OSU Gardening Classes for Everyone

I'll bet you've been wishing there were gardening classes taught by experts that wouldn't cost an arm and a leg - right?

If you can get over to Linfield College in McMinnville August 7 & 8, we've got some great classes for you!!!


Here's the scoop: the Oregon Master Gardener Association holds a Mini-College for gardeners every summer - all gardeners, all ages, all skills, all levels of interest. It's kind of a huge party for those of us who love to dig in the dirt, making the world a prettier, healthier place to live.

The price is really great: take three Friday or three Saturday classes for $40. There's even more fun stuff going on including a silent auction and fund-raising sales held by the OMGA chapters. Check out the list of the classes (full descriptions are on the website: http://omga.org/mini-college/).

Friday - First Session (10:15 to 11:30am):

• Fun with Hardy Succulents 
• Eat More Flowers! 
• Microgreens 
• Grafting Apple Trees 
• Seed Saving 
• Seed to Supper Panel 
• Biological Controls in the Garden

Friday - Second Session (1:15 to 2:30pm):

• Fun with Hardy Succulents (repeat of Session 1)
• Fire Resistant Plants
• Hot Weather Crops in Cool Climates
• Beat the Bugs to Your Produce
• Backyard Composting
• The Enabling Garden
• Pruning Berries and Grapes
• OR Season Tracker - Take the Nation's Pulse (part 1)

Friday - Third Session (3:00 to 4:15pm):

• Hellebores
• Native Plants Through the Seasons
• Preserving for Year-Round Enjoyment
• Tours (choose 1)
• Ethnobotany of the Pacific NW
• Plant Problem Scenarios
• Pruning Berries and Grapes (repeat of Session 2)
• OR Season Tracker - Take the Nation's Pulse (part 2)

 Saturday-  Fourth Session (10:15 to 11:30am)

• Doing Dahlias the Easy Way
• Developing New Landscape Plants
• Strawberries
• Root Crops
• Broken Pot Spiral
• Plant Problem Scenario Project
•  Chewing Insect ID

Saturday - Fifth Session (1:15 to 2:30pm)

• Orchids of the High Andes
• Native Pollinators 
• Quince: An Unexpected Jouney
• Growing Fine Wine
• Fall Cover Crops & Mulches
• Successful Seed Starting
• Sucking Insect ID

Saturday - Sixth Session (3:00 to 4:15pm)

• The Vertical Garden - All Kinds of Vines!
• Home Tree Care: The Necessary Skills
• Hot Weather Crops in Cool Climates (repeat of Friday's session 2)
• Grafted Vegetables - A New Frontier
• Weeds - We All Have Them
• Soil Sampling and Interpretation
• Biological Controls in the Garden (repeat of Friday's session 1) 

I hope to see you in McMinnville, sharing all your experiences and picking up some new information with the Master Gardeners!