Barbara Scott will explain how to reproduce plants by air layering at noon on Thursday, Aug. 9, in the Clallam County commissioners’ meeting room of the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles, as part of the Clallam County Master Gardeners’ Green Thumb Garden Tips series.

Air layering is a method of propagating new trees and shrubs from stems that are still attached to the parent plant. It requires wrapping sphagnum moss around a wounded branch and wrapping it to produce roots for a new plant. This method produces a reasonably sized tree within 4-5 months instead of waiting years for a seedling to develop into a small tree.

Scott will share her experience in air layering a Japanese maple.

A past Master Gardener and editor of the Clallam County Master Gardener newsletter, Scott has gardened in Virginia and in Forks for years. She is also a member of the Dungeness Bonsai Society and the Bogachiel Garden Club in Forks

The Green Thumb Garden Tips education series is sponsored by the WSU Clallam County Master Gardeners and held the second and fourth Thursday of every month in Port Angeles.

The presentations are free and open to the public. Attendees may bring a lunch.

For more information, call 360-565-2679.