{"id":10009033,"date":"2026-09-02T10:19:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T17:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=27044"},"modified":"2026-09-02T10:20:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T17:20:48","slug":"ask-an-expert-fall","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/event\/ask-an-expert-fall\/2026-11-08\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask Your Local Gardening, Composting, and Recycling Experts &#8211; Free at Capital Mall"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The WSU Master Gardener, Master Recycler Composter programs, and Master Gardener Foundation of Thurston County volunteers will provide related information and activities.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Handouts will be available. Bring your questions.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Our booth will be located inside Capital Mall in the large open space in front of Macy\u2019s.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Saturday, November 7, 10am to 8pm<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Sunday, November 8, 11am to 6pm<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Capital Mall \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Capital+Mall\/@47.0419119,-122.9372827,17z\/data=!3m2!4b1!5s0x549175a42ae888dd:0xc15fdb13d378ef1b!4m6!3m5!1s0x54917509ea5e834d:0x35f3266461d0d9ff!8m2!3d47.0419119!4d-122.9347078!16zL20vMGc5djJk?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MTAwMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\">625 Black Lake Blvd SW, Olympia, WA 98502<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Can\u2019t make the event?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Email our question\/answer clinic directly at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/gardening\/community-events-and-outreach\/ask-an-expert\/master@co.thurston.wa.us\">master@co.thurston.wa.us<\/a>. Our\u00a0 certified WSU Master Gardener and Master Recycler Composter volunteers are available to answer questions via email. This service is free to all Thurston County residents.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Not from Thurston County? We have contact information for the WSU Master Gardener and Master Recycler Composter programs from the surround counties.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The question\/answer clinics are operated by the WSU and Thurston County certified volunteers. The Thurston County WSU Master Gardener and Master Recycler Composter volunteers can only provide information to home gardeners.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Thurston County commercial farms and businesses need to contact the WSU Thurston County Extension office for help, (360) 867-2189.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Funding for these events were made possible from a City of Olympia\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympiawa.gov\/community\/arts,_culture___heritage\/cultural_access.php\">Inspire Olympia<\/a>\u00a0grant and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mgftc.org\/\">Master Gardener Foundation of Thurston County<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The WSU Master Gardener, Master Recycler Composter programs, and Master Gardener Foundation of Thurston County volunteers will provide related information and activities. Handouts will be available. Bring your questions. Our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_wsuwp_accessibility_report":[],"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":""},"tags":[36,37,38],"tribe_events_cat":[25,26],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/10009033"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10009033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/10009033\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10009033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10009033"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=10009033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}