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 …
Free spring/fall/winter planting guides can be found on Territorial Seeds website! So cool. Located in Cottage Grove, OR, Territorial does mail order seeds and plants. Check their website for what is in stock. They were swamped with tremendous amounts of orders they received from all over the USA and had to halt accepting new orders … Continue reading
Did you know that the “Washington State University Clark County Master Gardeners” have an ANSWER CLINIC? You can contact them online or by phone with your gardening questions! ‘If you’re spending more time in your yard you might have questions about what you’re finding there: “What’s this bug? Is it bad?” “How do I get … Continue reading
We regret to announce that the “Community Garden Club of Camas Washougal” has CANCELED the 2020 Plant Sale. It will NOT be taking place on June 20, 2020 as we had hoped. We look forward to seeing you all spring of 2021! We will be over-summering and over-wintering many of our all-ready-potted-up perennials and plan … Continue reading
Please join us Feb 26th when the entertaining Joan Veach will speak to us about “Vegetables A-Z” at the “Community Garden Club of Camas Washougal” general meeting. “Before I took the Master Gardener class,” says Joan, “my efforts at vegetable gardening were often very disappointing. [Now] we grow a large percentage of the vegetables we … Continue reading
Our January speaker, Julie Carlsen, has been a Clark County Master Gardener for 17 years, helping to train new volunteers in the Master Gardener program and volunteering at the master Gardener Foundation Plant Sale as their “Perennial Princess”, leading perennial propagation efforts. She also heads the “Dig Team” that coordinates finding plant donations for the … Continue reading
Did you know that members of the “Community Garden Club of Camas Washougal” help tend the many flowers and plants at the Camas/Washougal Municipal Court house grounds? The flowers have been “put to bed” for the winter now, but, come spring, they’ll burst into color again! The Court building can be found just next door … Continue reading
The 3500+ DAFFODIL bulbs planted by the “Community Garden Club Camas Washougal” the last two years are coming up in the Washougal Waterfront Park! The trail and park are lovely to visit ANY time of year with stupendous views of Mt. Hood and the Columbia River with broad flat paved trails for walking or rolling … Continue reading