Plant Clinic and Information Center – Columbia Park Heritage Museum

The WSU Master Gardeners of Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties will be hosting a Plant Clinic and Information Center on Saturday, June 1, 2024 from 10:00 AM to 2 PM in the Discovery Garden parking lot at the Columbia Heritage Museum, 115 SE Lake Street, Ilwaco, WA. We will be there to address your plant questions, concerns, and suggestions.

If you have questions such as:

• How do I place mulch around trees and shrubs?
• My rhododendron is wilting and dying. What’s wrong?
• Moss is all over my lawn. What moss killer can I use?
• My hellebore plants looks fairly healthy but some of the leaves look damaged. What should I do?

We can help you! Stop by anytime between 10 am and 2 pm. Bring samples if you can.

We will also have handouts on the following topics as well as other information:
• Growing Vegetables in a Marine Environment
• How to Identify and Prevent Heat Stress in Plants

WSU Extension also supports two web sites that can help you diagnose your own plant problems.
• Hortsense (http://hortsense.cahnrs.wsu.edu/Home/HortsenseHome.aspx) – Contains fact sheets for the home gardener to manage plant problems using Integrated Pest Management (IPM).
• Pestsense (http://pestsense.cahnrs.wsu.edu/Home/PestsenseHome.aspx) – Contains fact sheets for managing common indoor pest problems using Integrated Pest Management (IPM).

We will be sponsoring several plant clinics later on in June, in July, in August and in September at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum. Stay tuned!

Sharing photographs of your plant problem, plant identification or insect identification is helpful. Please bring a sample if possible. To learn about preparing samples for diagnosis, please see Preparing Your Specimens for the Plant Clinic.