Author: CGMGA
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Garden Gathering Workshops
Your Central Gorge Master Gardeners offers monthly gardening education workshops . The first workshop will be offered second Saturday of the month at 10am and the second workshop will be offered on the second Tuesdays of the month. 2026 Workshop Schedule: Central Gorge Master Gardener volunteers provide free beginning gardening classes and continuing education to…
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🌱 Central Gorge Master Gardener Association 2025 Year in Review
5 Key Takeaways from 2025 Rooted in Education & Growing Gardeners Guided by our mission to empower sustainable gardening through education and stewardship, we welcomed 21 newly certified Master Gardeners and recertified 55 members. Together, we contributed 3,852 volunteer hours and made over 3,200 community contacts. From in-person and Zoom classes to OSU webinars and…
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2025 Hood River Front Yard Garden Tour
Join us in celebrating edible gardening, native plants, pollinators, walkable, bikable, rollable, strollable neighborhoods and the fall harvest season in the second Annual Hood River Front Yard Garden Tour! https://extension.oregonstate.edu/…/2025-hood-river… Walk, bike, roll, or stroll your way through neighborhoods of Hood River as you visit gardens and learn how to transform water-thirsty lawns into more sustainable…
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CGMGA Spotlight: Joanne Willis
From July 2024 Joanne grew up in Pennsylvania in a small town named Yardley. Their house was bordered by land that was owned by a local farmer, and the community was sandwiched between the Delaware River and the Delaware Canal – lots of woods, lots of fields. She spent a lot of her childhood exploring…
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CGMGA Spotlight: Jen Munroe
From June 2024 Jen Munroe may be a relative newcomer to CGMGA, but her garden speaks of a seasoned gardener with a flair for blending diverse styles and elements into a harmonious whole. Before I met her, I had the pleasure of “meeting” her garden: an inviting oasis that offers water features, flowering trees, and comfortable…
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CGMGA Spotlight: Jayne Hill
From April 2024 As a Pacific Northwest native, Jayne Hill is grateful to have grown up in a beautiful part of the country with an appreciation of the nature that surrounds us here. Jayne was born in Yakima but moved to Corvallis at nine years of age. After high school she studied biology and then pharmacy.…
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CGMGA Spotlight: Elaine Johnson
From March 2024 Interviewing Elaine Johnson for this Spotlight was challenging. I had to find time between book club, tap, skiing, yoga, and a Superbowl party to sit down and talk. That’s her schedule–not mine. I don’t know what impressed me more: the fact that Elaine is so incredibly busy or the fact that she’s…