Calendar of Events

The programs are organized through the hard work of the Program Committee.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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June 16, 2010

Annual Picnic

Midge and Fritz Kraetzer's Garden

425 Sunset Avenue, Eastsound

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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.

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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.

Contact: Garden Club, P.O. Box 452, Eastsound, WA. 98245