WSU Master Gardener Demonstration Gardens
Asotin
County
Assorted plantings around Asotin County courthouse.
Benton/Franklin
Counties
"The Place to Grow", MG Demo Garden, 1620 S. Union St., Kennewick,
WA. Over 10 sustainable theme gardens to demonstrate plant selection
and gardening techniques for the Mid-Columbia region. For more information and
to view the garden, go to http://bfwsu.org/demogarden/.
Chelan
County
Xeriscape
Demonstration Garden, Riverfront Park, Wenatchee. In partnership with the
Chelan County PUD, the garden demonstrates water conservation practices and plant
selections. http://www.ncw.wsu.edu/MG/demogarden.html
Clallam County
The Woodcock Road Demonstration Garden is
open to the public daily from dawn till dusk. • 2711 Woodcock, Sequim, WA
There are 12 separate garden sections. http://clallam.wsu.edu/mg/woodcock.html
Robin Hill Farm is situated between Sequim and Port Angeles off Dryke Rd., 0.25 miles north of Highway 101.It is a sustainable, chemical free vegetable garden where Master Gardeners raise fruits and vegetables for local soup kitchens. http://clallam.wsu.edu/mg/robinhill.html
Clark
County
Two demo gardens at Clark County Fairgrounds, 17402 NE Delfel
Rd., Ridgefield, WA 98642. Phone: (360) 397-6180, fax (360) 397-6185. Themes
vary by year. Garden is an educational collection of several different
gardens: native, water quality, rose, ornamental grasses, orchard, vegetables,
composting and ornamentals. One is handicap accessible.
Vegetable garden at the CASEE Center, Battle Ground School property. Cooperative venture with the Juvenile Justice division. First time offenders (ages 10 & 11) do their community service by growing veggies for food banks.
Cowlitz County
Cowlitz County Expo Center (fairgrounds), 430 Washington St., Longview, WA. Phone: (360) 577-3121, fax: (360) 577-6254. Includes fruit trees, grape arbor, small fruits, perennial beds, herbs, vegetables, native plants, English country garden, ground covers, butterfly garden, vines, yard debris compost system, worm composting.
Grant/Adams County
Visit our Drought Tolerant Demonstration Garden located at the Moses Lake Public Library, 418 East Fifth Avenue. The purpose of this garden is to educate gardeners and landscapers on the concepts and opportunities of establishing landscapes that are low maintenance and require little water. See the Garden in Summer and in Winter. Our Brochure lists the many plants that are featured in the Garden.
Grays
Harbor County
Fairgrounds Demo Garden, 32 Elma-McCleary Road, P.O. Box
1229, Elma, WA 98541.
Phone: (360) 482-2651, fax: (360) 482-3297.
Community Garden Demo Plot, Marenko Park, Cosmopolis, WA
Island
County
Jim Davis House, Greenbank Farm, 765 E. Wonn Road, Greenbank,
WA, 98253. The project to restore this old home and install a heritage
garden is currently in progress.
Jefferson
County
Dahlia Garden, City of Port Townsend, WA.
Native Plant
Garden, Port Townsend, WA. Around the Extension office.
Jefferson County Jail Garden, Port Townsend, WA. Teaches
inmates to grow some of their own produce.
King County
Bellevue Demonstration Garden, SE 16th Street between 148th Avenue SE and 156th Avenue SE, just west of 156th. Open every Wednesday and Saturday from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m., April through October. Free workshops that are open to the public are held each Saturday, mid-January through October, from 10:30 a.m. until noon.
This urban demonstration garden has grown from a single P-Patch surrounded by blackberries on a steep, rock-filled slope to the flourishing garden it is today. The hands-on garden is an effective way for Master Gardeners to demonstrate gardening techniques to the community. In addition to being a complete MG Plant Clinic, the garden includes ornamental theme beds, a Northwest cactus garden, a children’s garden, vegetable gardens demonstrating comparison and composting techniques, and much more.
Cesar Chavez Demonstration Garden, El Centro de La Raza, 2524 16th Avenue S in Seattle
This small garden serves as an outdoor classroom promoting research-based organic gardening information. In addition, the garden’s programming provides information on nutrition and self-sufficiency, offers opportunities for service learning, and teaches environmental stewardship to the multi-ethnic population of Beacon Hill. The garden includes a children’s garden, vegetable garden that incorporates enabling beds, composting demonstration, kitchen herb garden, native hedgerow, and a cactus garden.
