The Endowed Chair Fund will elevate the WSU Master Gardener Program and further increase its impact by supporting the appointment of a faculty member focused on engaging in impactful research projects, developing curricula, and teaching master gardener volunteers.
As the WSU Extension Master Gardener Program celebrates its 50th anniversary, volunteers are focusing on how they can support the program’s evolution over the next 50 years and beyond, all while helping sustain healthy and resilient communities.
WSU Extension Master Gardeners use decades of accumulated training and knowledge to help build healthy communities.
How Extension agents launched a novel program that turns 50 in 2023: Extension Master Gardeners.
Learn how anyone can make an impact on discovery at the first Pacific Northwest Citizen and Community Science Summit.
Fifth grader Dani McConnell smiles as she picks a leaf from a bushy plant in the garden at Oak Harbor’s Crescent Harbor elementary school. “Eat it,” she says. “You’ll love it.”
Spokane County Master Gardener’s Plant Clinic and Resource Center has an award-winning program staffed by volunteers to help home gardeners with questions.
Spokane County Master Gardeners’ Garden in a Box program will receive the International Search for Excellence Award at the International Master Gardeners conference in July.
LONGVIEW, Wash.—Rebecca Branderhorst went a little crazy in her vegetable garden last spring. The Longview, Wash., resident planted pole green beans, Oregon pea pods, lima beans, three kinds of lettuce, kale, Swiss chard, carrots, bunching onions, white Spanish onions, chives, celery, cilantro and beets. All of it in a 4-by-8-foot box. By midsummer, Branderhorst’s garden […]
PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University Extension Master Gardeners and the WSU Organic Farm are joining forces to offer an intensive, multi-week course in organic gardening, covering everything from composting to garden planning as well as organic pest control and fertilization. “Organic Gardening Intensive” begins Feb. 20 and run through May 8. The program will […]