• All About Brassicas

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    All About Brassicas with Extension Master Gardener Sue Kraemer and Extension Program Manager, SNAP-Ed, Hillary Miller. The Brassicas are a huge family of tasty and nutrition-packed veggies that includes horseradish, radishes, broccoli, cabbage, collards, cauliflower, kale, arugula and more! Brassicas are prominent in world-wide cuisine. These cool weather vegetables are among the first planted each year, […]

  • Wildlife Friendly Gardening for Natural Pest Control

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    Speaker: Laura Matter, Seattle Tilth When you create a wildlife friendly habitat for birds and insects, they in turn will provide you with natural pest and weed control. This class will teach you about the plants and design techniques that attract these delightful creatures to visit and live in your backyard. Cost to register: $8.00 […]

  • Essential Culinary Combinations

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    Essential Culinary Combinations with Extension Master Gardeners Gia Parsons and Wendy Jordan. Many cultures use a specific combination of veggies and herbs to form the flavor basis for soups, stews and sautés. In this class, EMG and Shorewood Demo Garden Culinary Arts instructor Wendy Jordan teams up with EMG and Marymoor Community Garden coordinator Gia Parsons […]

  • Board Meeting

    Board Meeting

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    The Master Gardener Foundation of King County holds two regular meetings: recurring Board Meetings and an Annual Meeting. Board meetings are regularly scheduled from 7:00-8:30PM the second Thursday of the month, generally via teleconference. Foundation members may attend any Board meeting as observers or by invitation. Contact Board President, president@mgfkc.org, if you would like to […]

  • Balcony to Backyard: PNW Climate Adapted Gardening

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    Speaker: Del Brummet, head gardener of the Elisabeth C Miller Botanical Garden, will take you on a journey through the building and maintenance of his low water home garden. What techniques help to grow and establish a variety of plants with lower water needs? How do you pick plants for narrow spaces with shifting light […]

  • Early Starts, Early Harvests

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    Early Starts, Early Harvests with Extension Master Gardener Anne Neilson. It’s still mid-winter but don’t be deterred! There are edibles that you can direct sow or plant as purchased seedlings now; others that you might consider raising in seed trays for transplanting in about 6 weeks. Extension Master Gardener Anne Neilson will lead you through a […]

  • Growing Roses in Today’s World

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    Speaker: Michele Thomas, Extension Master Gardener Just in time for spring, this presentation will give participant’s some history of roses, the most popular rose types, and roses best suited for our changing climate.  Site selection (including different climates in King County), soil prep, and planting instructions will be discussed. Pruning, spring and fall rose care, […]

  • Vegetable Gardening in the PNW

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                     Vegetable Gardening in the PNW with Extension Master Gardener Jim Olson. There are six keys to successfully growing vegetables in our area of the Pacific Northwest, preparing your planting location, timing of seed starting, key items for caring of plants and how to recognize and treat problems […]

  • Tips for New (and Experienced) Gardeners

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    Speaker: Bruce Bennet, Extension Master Gardener. This presentation will provide new gardeners with introductory information that has been revised through WSU and OSU research and by the speaker’s professional practice for the past twenty years. As plants and weather change over the years, so do the growing guidelines and even seasoned gardeners can use a […]

  • Board Meeting

    Board Meeting

    Online via Zoom Platform

    The Master Gardener Foundation of King County holds two regular meetings: recurring Board Meetings and an Annual Meeting. Board meetings are regularly scheduled from 7:00-8:30PM the second Thursday of the month, generally via teleconference. Foundation members may attend any Board meeting as observers or by invitation. Contact Board President, president@mgfkc.org, if you would like to […]