Want to learn how to grow vegetables in your own back yard? Need help with pests that are getting the better part of your harvest? Interested in planting time-tested vegetables that grow well in this climate or vegetables and varieties that are new to the scene?

On Friday, May 8, from noon-1 p.m., home gardeners can get timely advice from local experts about vegetable gardening at 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 on the second Friday of each month through September.

Each month local Master Gardeners will lead a fast-paced, one-hour walk through the community garden to show home gardeners what needs to be done in vegetable gardens at that time and what problems are likely to appear. During these walks, Master Gardeners also answer questions from local gardeners.

Veteran Master Gardeners Bob Cain, Laurel Moulton, Audreen Williams and Jeanette Stehr-Green will lead the walks. This month the Master Gardeners will talk about cool weather crops, prevention of carrot rust fly and cabbage butterfly damage, building trellises, planting strawberries and blueberries and more.

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 75 years of vegetable gardening experience.

“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 but also are beneficial to the more experienced gardener.

The Fifth Street Community Garden is located just off Peabody Street across from City Hall. For more information about “Lunch in the Garden,” call 565-2679.