Do you have a trouble spot in your garden that’s a little overgrown, too shady or needs more color?
Join Clallam County Master Gardeners Bev Dawson and Marilynn Elliott for “Garden Design: Two Views, Old and New,” a Green Thumb Education Series event set from noon-1 p.m. on Thursday, April 13, at the Clallam County Courthouse commissioners’ room, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.
Or, join via Zoom at the WSU Extension Clallam County website calendar at extension.wsu.edu/clallam (meeting ID 936 2989 8830, passcode 676224). Or, join by phone at 253-215-8782.
Find out how to turn a boring plot of land into a gracious oasis using thoughtful landscaping techniques.
Dawson and Elliott will give insights on how to revamp a weary garden with simple and not-too-time-consuming or costly ways for improvement. With the use of landscaping before-and-after pictures, they will focus the planning, evaluation and execution needed to turn a plain piece of property into “your garden.”
“Sometimes just moving a plant to a different location can make all the difference in how your garden feels…it is often said that a garden is a ‘work in progress’,” Elliott said.
Dawson is a gardener focused on flowers and shrubs who originally hailed from California said, “I had to learn about the Northwest. From my mistakes and successes, I realized it (a garden) is never truly done.”
Dawson retired in 2001 as the CEO of a large community credit union in El Centro, Calif., and during her five years of being a nomad, she and her husband Glenn discovered the beautiful Olympic Peninsula. She influenced her daughters and their families to relocate here, as did she in 2006. She and her family turned an un-landscaped acre that was once a Christmas tree farm into a property featured on the 2012 Petals and Pathways Tour.
Dawson became a Master Gardener in 2010, is very active in the Port Angeles Garden Club and holds plant sales for the club in her backyard. She loves to propagate and divide her many coveted plants. She said she finds that the many facets of the Master Gardener Programs complement and enrich her community activities and personal gardening.
Elliott became a Master Gardener in 2003 and delved into both WSU and Foundation programs. She’s been very active in the Petals and Pathways Garden Tour and has served in many capacities including as chairperson, a docent and as a homeowner whose garden was featured in the 2013 tour.
As a former teacher, helping to teach second-graders about plants and seeds came naturally for Elliott as a presenter for the Youth Enrichment Program.
She’s also spent hundreds of hours working at the Woodcock Demonstration Garden; recorded radio presentations for KSQM-FM; and has given two seminars at the State Convention.
Elliott has contributed more than 6,500 volunteer hours and was recently awarded the 20-Year Pin for her service as a Master Gardener.
Sponsored by WSU Clallam County Master Gardeners, the Green Thumbs Garden Tips education series is offered on the second and fourth Thursday each month through October (in November, December and January, one program is offered). Scheduled presentations are subject to change.
Visit the WSU Extension Clallam County website calendar (extension.wsu.edu/clallam) for the latest information on upcoming presentations.
For more information, call 360-565-2679.
