2021 San Juan County WSU Master Gardeners
Gardening Workshop Series
Series Price: $35 for all 8 presentations
Registration deadline October 12, 2021
Welcome to our Annual Gardening Workshop site and this year’s Gardening Workshop Series. The lectures are a series of webinars, provided by Zoom. We hope you will join us!
We are offering eight (8) one hour presentations with additional time after each for questions and discussion. Our speakers are WSU professors, professional gardeners and accomplished Master Gardeners who will share their knowledge, experience and beautiful photographs of plants, flowers, birds and garden insects.
The sessions will be held in October, starting with two sessions on Saturday morning, October 16, and continuing every Tuesday and Thursday at noon until Tuesday October 26. We hope you have already benefited from the Zoom experience but assure you it is easy and enjoyable from your home.
The schedule of presentations and speakers follows with a link to register at the end. Please join us for eight hours of delightful, educational and inspiring presentations.
Register deadline is October 12th, 2021
Series Price: $35 for all 8 presentations
Registered participants will be granted access to all recorded presentations until November 23. We will send a link to the recordings after each Workshop Series presentation. Please be advised that unforeseen technical difficulties may occur, so we can't guarantee a recording for each session.
Saturday, October 16
10:00 - 11:15 am Keynote Speaker
KEYNOTE Speaker, Toni Gattone: "The Lifelong Gardener"
Adaptive Gardening gives gardeners of all ages and abilities unique strategies so they can continue gardening, even when their bodies say “no!” Toni will share practical, how-to information that will allow gardeners to maintain a healthy and active lifestyle, by adapting their outdoor spaces, and doing what they love — enhancing both their gardens and their lives for the better.
Toni Gattone worked in corporate America before becoming an entrepreneur in the gift and garden industry. In 2011, she became a Master Gardener and began teaching as a way of giving back to her community. Today her passion is to help gardeners of all ages and abilities garden for life. Toni knows from experience that physical limitations are the reason we need to re-evaluate how and when we garden, and how we can re-work our gardens for greater comfort and safety. She speaks to audiences at garden clubs, national flower and garden shows, Master Gardener symposiums, women and senior groups. She is the author of The Lifelong Gardener, Garden with Ease & Joy at Any Age, published by Timber Press in August 2019 and now in its second printing.
Saturday, October 16
11:30 am - 12:45pm
Tobey Nelson: “Incorporating Four Seasons of Beauty into the Garden”
Tobey will review common design principles, and discuss how they are applied in both garden design and floral design throughout the year. She will describe tricks to “dissect” plant groupings to make sure they earn their keep. Tips for adding plantings/layers to your garden to create 4 seasons of interest will be explored. Maintenance techniques for preserving the beauty of the life cycle of plants will also be shared.
Tobey Nelson is an official plant-a-holic. The seed of her obsession germinated with a BS in Landscape Horticulture from Michigan State University. After 28+ years of growth designing, installing and maintaining gardens, her focus has bloomed to include floral design and botanical art. Her mission includes environmentally responsible approaches such as drought-tolerant plantings, supporting local farmers, and sustainable floral design methodology. Her loose, naturalistic style is the result of a life-long friendship with plants.
Tuesday, October 19
12:00 noon - 2:45 pm
Carol Miles: "Seed Saving and Veggie Grafting", and "New Veggie Varieties"
Carol will discuss seed saving practices for common vegetables grown at home and possibilities for vegetable grafting in your garden.
Carol will also tell us about new vegetable varieties to try in our garden.
Carol Miles is a Professor in the Department of Horticulture at Washington State University, and is the Interim Director of the Washington State University Mount Vernon Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center. Carol is a Horticulture Specialist and specializes in vegetable crop production as well as cider apple production, and has a strong interest in alternative crops and organic production. Carol has her Ph.D. in vegetable crops from Cornell University.
