Master Gardener Foundation of Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties

Foundation Board meeting
2026-05-12 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Zoom Meeting
Foundation Board meetings occur the second Tuesday of Each Month.
Times:
Start: 1 PM
End: 2 PM
Zoom info: https://tinyurl.com/PNWMG-Foundation</a>
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Wednesday Weeding Work Party at the Demonstration Garden at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum
2026-05-13 13:00 - 15:00, 2026-05-20 13:00 - 15:00, 2026-05-27 13:00 - 15:00, 2026-06-03 13:00 - 15:00, 2026-06-10 13:00 - 15:00, 2026-06-17 13:00 - 15:00 | Ilwaco Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum Demo Garden, 115 Lake St SE, Ilwaco, WA, 98624, United States
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Elma Demonstration Garden weekly work party
2026-05-14 09:00 - 12:00, 2026-05-21 09:00 - 12:00, 2026-05-28 09:00 - 12:00, 2026-06-04 09:00 - 12:00, 2026-06-11 09:00 - 12:00, 2026-06-18 09:00 - 12:00 | Grays Harbor County Fairgrounds – Demonstration Garden, 32 Elma McCleary Road, Elma, WA, 98541, United States

Kitchen Gardening In Rasied Beds & Containers Workshop
2026-05-14 13:00 - 15:00 | Peninsula Senior Center, 21603 O Place, Ocean Park, WA, 98640, United States

Kitchen Gardening In Raised Beds & Containers Workshop
2026-05-14 13:00 - 15:00 | Peninsula Senior Center, 21603 O Place, Ocean Park, WA, 98640, United States

2026 Home & Garden Show - Saturday
2026-05-16 09:00 - 17:00 | Grays Harbor County Fairgrounds, 32 Elma-McCleary Road, Elma, WA, 98541, United States
May 16 and 17, 2026,
Saturday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
The Pavilion at the Grays Harbor County Fairgrounds will once again be filled with vendor exhibits with lots of items to help you get new ideas and add to your homes and gardens. Admission and parking are always free.

Grow Your Garden Know How
Take time to learn from experts on a variety of garden topics.
10:30 AM —Roses! Our own MG member, Gwendolyn Gates:, will talk about restoring the historic Polson Rose Garden and how to successfully grow roses in our challenging Maritime climate.

11:30 AM—Exclusive screening of “The Extraordinary Caterpillar,” a stunningly beautiful documentary produced by Homegrown National Park partnered with Jeff McKay. Caterpillars are the engine of food webs, feed birds, support pollinators, and keep ecosystems thriving. You will never look at a caterpillar as boring and inconsequential again.

12:30 PM —Nicole MusicOlney, of the Chehlis Tribe, will demonstrate how to incorporate foraged and indigenous foods into nutritious modern recipes and talk about the benefits of growing your food.

The Home & Garden Show on May 16 & 17, 2026, is a great opportunity learn how to be a better gardener.

Requests for reasonable accommodation need to be made two weeks prior to the program. Please make all requests to WSU Extension 360-482-2934. Cooperating agencies: Washington State University, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Grays Harbor County. Extension programs and employment are available to all without discrimination. Evidence of noncompliance may be reported to your local Extension office.

Plant Clinic - Home and Garden Show
2026-05-16 09:00 - 17:00, 2026-05-17 09:00 - 17:00 | Grays Harbor County Fairgrounds – Demonstration Garden, 32 Elma McCleary Road, Elma, WA, 98541, United States

2026 Home & Garden Show - Sunday
2026-05-17 09:00 - 16:00 | Grays Harbor County Fairgrounds, 32 Elma-McCleary Road, Elma, WA, 98541, United States
May 16 and 17, 2026,
Saturday 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
The Pavilion at the Grays Harbor County Fairgrounds will once again be filled with vendor exhibits with lots of items to help you get new ideas and add to your homes and gardens. Parking and admission are free!

Grow Your Garden Know How
Take time to learn from experts on a variety of garden topics.

10:30 AM —Briana Price, from the WSU Honeybees & Pollinators Program will talk about the benefits of attracting Mason Bees, how to identify their predators, and how to encourage them in your garden.

12:00 Noon — Marianne Binetti, Northwest horticultural expert and garden writer, will be hosting a version of her renown ‘Container Wars’ while two of our Master Gardeners transform pots and plants into garden masterpieces.

