WSU Extension Events
June 25
Compost Workshops at the Sustainable Living Festival
Saturday, June 25 • 10am-5pm • Re Store, 2309 Meridian St, Bellingham
Master Composters will be hosting a booth at this fun community event.
Volunteers needed! Email Amber Kelley: a.kelley@wsu.edu
For more details, see:
https://sustainableconnections.org/greenbuilding/imagine-this-home-landscape-tour/2016-sites/Sustainable%20Living%20Festival%20
June 25
York Farm Summer Solstice Celebration
Saturday, June 25 • 1pm-7pm •
Live music, food, beer, and garden fun.
Master Composters will be working on a project and offering composting advice from 4:30 - 7pm. Master Gardeners welcome! Email Amber Kelley for details: a.kelley@wsu.edu
NW WA Fair
August 15-20 • Lynden Fairgrounds
Need a team of 4 people to create a theme for this years educational booth at the fair.
Planning Starts in late May.
***Volunteers Needed***
Weekly Drop-In Opportunities
Gardening with Youth
Meridian Middle School
Tuesdays • 2:45-4:45pm • Meridian Middle School (MMS)- 861 Ten Mile Rd.
Work with middle school students in the garden after school.
Contact: Beth Chisholm or Phyllis Berquist, MMS staff: pbergqui@meridian.wednet.edu
Fairhaven Middle School
Wednesdays 3-4:30 pm • Fairhaven Middle School (FMS)
Work with middle school students; teaching, planting, harvesting, composting.
Blaine School/ Community Garden
Children’s garden —Boys & Girls Club
Contact master gardener Ayn Balback for details: enchaynting@hotmail.com
Northwest Youth Services WE GROW Vocational Garden
Mondays • 1-5pm • NWYS Garden, 1020 N State St, Bellingham, WA 98225
Volunteer with other MGs in this large urban garden, work with at risk teens. Contact Kali Crow Liester for more details: kcrowliester@gmail.com
Community Gardens and Demonstration Gardens
Hovander Demonstration GardenWednesdays, 9am-noon • Hovander Homestead Park in Ferndale
Lend a hand, gain skills in weed ID, composting, and gardening with vegetables, flowers, and herbs.
***Volunteers Needed at the Compost Demonstration Site***
Roeder Home
Tuesdays,1-4pm • 2600 Sunset Dr. Bellingham
Master Gardeners volunteer weekly at this historic home. Drop in or contact Shelly Fishwild for more info.
Francis Place Garden
Tuesdays, 4-6pm • Francis Place Housing 1122 Cornwall Ave, Bellingham, WA 98225
Rooftop vegetable gardening for the residents at Francis Place. Mentor, teach, grow food, harvest, prepare. Contact Beth Chisholm and/or Malora Christensen, MSW, Catholic Community Services, Housing Services Manager: (360)393-7745
Ferndale HS Shift Foods program Ferndale Food Bank, Ferndale Friendship Garden (FFG)
Contact: Suzanne Nevan, Ferndale Foodbank Director: director@ferndalefoodbank.org
Shift Program: http://shiftfoods.org/journal/2016/4/23/april-update-hoop-house-in-pre-production
Gloria Perez, MG vol and lead at FFG
Sterling Paz Community Garden
Saturdays, 9am-noon • 558 Sterling Dr, Bellingham, WA 98226
Work parties are scheduled bi-monthly. Dates TBA. Garden, maintain the compost demo area, compost kitchen scraps in the worm bin, aprende hablar español, and weed to your heart's content!
Monthly Opportunities
Diagnostic Plant Clinic
WSU Extension Office
Schedule a shift throughout the week:
http://whatcom.wsu.edu/mastergardener/calendar.html
Farmers Market Booth
One Saturday a month in June, July, Aug, Sept
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