Save the Date: Second Annual Garden Festival April 12, 2025 at Mill Haus Cider.
Garden Education
Seed Saving
Seed Library Binder for Seed Growing and Saving
West Coast Seed Regional Planting Charts for B.C. Canada (choose coastal chart for conditions most similar to the Olympic Peninsula)
Kingcoseed.org
Please note that these guides have been developed for large geographical regions and the direct sow and transplant months may vary depending on your location. In fact, most gardens have their own microclimates. To determine your microclimate, check out this WSU publication:
FS181E Determining you garden’s microclimate.
For more information on Seed Saving
WSU Saving Seeds, Seed Saving Chart,
seedalliance.org,
seedsavers.org,
seedambassadors.org,
http://www.richmondgrowsseeds.org/
To access WSU large catalog of free gardening publications, click here: https://pubs.wsu.edu
Kingcoseed.org
Please note that these guides have been developed for large geographical regions and the direct sow and transplant months may vary depending on your location. In fact, most gardens have their own microclimates. To determine your microclimate, check out this WSU publication:
FS181E Determining you garden’s microclimate.
For more information on Seed Saving
WSU Saving Seeds, Seed Saving Chart,
seedalliance.org,
seedsavers.org,
seedambassadors.org,
http://www.richmondgrowsseeds.org/
To access WSU large catalog of free gardening publications, click here: https://pubs.wsu.edu
Edible Garden Series
Explore the basics of successful vegetable gardening in the Pacific Northwest—from seed to table.
Classes are taught by educators from Harvest Pierce County (a program of the Pierce Conservation District), Pierce County Planning and Public Works and the Franklin Pierce School District.
Visit https://www.co.pierce.wa.us/1558/Edible-Gardens-Workshops
Recordings of classes are also available at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsTiNfFJHhvnAzaaz1Kn9c944Y8PO7hoe
Cascade Water Alliance courses
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Gardening Resources
Gardening Resources from Pierce County Master Gardeners
Growing Oregon Gardens Level Up series
USDA National Agricultural Library
Vegetable Varieties for Our Region
Growing Warm Season Vegetables in the Pacific Northwest
Growing Vegetables in the Pacific Coastal Region
Favorite Vegetables for the Pacific Northwest
Gardening with Lisa Seed Catalog Recommendations
Solving Your Pest Problems Without Harming Pollinators (Pollinator Partnership)
Pollinators
Native Plants for Pollinators and Beneficial Insects of the Maritime Northwest (Xerces Society)
Native Pollinator Garden Recipe Card (Pollinator Partnership and Earth's Allys)
Northwest Pollinators and Climate Change
https://www.climatehubs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/NW_Pollinators%20and%20Climate%20Change.pdf
Pollinators and Water-Wise Gardening with Native Plants
This hand-out can be found on a page with a number of other hand-outs from Washington Native Plant Society
https://www.wnps.org/index.php?preview=1&option=com_dropfiles&format=&task=frontfile.download&catid=139&id=1203&Itemid=1000000000000
The Mountain Community Garden is a member of The People’s Garden which is an NRCS program. They offer webinars on many topics pertaining to gardens including this one on pollinators. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyF0i3p-gQE
Pollinator Partnership
https://www.pollinator.org/shop/brochures
NRCS recommended
https://www.pollinatorsnativeplants.com/plant-lists--posters.html
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2023-03/Farming%20for%20Pollinators.pdf
Water Conservation
Drought, Conservation, and Irrigation
How to Conserve Water In the Garden (Grow Organic)
Water wise Gardening Conserving and Irrigating (the Garden Professors)
What To Do With The Harvest
‘Choosing the Right Plants
https://www.seattle.gov/documents/Departments/SPU/Environment Conservation/Landscaping/ChoosingtheRightPlants.pdf
https://gardenhotline.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Bird- Friendly-Plantings-2020.pdf
https://gardenhotline.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Attract- Benefical-Insects-2020-1.pdf
https://gardenhotline.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Taste-the- Flowers-2020.pdf
https://gardenhotline.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/The-Benefits- of-Evergreen-Conifers-2020.pdf
https://gardenhotline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/SOIL- RESOURCES-FOR-EDIBLE-GARDENING-2024.pdf