The Home & Garden Show on May 16 & 17 is a great opportunity learn how to be a better gardener.

Requests for reasonable accommodation need to be made two weeks prior to the program. Please make all requests to WSU Extension 360-482-2934. Cooperating agencies: Washington State University, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Grays Harbor County. Extension programs and employment are available to all without discrimination. Evidence of noncompliance may be reported to your local Extension office.

Plant Clinics in Ocean Shores
2026-05-30 10:00 - 14:00 | Ace Hardware, 641 Point Brown Ave NE, Ocean Shores, United States

Plant Clinic - Ocean Shores
2026-05-30 10:00 - 14:00 | Buck Electric Ace Hardware, 641 Point Brown Ave NW, Ocean Shores, WA, 98569, United States
The Master Gardeners of Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties will be hosting a Plant Clinic on Saturday, May 30, 2026 from 10:00 AM to 2 PM at Ace Hardware, 641 Point Brown Ave NE, Ocean Shores.

Common questions for the Master Gardener volunteers are:

What plants grow best in the Pacific Northwest?
What can I grow in the maritime environment?
How can I test my soil?
What will I have problems growing where I live?

To help us better diagnose a plant problem, please try to share as much of the following information as possible:

The type of damage are you seeing and when it start
The parts of the plant that are affected: flower, leaf, stem, fruit, etc.
How is the plant watered and the amount and frequency of watering
The location of the plant ; in a garden bed or in the lawn, next to a driveway or house, in full or part sun, the direction the plant faces, etc.

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.

The Scoop on Soil
2026-06-06 13:00 - 15:00 | Ocean Shores Public LIbrary, 573 Pt. Brown Ave NW, Ocean Shores, WA, 98569, United States

The Scoop on Soil Workshop
2026-06-06 13:00 - 15:00 | Ocean Shores Public LIbrary, 573 Pt. Brown Ave NW, Ocean Shores, WA, 98569, United States
Come discover the foundation of healthy plants in this engaging, part-lecture, part-hands-on workshop focused on working with soil for gardens and indoor plants. We’ll cover essential soil principles, organic gardening practices, soil testing and pH, the soil pyramid, and how to mix your own soil blends for containers and in-ground gardens.
Participants will also learn the block method of seed starting and create their own soil mix. You’ll leave with practical knowledge for building healthy soil, plus hands-on experience planting seeds in your custom-mixed ingredients.

Plant Clinic and Information Center -- Discovery Museum
2026-06-13 10:00 - 14:00 | Ilwaco Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum Demo Garden, 115 Lake St SE, Ilwaco, WA, 98624, United States

Plant Clinic - Ilwaco
2026-06-13 10:00 - 14:00 | Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum, 115 S E Lake Street, Ilwaco, WA, 98624, United States
WSU Master Gardeners of Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties are sponsoring a Plant Clinic and Information Center at the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum in Ilwaco on Saturday, June 13, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. We will be there to address your plant questions, concerns, and suggestions. The Discovery Garden is located behind the Museum’s parking lot at 115 SW Lake Street.
If you have questions such as:

What is causing my rose bush to show clumps of red to orange powder on the lower surfaces of its leaves?
How do I place mulch around trees and shrubs?A small yellow wing beetle covered with black spots is decimating several of my dahlias/ What is it and how do I get rid of it?
Moss is all over my lawn. What moss killer can I use?
One of my tomato plants has gray-green, water-soaked spots that appear on the leaves, stems and fruit. What is causing this?

We can help you! Stop by anytime. Bring samples if you can. Learn about preparing your samples here.
We are also giving informal tours of the Native Plant Garden and our own vegetable garden!
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).

Plant Clinic at Heritage Museum
2026-06-13 10:00 - 16:00 | Heritage Museum, 115 Lake St SE, Ilawco, WA, United States

Rain Garden in Your Landscape
2026-06-13 13:00 - 15:00 | Val Savinsky Residence, 808 W Anderson st, Elma, WA, United States

GGH MG Monthly Meeting
2026-06-20 10:00 - 12:00 | WSU Extension Grays Harbor County Office, 34 Elma-McCleary Road, Elma, WA, 98541, United States

General Meeting
2026-06-20 10:00 - 12:00 | Zoom Meeting
