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  • Grow Your Own Flowers and Vegetables – from Seed

    Online via Zoom Platform

    Speaker: Colleen Donahue, Extension Master Gardener. Presentation: Have you ever thought about growing your own plants from seed but didn’t know where to start?  Create a beautiful & bountiful flower/vegetable garden using the information you will learn in this presentation.  Colleen grows hundreds of seedlings each spring. You will learn practical information about how to […]

  • Vegetables A-Z

    Online via Zoom Platform

    Speaker: Joan Veach, Extension Master Gardener. Presentation: From Asparagus to Zucchini, vegetables are delicious, nutritious, and fun to grow. Surprisingly, or maybe not so surprisingly, each type of vegetable has its own peculiar preferences about soil, light, water, and season.   Join Joan, as she shares insight into growing a variety of vegetables in our Pacific Northwest […]

  • Go Native – Get To Know Your Native PNW Bulbs

    Online via Zoom Platform

    Speakers: Sean McManus, Horticulturist and Allison McManus, Science Teacher. Presentation: Bulbs are amazing perennial plants and are so unique to the gardening world. Native bulbs are even more interesting and can be considered a mystery, but we want to tell you all about them. From the Puget Sound to the Cascade Mountains to the east side […]

  • Introduction to Pruning with Plant Amnesty

    Online via Zoom Platform

    Speaker: Kristin Jackson, Executive Director of Plant Amnesty. Presentation: Pruning makes sense when you understand the science behind it. You will be introduced to the basics of tree biology and structure, tree responses to the basic types of pruning cuts, pruning standards and, best management practice. Cost: $9.00 Register

  • Adapt Your Landscape to a Warmer, Drier Climate

    You Can Do This! Adapt Your Landscape to a Warmer, Drier Climate When: Saturday, April 18, 2026 Where: Kenmore City Hall                 18120 68th Ave NE                 Kenmore, WA 98028 Sessions:  - 2-3pm Check out the Kenmore Climate Action Team table […]

  • Fire Prevention for Your Yard

    Bellevue Demonstration Garden 15500 SE 16th St., Bellevue, WA, United States

    Fire Prevention for Your Yard  presented by Natalia Williams, Project Coordinator, Wildfire Mitigation with King Conservation District and Mike Lasecki, Stewardship Forester & Wildfire Mitigation Specialist with King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks.   Come join us for a presentation on wildfire mitigation in Western Washington. Topics discussed will include: fire ecology in Western […]

  • Bellevue Demonstration Garden Spring Plant Sale

    Bellevue Demonstration Garden 15500 SE 16th St., Bellevue, WA, United States

    Come shop a wide selection of locally grown perennials, annuals and herbs while getting expert advice from our King County Master Gardener volunteers! When: Saturday, May 9, 2026  10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Where: Bellevue Demonstration Garden               15500 SE 16th St               Bellevue, […]

  • Basics of Successful Vegetable Growing

    Bellevue Demonstration Garden 15500 SE 16th St., Bellevue, WA, United States

    Basics of Successful Vegetable Growing presented by Jim Olson, WSU Extension Master Gardener, past president of the Master Gardener Foundation of King County and a popular speaker for the Master Gardener Speakers Bureau. He has long been associated with BDG and was the melon bed manager for ten years. Learn the basic principles of vegetable growing […]

  • Garden Tool Sharpening

    Bellevue Demonstration Garden 15500 SE 16th St., Bellevue, WA, United States

    Garden Tool Sharpening presented by John Harmeling, Master Consulting Rosarian with the Seattle Rose Society. This workshop will cover sharpening manual tools: pruners, hedge trimmers and other garden tools – did you know you can sharpen a shovel? Attendees are invited to bring their dull tools in for a demo on how to improve their condition […]

  • Water Wise Gardening

    Bellevue Demonstration Garden 15500 SE 16th St., Bellevue, WA, United States

    Water Wise Gardening presented by Dawn Rubstello, WSU Extension Master Gardener. Watering may be the most important and most expensive task we do to be successful as gardeners. Learn about water-saving practices and irrigation systems. Learn how to water at the most effective time of day and what your plants need. Waste less water and save […]