Native American Ethnobotanical Trail at Lake Wilderness Arboretum, in Maple Valley at 22520 SE 248th Street
Master Gardeners are planning and will be installing and maintaining this ethnobotanical trail beginning this year, 2008. The trail garden will provide an educational platform and understanding of the foods, medicines, and many other practical functions of plants used by the native peoples of the Pacific Northwest.
Neely Homestead Historic Demonstration Garden, 5311 South 237th Place in Kent. Heritage gardening classes are held on fourth Saturdays at 10 a.m., April through September.
The David F. Neely House is a historic landmark significant to the city of Kent. The restoration and preservation project serves as a vivid reminder of the pioneer way of life that existed during the late 1800s. The home was built in 1885, and all the plant material for this garden is historically appropriate. The design features a perennial bed, a rose bed, an area to grow herbs, grapes and hops, and an old-fashioned vegetable garden.
Thyme Patch Park, 2853 NW 58th Street in Ballard
Thyme Patch Park is a city-lot-size neighborhood park that features 15 P-Patch plots on the south half and a landscaped garden on the north half. Master Gardeners created the planting design for the landscaped portion of the park. The purpose of the design is to demonstrate how to prune and care for plants homeowners might have in their own gardens and to show some alternatives to plant choices for screens and hedges. Fragrance and winter interest plants will also be highlighted.
Wedgwood/Picardo Demonstration Garden, 2601 NE 82nd Street in Seattle
The size of this garden is 5000 square feet, corresponding to a regular-size Seattle lot. A fairly shady site because of nearby buildings, it is a realistic model for the average Seattle home gardener. The choices of plants and methods to be demonstrated are determined by the Master Gardeners participating in the project. The only requirement is that the gardeners must use organic gardening techniques, since the nearby P-Patch is also organic.
Kitsap
County
Several different Demonstration and Learning Gardens are open to the public. See http://kitsap.wsu.edu/hort/demo_gardens.htm for information and directions.
Klickitat
Centerville School Garden, Centerville, WA.
Lewis
County
Borst Home Heritage Garden
Located in historical Borst Park, the Master Gardener demonstration
garden is situated between the Borst House and the One-Room Schoolhouse.
The house, school and gardens are open from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. every Saturday
and Sunday from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
The garden features an Heirloom Garden, a Square-Foot Garden, an Herb Garden, a Perennial Flower Bed, a Bird and Butterfly Garden, Grape Arbors, a Small Berry Garden, a Cutting Garden and a Shady Ground Cover Garden. Cover crops cover a site for a future garden and there are several types of composting bins. The garden was the setting for filming of a movie.
(Directions: From I-5 take the Harrison Street exit west to Johnson Road. Left on Johnson Road to the "T" intersection just past the Centralia Middle School. Turn right and follow the road past the tennis courts and ball field parking lots. A sign at the end of the ball fields will direct you to the Borst House and Schoolhouse which is located to the left of the Centralia Parks Maintenance storage building.)
Providence
Place
Providence Place is a HUD Senior Residence in Chehalis. The
building sits on a full city block and has many features that are commonly
found in a home landscape, including: clay soils, wet spots, slopes, shade
areas, hot sunny areas and expanses of grass. A number of residents are
physically challenged so gardening is done in raised beds and planter boxes.
The demonstration gardens feature vegetable beds, fruit and berry bushes,
dahlia beds, a shade garden, a large perennial border and a rose garden.
The grounds are open to the public and may be visited at any time. To arrange
a guided tour contact Jen Annan, 748-8294.
(Directions: In Chehalis, take Market Street to Third Ave., turn East and go to blocks to S.E. Washington Ave. Providence Place is located at the intersection of Third and S.E. Washington across from the old Hospital.)
R.E. Bennett
School Garden
The R.E. Bennett School Garden is an outgrowth of a classroom
project that teaches all second graders about how plants grow. The eight-week
in-class program consists of an hour-long hands-on learning experience.
This is followed by applying the information learned to an actual garden
setting on the school grounds. Children plant flowers and vegetables in
an enclosed garden area. Throughout the summer, Master Gardeners are available
at regularly scheduled times so children and their parents can work in
the garden and see the progress. When they return to school in September
as third graders, they hold a harvest party in which they harvest all remaining
flowers and vegetables. Some are taken home, but much of the produce is
donated to the local food bank or senior services center. The school is
located at 233 So. Market Blvd. in Chehalis.
Mason
County
Mason County Fairground Demo Garden, 751 W Fairgrounds Rd.,
P.O. Box 2286, Shelton, WA, 98584. Phone: (360) 427-7789. Site includes
vegetable gardening, butterfly and bee garden, espaliered fruit trees,
grapes and kiwis.
