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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
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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
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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.