WSU Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center
16650 State Route 536
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
Ask a Master Gardener Day in the Garden
Location
Garden Tours
Guided tours of the Discovery Garden will be offered on a regular basis during the day or do a self-guided tour of our 27 garden rooms with individual themes. While you are enjoying the gardens:
- Check out our new wildlife snag
- Follow the yellow brick road
- See our raised bed designs
- Watch mason bees in action
- Browse the children's lending library
- Look for frogs and fish in the ponds
- Discover the online plant list
- See a tree support system
Also visit the adjacent Salal Chapter Native Plant Garden and NW Fruit gardens. See below for more info.
Free!
Ask A Master Gardener Day
Discovery Garden
Annual Open House
Saturday June 25, 2022
(annually the last Saturday in June)
10:00am - 2:00pm
- Garden Tours / Demonstrations /Exhibits
- Plant Clinic / Plant ID / Noxious Weeds
- Garden Tool Sharpening / Plant Sale
- Children's Activities
Visit Salal Chapter Native Plant Garden and NW Fruit at the same location. Tours available at all 3 gardens.
Bring the Entire Family...
Demonstration Schedule
10:30 Creating a Pollinator Friendly Garden (Pollinator Garden)
11:30 Rose Care (Rose Garden)
12:00 Pruning - Let in the Light! (Naturescape)
12:30 Natural Plant Dyes (Herb Garden)
1:30 Raised Bed and No-Till Gardening (Vegetable Garden)
All Day Long Educational Exhibits
- Bring your problems to our on-site Plant Clinic and Plant ID booths at the Pavilion. Master Gardeners will be available to help you one-on-one for answers to your garden questions.
- Learn how to identify and stop the spread of Noxious Weeds. Joseph Shea, Skagit County Noxious Weed Coordinator will be here to help.
- Want to learn about Composting? See how we do it in the Discovery Garden and feed the worms.
- Want to grow bigger Vegetables? Visit our vegetable garden for tips on growing your own food in Skagit County.
- Find out how about Plant Propagation at the Plant House.
- We will help you find the perfect plant at our Plant Sale.
- Free Garden Tool Sharpening at the Gazebo. Bring your dull garden shears and have them sharpened free by a Master Gardener.
- Kid's Activities available all day.
NW Fruit
(Western Washington Fruit Research Foundation)
A 6 acre fruit orchard open to the public 7 days a week from dawn to dusk. Learn about fruit tree varieties that grow well in the PNW, and how to care for them. There is a Self-guided Tour which begins at the kiosk at the east side of the center oval with 40 points of interest. Find out more.
