacing-top--medium\"  >\r\n        \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading  wsu-font-size--large\">More information &#8211; WSU Thurston County Master Gardener Program<\/h2>\n\n\n    <nav class=\"wsu-navigation-vertical wsu-vertical-menu\">\n        <ul id=\"wsu-site-menu\" class=\"wsu-menu-collapse wsu-menu-collapse--style-vertical\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/gardening\/\">WSU Thurston County Master Gardener Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/gardening\/about\/\">About the WSU Master Gardener Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/gardening\/gardening-composting-recycling-question-and-answer-clinic\/\">Have a gardening, composting, recycling 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