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NorthWest Youth Services We Grow Market Stand
1020 N. State Street, Bellingham, Washington 98225 (info)
Fresh, urban-grown produce. Come downtown and support this vocational garden for at risk youth.
SEPT 8
WSU Whatcom County Master Gardener Foundation Monthly Meeting
Presentation: Putting Your Garden to Bed with Marcie from the Garden Spot Nursery
Thursday, 7-9 pm • WSU Extension Office, 1000 N. Forest St Ste 201, Bellingham
Free & Open to the Public
SEPT 9-21
Citizen Science Advanced Entomology Training with WSU Snohomish County Extension
Everett, WA (email for more info)
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SEPT 22
SEPT 22
Plant ID Study Group
Thursday, 9-11am • Community Food Co-Op, 315 Westerly Rd, Bellingham
We are returning to indoor sessions unless you hear otherwise. We meet the fourth Thursday each month. The Co-op meeting room is upstairs. Refreshments are available in the store deli. Free Wi-Fi / Internet. These sessions are accepted as educational hours for Master Gardeners.
New MG graduates, public, friends, and relatives are all welcome! You may bring samples of flowers and trees (branch with leaves) or just come and participate to keep your native and non-native plant identification skills strong. If possible, bring a hand lens and a plant identification book, like Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast by Pojar & MacKinnon or a general ID book (like Sunset). Contact Karen Gilliam, (360) 383-4562, jkgilliam@gmail.com, or Louise Granger, (360) 739-2468, rutroad@gmail.com.
SEPT 24
Recycling Education at NW Soccer Park
Help provide recycling education and support to fans, family, staff and players. With over 10,000 weekly visitors during peak season, there is a lot of waste to manage here. We are eager to turn the tide of recycling in the Bellingham sports community. Get involved! Details TBD.
OCT 8
Annual Hovander Pumpkin Day
Saturday
Saturday
Limited pumpkins and cut dahlias giveaway
OCT 19
Wednesday, 10am-2pm, WWU
Western Washington University Sustainability Fair
OCT 21
The Art & Science of Gardening: 21st Annual Master Gardener Advanced Training
The Art & Science of Gardening: 21st Annual Master Gardener Advanced Training
8am-4pm
Open to the public
5 hours of CE for certified MGs
NOV 3
2016 MG Class Graduation & Annual Awards Dinner
Meridian High School Commons
Dinner 6-7pm, Program 7-8pm
Celebrate the new class, enjoy presentation of projects, awards.
Family & Friends welcome!
Potluck – details to be announced
NOV 10
WSU Whatcom County Master Gardener Foundation Monthly Meeting
Presentation: Tom Thornton from Cloud Mountain Farm
Thursday, 7-9 pm • WSU Extension Office, 1000 N. Forest St Ste 201, Bellingham
Free & Open to the Public
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Foundation Events
Contact Barb Schickler (barbaraschickler2@gmail.com) or Kathleen Bander (kbwm@camano.net) with ideas about future presenters, subjects for presentations, or possible field trips.
Workshops & Volunteer
Master Gardeners and Master Composters teach workshops in community spaces, volunteer in school gardens and classrooms, table at special events, and participate in a host of other activities throughout Whatcom County. Contact Beth Chisholm (beth.chisholm@wsu.edu) or Amberose Kelley (a.kelley@wsu.edu) to request a visit from our community horticulture volunteers.