To promote and perpetuate WSU Master Gardener program with the Lewis County Extension Office. To promote public interest in gardening and home horticulture through education and other activities. To facilitate an exchange of ideas, information and expertise among members through periodic newsletters, seminars, meetings and other activities. To engage in activities that will further the objectives of the Foundation and the WSU Extension. To interact with the Master Gardener Foundation of Washington State.
Our Annual Plant Sale is Coming! May 17-18 at the Southwest Washington Fairgrounds located at 1909 South Gold Street, Centralia. Hours 9:00AM -4:00PM. We accept cash, checks, and all major credit cards! All of our plants are grown by WSU Extension Master Gardeners.
Upcoming Events
All of our plant for the sale are grown by Lewis County Master Gardeners. They have already adapted to our climate and ready for you to plant in your garden. We offer the best selection of tomatoes in the county. Please, don’t plant your tomatoes outside until the nighttime temperatures have reached 52 degrees. Saturday the hours of the Plant Sale are 9:00AM – 4:00PM Sunday 9:00AM until sold out This is workshop will help you to learn how to grow vegetables all year. Please, per-register with Julie Pirtle at 360-740-1212 or email: julie.pirtle@lewiscountywa.gov.
Does your garden look bright and colorful spring through fall? When winter approaches the color fades? This workshop will help you to learn how you can have color in your garden even during the long winter months. Please, call Julie Pirtle to pre-register 360-740-1212 or email julie.pirtle@lewiscountywa.gov.
This workshop will teach you how to add beauty and focal points in your garden with concrete leaves. Please, pre-register with Julie Pirtle at 60-740-1212 or email julie.pirtle@lewiscountywa.gov.
This workshop will help you to learn how to attract our native butterflies to your garden and how to care for them. Please, pre-register with Julie Pirtle at 360-740-1212 or email julie.pirtle@lewiscountywa.gov.
How are your hydrangeas performing; are they blooming and looking lush? If not you may want to attend this workshop and learn when to fertilize and prune for the best performance. Please, pre-register with Julie Pirtle at 360-740-1212 or email at julie.pirtle@lewiscountywa.gov.
Do you know what a food forest is? This workshop will teach you the main concepts of a food forest which consists of a variety of plants that imitate the natural setting of a forest – such as by planting the same types of trees and plants that would be found in a natural forest to create the same hospitable environment for those plants to thrive as they would in nature. Please, pre-register with Julie Pirtle at 360-740-1212 or email julie.pirtle@lewiscountywa.gov.
Please, pre-register four days prior to the event. Registration is free; contact Julie Pirtle at :360-740-1212 or email: julie.pirtle@lewiscountywagov.
This workshop is designed to help you be more successful to growing plants in your greenhouse or poly tunnel. What are the do’s and don’t find out when you attend this workshop. There will be time for questions as well.
Please, pre-register four days prior to the event. To register please, contact Julie Pirtle at: 360-740-1212 or by email at: julie.pirtle@lewiscountywagov. Registration is free and by registering it allows us to plan for the attendees.
Are you tired of paying the high prices for a small amount of commercial seeds? What are the techniques for saving the seeds from the plants in your garden? How do I store them? Can I share by seeds with other gardeners? All of these questions will be answered and so much more information as well. Please, dress for the weather as this class is outside.