MGFTC SponsoredScroll down to see community events.*
When the temperatures drop, we start looking for ways to protect our plants and help our birds.
Here are a few good articles that might give you some help:
Guarding Against Winter Damage (PDF)
Hummingbirds in Winter (PDF)
Winter Container Care (PDF)
Wed, Feb 20
6:30 pm – Membership Meeting
7pm – Speaker
Thurston County Health Department
412 Lilly Rd NE
Olympia, WA 98506-5132
Guests pay $5 at the door.
For a yearly membership fee of $10, you can become a member of the Master Gardener Foundation of Thurston County (MGFTC). You don’t even need to be a master gardener or a master recycler-composter! Join our comunity and you will meet like-minded people interested in gardening, recycling and composting.
Community Events *
Septic and Lawn Landscaping
Sat, Feb 23
9am to noon
Septic system landscaping
Love your lawn
Lawn alternatives-retire your lawnmower
Teri King: Sea Grant WA and Mason Co. Master Gardener
Cost: $5 per workshop (pay at the door)
Through the Garden Gate Workshops are presented by Mason County Master Gardeners.
For location and a list of all the 2019 workshops offered visit the Shelton Garden Workshop web page .
Free gardening classes offered by The Barn Nursery
Sun, March 3 & Sun, March 10
10am – Basic Fruit Tree Pruning
Speaker – Lowell Cordas, Local Pruning Expert
11am – Insect and Disease Control for Fruit Crops
Speaker – Nina Dickison, The Barn Nursery
1pm – Advanced Fruit Tree Pruning
Speaker – Lowell Cordas, Local Pruning Expert
