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 a moving day the following week.
2024 Workshop Schedule:
- Waterwise Gardening: July 13th 10am at OSU Extension Office & July 16th 6:30pm at White Salmon Library
- Planning and Planting Fall Crops: August 10th 10am at OSU Extension Office & August 13th 6:30pm at Hood River Library
- Seed Saving: September 14th 10am at OSU Extension Office & September 17th 6:30pm at White Salmon Library
- Tool Workshop: October 12th 10am at Fish Food Bank
SEPTEMBER TOPIC: Seed Saving Workshop
OSU Hood River Extension Central Gorge Master Gardeners welcome home gardeners of all abilities to attend the upcoming Garden Gathering series of educational presentations. These free presentations will be held monthly through October 2024 and are designed to be interactive and aid in your growth as a gardener.
The Garden Gathering series continues with Central Gorge Master Gardener volunteer, Christie Bradley and former Central Gorge Master Gardener, Christine Bluestone presenting a workshop on seed saving.
Topics to be covered in this workshop include:
- Open pollinated and hybrid varieties
- Annuals & Biennials
- Processing seeds
- Types of seed that are easiest to save
- Seed viability
Bradley and Bluestone have a combined 28 years of experience in saving, sharing and using saved seeds. Bradley exclaims, “Seed saving is a great way to keep a favorite annual plant growing in your garden each year.” With Bluestone following up with, “Knowing how to select viable seeds and how to prepare them for storage is key to your success.”
Two sessions of the Garden Gathering “Seed Saving” Workshop will be held at different times and locations. The same information will be offered at each session.
- Saturday, September 14, 10 – 11:30 AM at the Hood River County Extension, 2990 Experiment Station Drive, Hood River, OR
- Tuesday, September 17, 6:30 – 8 PM at the White Salmon Library, 77 NE Wauna Ave., White Salmon, WA
OCTOBER TOPIC: Tool care workshop
OSU Hood River Extension Central Gorge Master Gardeners welcome home gardeners of all abilities to attend the upcoming Garden Gathering series of educational presentations. These free presentations will be held monthly through October 2024 and are designed to be interactive and aid in your growth as a gardener.
The 2024 Garden Gathering series concludes with Central Gorge Master Gardener volunteers Jim Black, Dennis Carlson and Scott Fitch presenting a workshop on lawn and garden tool care.
Topics to be covered in this workshop include:
- Ways to organize your tool storage area
- Showing respect for older tools that have been handed down to you
- How to care for small hand tools, tools with small motors, and electric or battery operated tools
Black, Carlson and Fitch have a combined 100+ years of experience in lawn and garden tool care. Fitch says that, “Rust is the most common culprit to impede effective use of hand tools. Fortunately, there’s an easy solution.” While Carlson explains, “In order to get efficient use of your small engine tools next season, special care is needed before putting them in winter storage.” With Black adding, “Many homeowners find that electric and battery operated tools offer ease of use and care. I’ll explain what to look for when buying new tools, and how to care for them and maintain battery life.”
The Garden Gathering Seed Saving Workshop will be held on Saturday, October 12 , 10 – 11:30 AM at the Fish Food Bank Hood River, Oregon.
All are welcome to attend the Garden Gatherings. No registration is needed for these free workshops. The final Garden Gathering workshop topic for the 2024 season will cover Tool Care on Saturday, October 12, 10 – 11:30 at the Fish Food Bank, Hood River, OR.
Central Gorge Master Gardener volunteers provide free beginning gardening classes and continuing education to home gardeners. For research based information about specific gardening or pest questions, submit your concern online at extension.oregonstate.edu/mg/hoodriver or by phone at 541-386-3343. Home gardeners can also drop off plant or pest samples Monday – Thursday between 9 AM and 4 PM at the OSU Hood River County Extension Service, 2990 Experiment Station Drive, Hood River, OR.
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The Central Gorge Master Gardener program is a division of the OSU Hood River County Extension Service. OSU Extension Service prohibits discrimination in all its programs, services, activities, and materials.
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