*No Foundation meeting this October*
OCT 8
Annual Hovander Pumpkin Day
Saturday, 9am - noon • Hovander Homestead Park in Ferndale
Saturday, 9am - noon • Hovander Homestead Park in Ferndale
Limited pumpkins and cut dahlias giveaway
OCT 8
Invasive Weed Field Practicum
All day in Arlington
This is a brand-new program developed in response to numerous requests for more hands-on education that focuses in depth on the how of invasive species control. This all-day practicum will look at a broad range of control strategies, both organic and non-organic. With help from state and local weed specialists, you will learn and practice pulling, mowing, weed wrenching, sheet mulching, frilling, cut stump treatments, stem injection, and foliar sprays. You will also learn about safety and protective gear, weed and pesticide laws, herbicide selection, tank mixing procedures, and cleanup and disposal of both weeds and herbicides. Specific weeds we will address include reed canary grass, blackberries, ivy, holly, Scotch broom, knotweed, butterfly bush, and tansy ragwort. Location is right off of I-5 on Stanwood-Bryant Rd near Arlington. Regular price is $30 before 10/1 and $40 thereafter; Master Gardeners can attend for $20 but must contact Kevin Zobrist at kevin.zobrist@wsu.edu no later than close of business on Tuesday 10/4. For details visit http://forestry.wsu.edu/nps/events/weeds/
OCT 19
Wednesday, 10am-2pm, WWU
Western Washington University Sustainability Fair
Compost & community horticulture info booth
Compost & community horticulture info booth
Volunteers Needed
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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
OCT 27
Plant ID Study Group
Thursday, 9am -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.
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!
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
NOV 30, DEC 1 & 2
Washington Small Fruit Conference & Lynden Ag Show
NW Washington Fairgrounds
Volunteers Needed for Toward Zero Waste monitoring
Event info here
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Contact Barb Schickler (barbaraschickler2@gmail.com) or Kathleen Bander (kbwm@camano.net) with ideas about future presenters, subjects for presentations, or possible field trips.
