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22 // COASTWEEKEND.COM Master gardeners say it’s time to spring into gardening Event ofers plant sale, speakers, rales and more ASTORIA — Clatsop County Master Gardeners will present the 2016 Spring Into Garden- ing seminar Saturday, May 14 at the Clatsop County Fair- grounds. Admission is free. Gardening for Taste and Beauty is the theme. Presenters will teach about ornamental edibles both as landscaping features and in containers. The irst speaker, Weston Miller, will give the talk “Incredible Edible Ornamental Gardens” from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Attendees will get the skinny on blending edibles and ornamentals for a delicious, low-maintenance landscape. Discover salad-boosting herbs and lowers, fruit trees for small spaces, and native plants that hide “berried” treasures. Learn easy organic care PHOTO BY ALEX PAJUNAS SUBMITTED PHOTO SUBMITTED PHOTO Weston Miller will talk about “Incredible Edible Ornamental Gardens” from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Master gardeners and other vendors will have plenty of plant starts for sale. methods and best varieties for blueberries, strawberries, tree fruits, grapes, kiwis, culinary herbs and more. Miller has a passion for beautiful edible garden land- scapes. An associate professor at Oregon State University, he serves as community and urban horticulturist for “The Bountiful Container” and other garden and cook books, will show how to put together a container garden of edible plants: vegetables, herbs, fruits and edible lowers. If you love to grow good things to eat but have limited space this is for you. Stuckey will explain the advantages of container gar- OSU Extension Service and manages the popular Metro Master Gardener program in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington Counties. From 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., Maggie Stuckey will talk about “Container Gardening with Beautiful Ornamental Edibles.” Stuckey, author of T he Illah ee A partm ents 5:00 pm Downtown Astoria Every month, year ‘round! W hy L ive A nyw here Else? 1046 Grand Avenue Astoria, OR 97103 503-325-2280 May 14th Visit Downtown Astoria on the 2nd Saturday of every month for art, music, and general merriment! Presented by the Astoria Downtown Historic District Association astoriadowntown.com facebook/astoriadowntown.com dening as well as the challeng- es. As a hands on demonstra- tion, she will prepare three containers of mixed edibles to be rafled off in the afternoon. Then, from 12:35 to 1:30 p.m., the nonproit North Coast Food Web will share its culinary know-how with “Let’s Eat Flowers”: demos and tastings focused on creat- ing a feast for the eyes using lowers. Attendees will learn how to make candied lowers, use lowers as garnishes on the plate, and grow and preserve violets, roses and lavender. Spring Into Gardening of- fers more than just its featured seminar speakers. There will also be a plant sale, vendors, rafles and family fun. This year, the plant sale’s varied selection will be more mature and soils are more ready for transplanting due to the later date of Spring into Garden- ing. This is an opportunity to purchase economical locally grown healthy plants that thrive in coastal soils. Selections includes a variety of perennials, potted cedar trees, ornamental grasses, ferns, bleeding hearts, herbs and apple trees. Plants are from the master gardeners demo garden at the fairgrounds and their private gardens. Mas- ter gardeners will be on hand to help attendees identify what’s best for individual growing conditions and general home gardening advice. Commercial vendors will Maggie Stuckey, co-author of “The Bountiful Container,” will speak about container gar- dening at 11:15 a.m. also be selling vegetable and lower starts. There are more plants this year, including organic vegetable starts, garden and patio art, dahlia tubers, tools, antiques, books, lawn ser- vices, artisan foods and more. The winner of a special raf- le has the opportunity to cre- ate the garden of their dreams. The “A Days Work” rafle guarantees that the Tongue Point Job Corps Landscaping Class will provide eight hours of landscaping and yardwork supervised by their instructor. The rafle winner provides materials; the students provide the labor. Past winners give rave reviews of paths and walls, raised beds, gardens dug and planted, shrubs and trees installed, and berms created. You do not need to be present to win. Tickets can be purchased ahead of time at the OSU Extension ofice or from a master gardener. Local merchants and individ- uals also donate to the popular Master Gardeners Rafle. This year it will be more streamlined and user-friendly. Items include restaurant certiicates, hotel accommodations, landscape services and other items. The event welcomes all ages. Children can bring their parents to learn about and create bugs, buds, bumblebees, bats and slugs. A Worm Farm and a Slug Farm will show these garden helpers in action doing their work.
