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THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2019 // 7 Get planted in Seaside and help the community SEASIDE — The Sea- side Sou’Wester Garden Club holds its 24th-an- nual plant sale from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 25. The sale is at the Seaside Civic and Convention Cen- ter — but shoppers will need to use the new west entry since the First Street lobby is closed for con- struction. Credit/debit cards will be accepted. Hundreds of reason- ably priced plants grown by club members are for sale. Unique planters, gifts and garden art are available, as are baked items and pre- serves. Club members are on hand to identify plants and give advice on planting and growing selections. For many years, the entire sale has been sold out within the three hours, so buyers are encouraged to come early for the best selection. Proceeds from the sale of all goods are used to support community initia- tives in keeping with the mission of the nonprofit club. Financial and in-kind Raffle item “Show Stopper” hydrangea and hostas inspired by a magazine layout. A handsome container with lush vegetation. Raffle item: Popular galvanized washtub water feature. Enhance your deck or yard with the tranquility of splashing water. Birds will love it, too. Easy to clean. No water source needed. Raffle item: Victorian-style plant stand that would have been used in a conservatory. Simply elegant! Best used indoors, or outdoors in a protected area. support is given to the Downtown Seaside Hang- ing Flower Basket Project, the Seaside High School garden, the Butterfield Cot- tage garden and grounds maintenance, in addition to the garden club members’ “down-to-earth, hands-on- knees gardening.” A raffle and silent auc- tion fund the garden club grant project introduced in 2018. Through an appli- cation process, grants of $100 to $500 are awarded to worthy projects that ben- efit our local community and support our educa- tional mission to, “become caretakers of our air, water, forests, land and wild- life.” Two grants have been awarded this year: Camp Kiwanilong and the Wild- life Center of the North Coast for their inaugural one-week summer camp. Grant applications are available from club mem- bers and there is no dead- line for submission. Three raffle items include: “Show Stopper” hydrangea and hostas, “Vic- torian Elegance” and “Tran- quility” that will create a focal point in your gardens. Tickets are available for $1 each or six for $5. The raf- fle drawing will be held at 11:30 a.m. on the day of the sale. You do not need to be present to win. The Sou’wester Gar- den Club meets the fourth Wednesday of every month at the Bob Chisholm Com- munity Center. For more information, call 971-221- 4680 or email gardenclub. sw@yahoo.com Grays Harbor helps turn garden dreams into reality ELMA, Wash. — Remem- ber earlier this spring, the home and yard visions that danced in your head while you watched the rain fall and fall and fall? Saturday and Sunday, May 18-19, at the 20th annual Master Garden- ers Home and Garden Show you can start turning those dreams into reality. Saturday hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Grays Harbor Fairgrounds in Elma. The show is the place to get ideas, information, advice, tools and plants for your projects. The Mike Mur- phy Memorial Pavilion will be filled to capacity with vendors of gutters, roofing, 2018 Grays Harbor Home and Garden Show home remodeling, cabine- try, antiques and garden art. Local and Pacific Northwest nurseries will be selling veg- etables, flowers, shrubs and trees, colorful pots and plant- ers of annuals and herbs, and bouquets of cut flowers. The Master Gardeners plant clinic can help with your gardening questions. The children’s booth is sure to entertain children of all ages, with a scavenger hunt they will all love. Throughout the weekend Master Garden- ers will provide seminars on varied topics. Saturday’s featured speaker is Sue Goetz, an award-winning garden designer, who will present creative and easy home yard and garden solutions at 2 p.m. Sunday at 1 p.m. Pacific Northwest garden entertainer and guru, Ciscoe Morris, will showcase dazzling plant combinations. The show and parking are free. Hike from bay to spit Saturday ASTORIA — Take a hike at Fort Stevens State Park from Trestle Bay to Clatsop Spit at 9 a.m. Sat- urday, May 18, with the Angora Hiking Club. Participants will meet at the parking lot on Marine Drive between Second and Third streets, just west of Burger King. Carpooling will be arranged This is an easy hike, and Park Ranger Dane Osis will be the guide. This roughly 3.5 mile hike will follow the banks of the Columbia River toward the South Jetty and back. Learn about how the jetty’s construction cre- ated Clatsop Spit and why it is one of the last suit- able habitats in the county for the threatened western snowy plover. Call hike coordinator Linda Dugan at 503 440- 3909 by May 17, if you plan to participate. >>> Wednes- day, May 22nd is a medium difficulty hike. Meet at Manzanita City parking lot of 5th Street, off of Laneda at 10:00AM. Walk through Manzanita onto the bike path to Nehalem Bay State Park loop and return to town. Level walk of 5.7 miles with half mile option to complete Volk- swalk challenge of Little Free Libraries. Call June Baumler by May 21 at 503 368-4323 if you plan to participate. It is not necessary to be a member of Angora Hik- ing Club to participate on these hikes. Visitors are welcome. Dues are $10 a year. Learn more about the club at angorahikingclub. org. If you plan to join call hike leader June Baumler by Tuesday May 21
