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 …
But, what happens to unsold Garden Club plants? We’re glad you asked! You can still buy plants at the Washougal branch of the Ft. Vancouver Regional Library (FVRL) system at 1661 C Street, Washougal, WA and support funding to build a NEW Washougal Library at the same time! (All funds raised from plant sales at … Continue reading
Most of our TOMATOES are $3 apiece! VARIETIES: Amana (beef steak), Better Boy, Black Krim (slicers or juice), Cherokee Purple, Cherry, Fantastic (slicers/fresh), Fourth of July (salad), Heartbreakers Dora (cocktail), Heirloom Marriage Genuwine (slicers), Indigo Blue (cherry), Legend (salad/canning), Oregon Cherry, Oregon Spring (slicing), Pozzano (sauce), Stupice, Summer Girl and Sungold (cherry). They are waiting … Continue reading
Saturday, May 16th, there are TWO plant sales just 3 miles apart! What a deal! Visit both for great deals! The Two Rivers Heritage Museum (near Pendelton Woolen Mills), 1 Durgan St., Washougal, is from 10am-3pm. And the Community Garden Club of Camas / Washougal (at Zion Lutheran Church, across from the Camas Safeway), 824 … Continue reading
Schreiner’s Iris Gardens are open from now through May 31st, 9am-6pm! If you have never been there before, you must go! And if you have gone before, you need to go again, because they ALWAYS have something new and exciting every year. Location: 3625 Quinaby Road NE, Salem OR 97393 More info – tickets – … Continue reading
CLICK HERE to VIEW the LIST: https://gardenclubofcamaswashougal.org/plant-sale/ or download the PDF version by “Clicking” the below LINK: 2026_PlantSaleList_minimal_3.0 Continue reading
Some pix of just one of our “digs” where we potted up plants from member’s gardens for our upcoming annual plant sale. SALE DATE/TIME: May 16, 2026, 9am-2pm. WHERE: Zion Lutheran Church’s “A” frame annex building in downtown Camas, across from the Safeway on the corner of 3rd & Garfield — 824 NE 4th Avenue, … Continue reading