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 …
Have fun at the 21st Annual Camas Plant & Garden Fair held in beautiful, historic downtown Camas on Saturday, May 12, 2018, 9 AM to 4 PM! Here’s just some of what you’ll find: Plants, herbs, hanging baskets Tools, iron works Wind chimes, art Kid zone Gardening experts Food vendors AND MORE! Want more info? Website: http://cwplantfair.org/ and … Continue reading
Check out the helpful (online) article by Patty Hastings in “The Columbian” newspaper which includes a list of Plant Sales in Clark County for April and May, 2018! Link to Columbian article: http://www.columbian.com/news/2018/apr/22/clark-county-plant-sales-help-gardeners-find-right-foliage-to-aid-yards-habitat/#.WuMqHpK3aYo.gmail More info on the Community Garden Club of Camas Washougal‘s plant sale can be found here: https://gardenclubofcamaswashougal.org/plant-sale/ ENJOY! And happy gardening! Continue reading
May 23, 1-3pm… …is our last “general” club meeting taking place in the “old” Camas Community Center” before our “summer hiatus”. This is a great meeting to attend and see if you’d like to join – and if you want to join, you can do it at this meeting, too. Its a potluck! (Please arrive … Continue reading
TWO, count ’em, TWO FREE back-to-back composting classes this coming Saturday, May 5th, at the CASEE center in Brush Prairie taught by Master Composter/Recyclers (MCR) . 9am-11am – Backyard Composting 11am-1pm – Lasagna Compost Garden More info and pre-register for one or both here: ClarkCountyComposts.org [Image: ClarkCountyComposts.org] Continue reading
PRICES DROPPED on remaining trees $5 apiece, shrubs $3 apiece and perennials $1 apiece! These are the LAST of the Naturescapers’ plants for 2018 Bare Root Trees, Shrubs & Perennials Plant Sale from last week. Most of the trees and shrubs are “bare root” so you’ll need to plant them or heal them in temporarily. … Continue reading
The Community Garden Club of Camas Washougal has three different and highly unique RAFFLE PRIZES this year at their annual Plant Sale May 19th, Saturday, from 9am-3pm. Buy ticket(s) for the one(s) you want to win! You need not be present to win, but, tickets are only sold DURING the plant sale hours 9am-3pm, Saturday, … Continue reading
The CASEE High School students will be having a Pacific Northwest Native Plant and Vegetable sale (many tomatoes!) at the same location and time as the Naturescaper’s “Bare Root Trees, Shrubs and Perennial Sale” . WHEN: April 28 and 29, from 10am – 3pm WHERE: their greenhouses at 11000 NE 149th St., Brush Prairie, WA … Continue reading