Master Gardeners

PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington Gov. Gary Locke has proclaimed the week of April 18-24 as Washington State University Master Gardener Volunteer Week.

SEATTLE, Wash. — There are two symbols of the eternal hope of spring: Fresh flowers and the start of baseball. Both will greet Seattle Mariners fans as they arrive at Safeco Field for the team’s home opener next Tuesday, thanks to a partnership between the Mariners and the Washington State University King County Master Gardeners. […]

PUYALLUP, Wash. — A daylong horticultural symposium at the Landmark Convention Center in Tacoma on July 20 will mark the 30th anniversary of the founding of Washington State University Cooperative Extension’s Master Gardener Program. The concept has spread to every state and all across Canada. The symposium, which is open to the public, includes sessions […]

PULLMAN, Wash. Washington Gov. Gary Locke has proclaimed the week of April 13-19 as Washington State University Master Gardner Volunteer Week. Master Gardeners are university-trained volunteers who serve as educators in their communities. The Master Gardener program began in King and Pierce counties 30 years ago to enable WSU Cooperative Extension to better serve the […]

PULLMAN, Wash. — The latest publication from Washington State University Cooperative Extension is filled with more than 500 disgusting color pictures: cherries coated with brown rot, evergreens desiccated by winter winds, pansy petals covered with spots of gray mold fungus. But it’s those disgusting pictures that make MISC0194 “Landscape Plant Problems” one of the most […]

PULLMAN, Wash. — Ever wanted to get your hands on the teaching resource that extension Master Gardeners consult? You now can. “Sustainable Gardening,” the first joint Washington and Oregon Master Gardener handbook, is now available to the public for the first time from Washington State University Cooperative Extension. This basic gardening text and resource for […]

PULLMAN, Wash. — This week April 12-18 has been proclaimed Washington State University Master Gardener Week by Gov. Gary Locke, marking the 25th anniversary of the volunteer educational program. Master Gardeners are avid gardeners who volunteer a minimum of 50 to 60 hours of their time to serve the public in exchange for about 60 […]

PULLMAN, Wash. — Gardeners can get free professional advice 24 hours a day at three web sites sponsored by Washington State University Cooperative Extension. “These sites provide people with another option to get good, scientifically sound gardening information,” said Van Bobbitt, coordinator of WSU’s 25-year-old extension Master Gardener program. Separate sites serve gardeners east and […]

PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University’s Master Gardeners have put their roots down all over Clark County. Theirs is a grass roots program in more ways than one. Master Gardeners certainly can tell you how to grow a healthy lawn, but that’s just the beginning of their expertise and they have roots everywhere. More than […]

PULLMAN, Wash. — When should you pick apples from your backyard tree? What should you do if you spot black lesions on your tomatoes? Answers to these and hundreds of other garden and landscape questions may be as close as your computer at a new Internet website launched by Washington State University Cooperative Extension for […]