Love Your Soil

Dave Eberle, Master Gardener Just in time for Valentine’s Day, learn about the harmonious, vibrant pillars of soil health to achieve vigorous, resilient gardens! Join veteran Clallam County Master Gardener Dave Eberle for the Green Thumb Education Series presentation “Love…

Berry-licious Selecting Berries for Your Home Garden

Jeanette Stehr-Green MG Berries are a great addition to any garden. Selecting the right berry type and variety for both your family and garden setting, however, is critical for success. Learn how to select blueberries, strawberries, raspberries and blackberries for…

Spring Plant Sale

Break out those calendars and then tell your friends to join the fun, too! It’s time to gear up for your gardening season with this date in mind: Saturday May 2nd. It’s the Master Gardener Foundation of Clallam County Spring…

Second Saturday Garden Walks

On Saturday, September 13, from 10:00 -11:30 a.m., veteran Master Gardeners Audreen Williams, Debra Roos, Jan Bartron, Kendra Waggoner, Laurel Moulton and Laurie Force will combine efforts on the final garden walk of the 2025 season. Join them at the…

Second Saturday Garden Walks

Living in the Pacific Northwest, no matter how gorgeous the surroundings, brings a variety of vegetable and fruit growing challenges. Come discuss tips for successfully combating current gardening difficulties. Walk along with Clallam County Master Gardeners and learn how best…

Second Saturday Garden Walks

Here one day and gone the next? Ripening and almost pickable? Are your small berry fruits (strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, etc.) disappearing before you have time to gather the fruits of your labor? Come hear how best to protect your precious…

Second Saturday Garden Walks

For June 14 Second Saturday Garden Walk at Fifth Street Community Garden We hope our next Second Saturday Garden Walk brings warm temperatures and better growing conditions for all our crop choices. We will share tips to help prevent pest…

Second Saturday Garden Walks

Tomatoes – to plant or not to plant now? That is the question! Spring is here and these multiple days of warming temperatures allow direct seeding and transplanting starts into the garden. However, tomatoes and other warm-season crops need to…

Second Saturday Garden Walks

It’s cold. It’s hot. It’s soggy. Now it’s not!Springtime is planting time in spite of its strange behavior. Get the facts about spring planting and some inspiration, too.Join WSU Extension Clallam County Master Gardeners at Fifth Street Community Garden, for…

Pruning Blueberries

Jeanette Stehr-Green & Audreen Williams, Clallam County Master Gardeners February 8 Pruning Blueberries at the Lazy J Tree Farm in Port Angeles.(Registration required for this free event.) March 1 Pruning Blueberries at the Fifth Street Community Garden in Port Angeles.(Registration…

Pruning Blueberries

Master Gardener Panel This presentation is part of the Digging Deeper Saturdays series held from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon on selected Saturdays. For more information about Digging Deeper Saturdays, call 360-565-2678.

The History of Chocolate

Margery Whites Whether it’s mixed in your favorite coffee drink, on your ice cream sundae or straight out of the wrapper, just about everyone enjoys the smooth, creamy taste of chocolate. But the confection we know and love had a…

Insect Identification

Laurel Moulton Wait, don’t squash that bug! Garden insects play an important part in your garden’s ecosystem, and it pays to ponder the fate of insects in your garden because they may be beneficial to your green spaces. Find out…

Preserving the Harvest

Danielle Carson Preserving food grown at home, in season, has long been a practice of food security and community. As gardeners, farmers and homesteaders, the abundance we harvest in the summer can last us through the winter months if we…

Peninsula’s Backyard Bird Buffet

Kathy and Matt McCoy Sharing our outdoor living spaces with wildlife can be very rewarding. Birds enhance our appreciation of nature, provide endless hours of entertainment, fill our lives with songs and sounds, and many species consume insects. Use of…