Native Plant
Demo Garden, Extension Office, N. 11840 Highway 101
Shelton, WA 98584. Includes drip irrigation system for low
maintenance.
Theler Center Wetlands, Belfair, WA. The Hood Canal Wetlands Project is located on Highway 3 south of Belfair. It is accessed by a trail located behind the Theler Community Center, clearly visible from the highway. The trail entrance is marked by a gate and "Nature Trail" signage. The project has a trail system approximately two miles long through natural forest and wetlands on raised boardwalks. In the two acres surrounding the building, a native plant and grass garden was created and maintained by the Mason County Master Gardeners. There is a total of 183 acres.
For more information about the Theler Center and this Native Plant Wetlands Project go to www.thelercenter.org and click on Wetlands.
Okanogan County
Okanogan County Fairgrounds Demonstration Garden, Okanogan, WA. Next to the Horticulture display building. The main garden was designed to instruct visitors in low water use and low maintenance plant choices. A display in the nearby case contains a key to the plants in the garden. There is also a small herb garden to the south of the main garden.
Pend Oreille
Waterwise Demonstration and Research Garden, Newport, WA.
Located on property of a non-profit community arts group (C.R.E.A.T.E.),
this 3,500 sq.ft. Garden demonstrates water-wise landscaping techniques
with an emphasis on using plants native to Pend Oreille County.
Pierce
County
Pierce County MG Demo Garden, 7711 Pioneer Way, Puyallup,
WA, 98371. Approximately 10-acre site with wetlands, classroom, propagation
greenhouse, youth activities area, ornamental grasses, composting, home
vegetable production, ornamental display beds, bio-solids demo area.
Salishan Community Garden, Tacoma, WA
Skagit
County
The WSU Discovery Garden
is located at the
WSU Northwestern Washington Research and Extension Center,
16650 State Route 536,
Mount Vernon, WA. It is open to the public
from dawn to dusk
seven days per week.
Approximately
one-acre site with numerous theme gardens. Partners include the Skagit
Rose Society, Washington Native Plant Society and various tree fruit organizations. http://skagit.wsu.edu/MG/discovery-gardens.htm
Snohomish
County
Jennings Park, 7027 51st Ave. NE, Marysville, WA. Many sections
demonstrating many gardening ideas, projects and themes (e.g. medicinal
plants, feng shui, drought tolerance, All-American Selections, etc.).
Legion Park, 146 Alverson Blvd, Everett, WA. Perennial and
shrub borders
JVM Garden, Village Road, Monroe, WA. Food garden.
McCollum Pioneer Park, 600 128th SE, Everett, WA. Landscape garden featuring natives, low water usage plants and trouble-free plants.
Spokane
County
Extension Office demo garden, 222 North Havana, Spokane,
WA 99202. Includes drought tolerant plants, low maintenance landscape,
rock garden, and ornamental grasses.
Thurston
County
Dirt Works, Alta Drive, West Olympia, WA. Connected with
Yauger Park, emphasis on composting and garden demonstrations.
Closed Loop Park, (formerly known as the Hawks Prairie Landfill), Hogum Bay Road, Lacey, WA. Landfill reclamation project.
Gallucci Garden, Olympia, WA. Located at the waterfront Farmer's Market.
Wahkiakum
County
MG Butterfly Garden at Strong Park, Cathlamet, WA. Plant
identification of butterfly and
pollinator attractors.
Whatcom
County
Visit Hovander Homestead Park in Ferndale http://whatcom.wsu.edu/mastergardener/hovander.htm We grow at least 50 types of vegetables, 8 small fruits, and 40 herbs. We also maintain a native plant garden, dahlia beds, perennials and a weed identification garden, containing about 100 different weeds. Master Gardeners are on hand to answer your questions on Wednesday and Saturday mornings during the growing season. Our Know and Grow Saturdays offer the public free seminars and a chance to do some hands-on learning side by side with a Master Gardener. Watch our bulletin board for details!
Yakima
County
Yakima County Master Gardener Demo Garden. It is located
at the Ahtanum Youth Park, 1000 Ahtanum Rd, Union Gap, WA 98903. Included
is a Children's Garden, Victorian Garden, and a Xeric/Raised bed Vegetable
Garden. This is a work in progress and is continually being added to. Union
Gap has now added a parking fee for this park to help with the upkeep of
the park as a whole, but it is worth the $2 or $3 per car to visit and
walk through.
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