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Calendar of Events The programs are organized through the hard work of the Program Committee. To see Past Programs and Events - Click Here!
February 17, 2010 Tool Time with Errol Speed of Smith & Speed Mercantile What is your favorite garden tool? Learn how to repair and maintain the tools so necessary for gardening chores. Wear old clothes and bring your hand pruners, loppers, etc. for a "hands on" demonstration. Patrick Bennet will film and simultaneously project onto the screen Errol's work so we can see and follow along. Bring other tools that need sharpening. ___________________________________________________________________ March 17, 2010 Evans Farm Nursery John and Wanda Evans have served Orcas for twenty-one years at Evan Farm Nursery near Doe Bay and have a vast knowledge of what plants perform well on Orcas. They will speak about native plants, fruit trees and ornamentals adapted to our climate. ___________________________________________________________________ April 21, 2010 Those Darn Voles Dave Pehling from WSU Extension Snohomish County, who teaches the vertebrate pest management course for the Master Gardeners, will come with samples and ways to capture these pests. Dave is an entomologist by training and also teaches insect pest management. ___________________________________________________________________ May 19, 2010 How Do Your Trillia Grow? Our own Barbara Trunkey, who has a magnificent garden on the north side of the island will present a program on the joy and beauty of northwest trillia (plural of trillium). ___________________________________________________________________ June 16, 2010 Annual Picnic Midge and Fritz Kraetzer's Garden 425 Sunset Avenue, Eastsound ___________________________________________________________________ September 15, 2010 Plant Exposure John Christianson from Christianson's Nursery in Mt. Vernon has provided countless islanders plants over the years and will be here again to talk and have plants for sale. ___________________________________________________________________ October 20, 2010 Propagation and Layering Nancy Bartholomew, formerly of Orcas Island, will give us a "hands on" lesson on plant propagation. Nancy has a horticultural degree and was one of Dan Hinkley's first employees at Heronswood. She then had her own nursery business on Orcas called Rocky Top. She now gardens in Blaine.
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