Category: Nearby Nature

Cider Making

09/15/202309/18/2023 1

Get started pressing apple juice and making cider. Learn about the excellent resources here in Skagit County and how to get started pressing apple juice and making fermented apple cider.

Restoring Nature

09/01/202309/03/2023 3

Recently certified Master Gardener Joan Stamm writes about how Douglas Tallamay’s book, Nature’s Best Hope changed her gardening perspective.

Discovery Garden Open House June 24, 2023

06/16/202306/21/2023 0

Join us for a day of discovery and learning at the Skagit Master Gardener’s Discovery Garden in Mount Vernon

Italian Arum

06/01/202306/17/2023 0

Don’t be deceived by the beauty of Italian Arum, though it is sold by many companies, it is an invasive plant in most areas of Western Washington.

Visit UW Botanic Gardens

05/19/202305/20/2023 0

Skagit Master Gardeners spend a day touring and learning about the plants at the UW Botanic Garden.

Northwest Tree Squirrels

05/05/202305/06/2023 0

Author Kathy Wolfe explores the ambiguity of Pacific Northwest tree squirrels: At times entertaining and at other times very destructive.

Midnight Marauders

03/17/202303/17/2023 0

Master Gardener Diana Wisen discusses slug damage and eradication, one of the most discussed topics among PNW gardeners.