Jeff Wittler speaks about Hummingbirds Sep 23, 2026!
Jeff Wittler is our guest speaker on September 23, 2026. His topic is Hummingbirds! More info coming soon!
Jeff Wittler is our guest speaker on September 23, 2026. His topic is Hummingbirds! More info coming soon!
Greater Portland Iris Society: Beardless Iris Sale August 29th & 30th, 9 am – 4 pm each day (or until sold out) Portland Nursery * 5050 SE Stark Street * Portland “The Greater Portland Iris Society’s Beardless Iris Sale will again be at the Portland Nursery Stark Street shop. “From sun to shade, or dry …
Members of the Community Garden Club of Camas/Washougal recently visited Hayes Freedom High School, a recipient of one of the club’s grants. Thanks to these funds, the school has been able to revitalize its community garden space. The garden serves as a valuable learning tool for biology, chemistry, and food science. It also provides various …
Representatives from the “Community Garden Club of Camas/Washougal” recently visited Cape Horn-Skye Elementary School, a recipient of one of our club’s grants. The purpose of the visit was to see firsthand how the grant funds were used. The school used the grant to create a sensory garden featuring native, sun-loving, and drought-resistant plants. The project …
Members of the “Community Garden Club of Camas-Washougal” recently visited the Hathaway Elementary School garden, one of the recipients of this year’s grants. They were greeted by pre-kindergarten and third-grade students who shouted out a big thank you to the club. This grant provided essential supplies and plants for the garden. During the visit, students …
Here’s an “old timey” way to check the moisture in your soil, to see if your plants need more water – the “2nd Finger Joint Test for Moisture”. Thanks go to one of our member’s grandfather, a South Dakota farmer/rancher, born in 1887, who taught her this method when she was a toddler, first learning …
The “Community Garden Club of Camas / Washougal” ‘s first meeting for fiscal year 2026-2027 will be Wednesday, August 26, 2026, starting at NOON and it will be a POTLUCK! We are on “summer break” from now, May 28th, through August 26, 2026 – tending our own gardens, going on field trips to other gardens …
Here are the schedules of farmer’s markets in southwest Washington, USA for the Winter through Summer of 2026. (Please drop us a line if you know about others or find a mistake – is La Center still having a Farmer’s Market?) Battle Ground Farmer’s Market (Indoors) Fridays 2-7pm & Saturdays 9am-2pm (starting March 27) 15 …
Deer find raw eggs on plants disgusting and a scientific study backs it up! 6 eggs & one gallon of water working effectively as a deer repellent for several Garden Club members who’ve tried it! A study at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, in 2001, titled “Comparison of Commercial Deer Repellents”, showed that two commercial …
“Stroll around beautiful gardens and enjoy nature with a sprinkling of art intertwined! Forty artists will be displaying and selling their creations at the Art in the Garden event July 14th from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at NatureScaping’s Wildlife Botanical Gardens, 11000 NE 149th Street, Brush Prairie, Washington. This is a family friendly event, … Continue reading
It’s a potluck! May 22, 2024, Wednesday, NOON-2pm. (One hour earlier.) This is our last meeting for the fiscal year until August. It is at the Camas Community Center, 1718 SE 7th Ave., Camas, WA 98607. It will start at NOON (not the usual 1pm). Members are encouraged to bring a dessert, entree, side dish … Continue reading
Our 2024 Plant Sale is over. Thank you for your patronage this year and all the many years before! We appreciate your patience while you waited in line, searched for specific plants, explored the varieties and waited in yet another line to pay, then took your plants away with you. 🙂 Every year’s offerings are … Continue reading
Interested in starting or adding to your pollinator garden? We have you covered – Coreopsis, Hardy Geranium, Bee Balm (monarda), Black Eyed Susan, (rudbeckia), echinacea, phlox. Let’s not forget to add those late summer/ fall flowers that are so important to our pollinators- Asters, Sedum Autumn Joy, Chrysanthemums (we have a very special variety). The … Continue reading
The “Community Garden Club of Camas/Washougal” ‘s Annual Plant Sale will be Saturday, May 18, 2024 – 9am-2pm. Plant Sale list: https://gardenclubofcamaswashougal.org/plant-sale/ LOCATION: Zion Lutheran Church, 824 NE 4th Avenue, Camas, WA. FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/CommunityGardenClubOfCamasWashougal WEBSITE: GardenClubOfCamasWashougal.org And don’t forget, you can “do” TWO plant sales about 3 miles apart the same day! The “Two … Continue reading
This amazing plant, Phlomis Jerusalem Sage, is often overlooked at our plant sale. It is usually not in bloom and it doesn’t have particularly colorful foliage, but it deserves a closer look. Think back to the weather we have had this past year – bitter cold winter with wind, snow and ice, torrential rain this … Continue reading
Hostas anyone? This is just a tiny sample of the great selection we will have at our plant sale this Saturday, May 18, 2024 at Zion Lutheran Church, Camas. 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Arrive early for best selection! Continue reading