2026 Growing Groceries Classes
Attention all edible gardening enthusiasts! The Master Gardeners of King County are offering Growing Groceries: The Basics and Beyond the Basics beginning in January 2026. Classes are divided into two series that offer six basic and four more advanced presentations.
The Basics series (Registration still Open – see below) includes six pre-recorded classes with video links delivered immediately upon registration to allow for self-paced viewing. The chilly winter and early spring months are the perfect time to refresh on the basic principles and techniques for veggie gardening.
NEW!! Growing Groceries: Beyond the Basics (Registration Closed)
If you’re hungry to delve deeper into more advanced gardening topics, this 4-class series will whet your appetite and makes a great companion to the Basics series. Growing Groceries: Beyond the Basics is offered “live on Zoom” on selected Wednesday evenings in January, March, May and July, allowing plenty of time in-between to refresh on the Basics.
Sign up for the 2026 Growing Groceries series . Purchases may be made online by credit card or by PayPal only. Our fees include Washington state sales tax which we are now required to collect and remit to the state. Please note that individual class registration is not offered this year. For questions contact: GrowingGroceries.king@mgfkc.org
Cost:
Growing Groceries: The Basics video series is offered for the low cost of $20.
Growing Groceries: The Basics
Although you may have attended one or more of these classes in the past, you’ll likely pick up on some new tips or re-familiarize yourself with others.
Included in the digital box set are:
- Container Gardening with Joan Baldwin, Extension Master Gardener.
- Backyard Fruit Trees with Brandon Bray, Extension Master Gardener.
- The Cool Season Menu: Peas, Hardy Greens, Carrots and More with Anne Neilsen, Extension Master Gardener.
- Grow Kale, Broccoli, and Related Cole Crops with Sue Kraemer, Extension Master Gardener.
- What’s a Garden Without Tomatoes? with Sharon Peach, Extension Master Gardener.
- Beans, Summer and Winter Squash with Emilie Castle, Extension Master Gardener.
Growing Groceries Classes
The information contained in Growing Groceries presentations is based on Washington State University Extension home gardening publications and other science and research-based materials. Resource lists are provided at the end of the presentations. To enliven the learning experience, speakers may use examples from their own garden experience and draw from their personal gardening successes and failures.
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we are gathered on the sacred lands of the Coast Salish Peoples who have lived along the shores of the Central Salish Sea since time immemorial. We honor all First Peoples indigenous to the place we now call King County – their ancestors and descendants who have cared for these sacred lands and waters for thousands of years. We give thanks to the Duwamish, Muckleshoot, Snoqualmie, Stillaguamish, and Tulalip Tribes for sharing their ancestral lands and watersheds with us, and we embrace our reponsibility to help protect and restore them for future generations.
WSU extension programs and employment are available to all without discrimination. Evidence of noncompliance may be reported through your local extension office. Reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities and special needs; contact the WSU Extension King County office at king.mg@wsu.edu at least two weeks prior to the event.