WSU Skagit County
Master Gardener Program
Cultivating plants, people and communities since 1973.
Master Gardeners are trained volunteers who work in partnership with WSU Extension to educate the public and enhance the quality of life in the community by promoting sound gardening practices.
WSU Extension Master Gardener
Program Information
History
The Master Gardener Program was started here in Washington State in 1973. Records show that 120 Master Gardeners from King and Pierce County Extension were trained in the first class. They served more than 7,000 clients in their first year. Today there are more than 3,000 Master Gardeners serving in 28 of the 39 Washington Counties. We serve more than a quarter of a million clients each year. The Master Gardener program is now operating in 46 states and four Canadian provinces.
The program in Skagit County was started in 1977, and has grown significantly since then. We now have approximately 140 active Master Gardener volunteers in the Skagit County program.
What We Do
As trained and certified members of a volunteer program sponsored by Washington State University Extension, Master Gardeners assist Extension in providing information to home gardeners about sound and sustainable gardening practices. This includes integrated pest management, efficient watering technologies, recycling of garden wastes and cultural methods for preventing and treating plant disease.
Master Gardeners do this in a variety of ways:
- Speakers Bureau
- Plant Diagnostic Clinics
- Discovery Garden
- DIG IT Youth Ed Program
- Articles published in the Skagit Valley Herald
- WSU Know and Grow Garden Workshops
- Advanced Training Events
- Insect Collection
- Annual Plant Faire
- Tulip Tours
- Anacortes Children's Garden
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