Thursday, October 21
12:00 noon - 2:45 pm
Linda Gilkeson: " Where Have All the Insects Gone?” and “Attracting Pollinators to Your Garden”
Global insect populations have crashed over the last couple of decades. Learn why this matters for our food supply, for a healthy environment and the future of wildlife. Find out what factors may be causing the widespread declines and how gardeners can help to reduce the harm from some of these factors. Linda will review pollination, pollinators, planting for pollinators and the roles of beneficial insects as well.
Linda earned a Ph.D. in Entomology from McGill University in 1986, and then moved to British Columbia to work for a company that produces biological controls. From 1991 to 2002 she worked for the provincial government, promoting programs to reduce and eliminate pesticide use. She was head of the provincial State of Environment Reporting Unit for the next six years, then the Executive Director of the Salt Spring Island Conservancy until the end of 2011. Linda now devotes her time to writing, teaching and consulting. Linda is the author of Backyard Bounty: The Complete Guide to Year-Round Organic Gardening in the Pacific Northwest, the beloved and best-selling guide to vegetable garden success, Resilient Gardens in a Changing Climate, and West Coast Gardening: Natural Insect, Weed and Disease Control, among other self published books.
Tuesday, October 26
12:00 noon - 2:45 pm
Monica Maggio: Portland Oregon Horticulturalist, Garden Educator and Master Gardener
“10 Dos and Don’ts for Successful Ornamental Pruning” and
"Techniques for Pruning Kiwi and Grapes for Bountiful Harvests"
Pruning ornamental shrubs and trees differ greatly depending on what exact plant you’re working with. But there are some incredibly helpful dos and don’ts to know about no matter what perennial woody plant you’re working with.
Best practices for pruning these common home fruits will be presented.
For the past 20 years, Monica’s mission has been to cultivate her inner plant nerd in ways that benefit the greater Pacific Northwest community. Monica’s experience ranges from work as a Master Gardener graduate and instructor, former Arboretum Manager for the Home Orchard Society, and local fruit growing expert. She is the owner of Core Home Fruit, a local business based in Portland. She has seen firsthand how people take better care of plants once they know they can eat them! Her teaching and coaching combines Permaculture principles, university research, and 15+ years of practical on-the job experience to help people successfully grow their own fruit.
Registration deadline October 12, 2021
Welcome to our Annual Gardening Workshop site and this year’s Gardening Workshop Series. The lectures are a series of webinars, provided by Zoom. We hope you will join us!
We are offering eight (8) one hour presentations with additional time after each for questions and discussion. Our speakers are WSU professors, professional gardeners and accomplished Master Gardeners who will share their knowledge, experience and beautiful photographs of plants, flowers, birds and garden insects.
The sessions will be held in October, starting with two sessions on Saturday morning, October 16, and continuing every Tuesday and Thursday at noon until Tuesday October 26. We hope you have already benefited from the Zoom experience but assure you it is easy and enjoyable from your home.
The schedule of presentations and speakers follows with a link to register at the end. Please join us for eight hours of delightful, educational and inspiring presentations.
Register deadline is October 12th, 2021
Series Price: $35 for all 8 presentations
Registered participants will be granted access to all recorded presentations until November 23. We will send a link to the recordings after each Workshop Series presentation. Please be advised that unforeseen technical difficulties may occur, so we can't guarantee a recording for each session.
Saturday, October 16
10:00 - 11:15 am Keynote Speaker
KEYNOTE Speaker, Toni Gattone: "The Lifelong Gardener"
Adaptive Gardening gives gardeners of all ages and abilities unique strategies so they can continue gardening, even when their bodies say “no!” Toni will share practical, how-to information that will allow gardeners to maintain a healthy and active lifestyle, by adapting their outdoor spaces, and doing what they love — enhancing both their gardens and their lives for the better.
Toni Gattone worked in corporate America before becoming an entrepreneur in the gift and garden industry. In 2011, she became a Master Gardener and began teaching as a way of giving back to her community. Today her passion is to help gardeners of all ages and abilities garden for life. Toni knows from experience that physical limitations are the reason we need to re-evaluate how and when we garden, and how we can re-work our gardens for greater comfort and safety. She speaks to audiences at garden clubs, national flower and garden shows, Master Gardener symposiums, women and senior groups. She is the author of The Lifelong Gardener, Garden with Ease & Joy at Any Age, published by Timber Press in August 2019 and now in its second printing.
