Home gardeners can get timely advice from local experts about vegetable and berry gardening from noon-1 p.m. Friday, July 8, during a tour of the Fifth Street Community Garden, 328 E. Fifth St., Port Angeles.
The event is part of Lunch in the Garden, an educational series sponsored by WSU Clallam County Master Gardeners that occurs on the second Friday of each month through September. During these one-hour walks, home gardeners can learn what vegetables grow well on the North Olympic Peninsula, what needs to be done in the vegetable garden each month and what problems are likely to appear throughout the growing season.
This month veteran Master Gardeners Bob Cain, Laurel Moulton, Audreen Williams and Jeanette Stehr-Green will talk about planting a fall garden, renovation of June-bearing strawberries, harvesting garlic, protecting your crops from birds and more. Walk participants are encouraged to ask questions and share what is happening in their own gardens.
Cain joined Master Gardeners in 2009 and was Clallam County Master Gardener Foundation president from 2011-2013. Moulton has been a Master Gardener since 2006 and coordinated the WSU Master Gardener Program in Clallam County from 2012-2014. Williams joined Master Gardeners in 2012 and was the 2014 Clallam County Veteran Master Gardener of the Year co-recipient. Stehr-Green has been a Master Gardener since 2003 and was the 2012 Clallam County Veteran Master Gardener of the Year. Together these Master Gardeners have more than 100 years of vegetable and berry gardening experience.
About the series
Lunch in the Garden walks are free and open to the public. The walks are ideal for persons starting a vegetable garden for the first time and gardeners who are new to the Pacific Northwest, and for experienced gardeners to learn about new gardening techniques and vegetable varieties.
The Fifth Street Community Garden is located just off Peabody Street, right across from Port Angeles City Hall. The garden includes more than 50 individuals plots that are each feet by 12 feet. The garden was developed on city property in 2011 with a vision to connect people to the earth and their community through growing food.
For more information about Lunch in the Garden, call 565-2679.
