Free and Open to the Public
MG Class of 2015 Graduation & Annual Awards Banquet
Composting & Cover Crop Workshop
Saturday, October 10 ● 11:30 am ● East County Resource Center, Kendall
How to make pallet composting bins, recycle yard waste into rich organic compost, grow your soil, and let the worms do the work!
RE Sources Rain Garden Tour: Welcoming the Rain
Saturday, October 10 ● 9 am—12:30 pm ● 1530 Cornwall Ave
See a variety of methods for managing stormwater and reducing its impacts. No registration necessary. The tour will include stops at several of the Downtown Improvement Gardens (DIG) in the downtown area, several private raingardens, as well as stormwater facilities at Peace Health and Bellingham Technical College. We will walk to the first three sites, take a short break, and then reconvene in the Sunnyland neighborhood – where the rest of the sites can be reached by bikes or by private vehicles. The tour begins in front of Bellingham Public Market – Terra Organica, 1530 Cornwall Avenue, Bellingham. The Tour will end at Bellingham Technical College. No transportation is provided, and carpooling/bicycling is encouraged.
San Juan Island All-Day Training
Saturday, October 10 ● Friday Harbor
WWU Sustainability Fair
Wednesday, Oct. 14 ● 10 am – 2 pm ●WWU Viking Union
Master Gardener's and Master Composter Recyclers will be tabling at this free event!
Plant ID Study Group
October 22 ● 9 am—11 am ● Community Food Co-op, 315 Westerly Rd, Bellingham
The meeting room is upstairs. Refreshments are available for purchase in the store deli. 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 local plant identification skills strong. If possible, bring a plant identification book, like Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast by Pojar & MacKinnon, or another NW or general ID book (like Sunset). Free internet is available.
Contact Karen Gilliam at 384-4562 or jkgilliam@gmail.com or Louise Granger 592-5316 home, 739-2468 cell or rutroad@gmail.com.
Leavenworth MG Mini-Conference
Saturday, November 21 ● Leavenworth
WSU Chelan/Douglas Counties Master Gardener program is hosting a one-day mini conference in Leavenworth, WA. Five continuing education credits are available for WSU Master Gardeners. http://ext100.wsu.edu/chelan-douglas/gardening/mg/conference2015/