Saturday, October 16
11:30 am - 12:45pm
Tobey Nelson: “Incorporating Four Seasons of Beauty into the Garden”
Tobey will review common design principles, and discuss how they are applied in both garden design and floral design throughout the year. She will describe tricks to “dissect” plant groupings to make sure they earn their keep. Tips for adding plantings/layers to your garden to create 4 seasons of interest will be explored. Maintenance techniques for preserving the beauty of the life cycle of plants will also be shared.
Tobey Nelson is an official plant-a-holic. The seed of her obsession germinated with a BS in Landscape Horticulture from Michigan State University. After 28+ years of growth designing, installing and maintaining gardens, her focus has bloomed to include floral design and botanical art. Her mission includes environmentally responsible approaches such as drought-tolerant plantings, supporting local farmers, and sustainable floral design methodology. Her loose, naturalistic style is the result of a life-long friendship with plants.
Tuesday, October 19
12:00 noon - 2:45 pm
Carol Miles: "Seed Saving and Veggie Grafting", and "New Veggie Varieties"
Carol will discuss seed saving practices for common vegetables grown at home and possibilities for vegetable grafting in your garden.
Carol will also tell us about new vegetable varieties to try in our garden.
Carol Miles is a Professor in the Department of Horticulture at Washington State University, and is the Interim Director of the Washington State University Mount Vernon Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center. Carol is a Horticulture Specialist and specializes in vegetable crop production as well as cider apple production, and has a strong interest in alternative crops and organic production. Carol has her Ph.D. in vegetable crops from Cornell University.
Thursday, October 21
12:00 noon - 2:45 pm
Linda Gilkeson: " Where Have All the Insects Gone?” and “Attracting Pollinators to Your Garden”
Global insect populations have crashed over the last couple of decades. Learn why this matters for our food supply, for a healthy environment and the future of wildlife. Find out what factors may be causing the widespread declines and how gardeners can help to reduce the harm from some of these factors. Linda will review pollination, pollinators, planting for pollinators and the roles of beneficial insects as well.
Linda earned a Ph.D. in Entomology from McGill University in 1986, and then moved to British Columbia to work for a company that produces biological controls. From 1991 to 2002 she worked for the provincial government, promoting programs to reduce and eliminate pesticide use. She was head of the provincial State of Environment Reporting Unit for the next six years, then the Executive Director of the Salt Spring Island Conservancy until the end of 2011. Linda now devotes her time to writing, teaching and consulting. Linda is the author of Backyard Bounty: The Complete Guide to Year-Round Organic Gardening in the Pacific Northwest, the beloved and best-selling guide to vegetable garden success, Resilient Gardens in a Changing Climate, and West Coast Gardening: Natural Insect, Weed and Disease Control, among other self published books.
Tuesday, October 26
12:00 noon - 2:45 pm
Monica Maggio: Portland Oregon Horticulturalist, Garden Educator and Master Gardener
“10 Dos and Don’ts for Successful Ornamental Pruning” and
"Techniques for Pruning Kiwi and Grapes for Bountiful Harvests"
Pruning ornamental shrubs and trees differ greatly depending on what exact plant you’re working with. But there are some incredibly helpful dos and don’ts to know about no matter what perennial woody plant you’re working with.
Best practices for pruning these common home fruits will be presented.
For the past 20 years, Monica’s mission has been to cultivate her inner plant nerd in ways that benefit the greater Pacific Northwest community. Monica’s experience ranges from work as a Master Gardener graduate and instructor, former Arboretum Manager for the Home Orchard Society, and local fruit growing expert. She is the owner of Core Home Fruit, a local business based in Portland. She has seen firsthand how people take better care of plants once they know they can eat them! Her teaching and coaching combines Permaculture principles, university research, and 15+ years of practical on-the job experience to help people successfully grow their own fruit.
