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 …
The biggest Home & Garden event in Clark County is today, Saturday and Sunday! Looking for ideas? That perfect plant? FREE ADMISSION! $6 per vehicle parking. April 27, 28 & 29, 2018! For more info: Home & Garden Idea Fair [Image: Clark PUD website] Continue reading
Froggie is busy eating bugs and keeping an eye on the potted up plants that will be FOR SALE at the “Community Garden Club of Camas Washougal’s” annual PLANT SALE on May 19th, 9am-3pm! Sorry he can’t meet you in person. His mama says he has to stay home and work that day. We’ll be … Continue reading
The annual Bare Root & Perennial Plant Sale by the Naturescapers (keepers of the Wildlife Botanical Gardens in Brush Prairie, WA) happens the 28th and 29th of April, 10am-3pm. At the same time, the CASEE high school students, will be having their vegetable and Pacific Northwest Native Plant sale! WHERE: 1100 NE 149th St., Brush … Continue reading
The Community Garden Club of Camas Washougal is very pleased to announce the recipients of the 2017-2018 Grant Program. This year, five different projects within the Camas and Washougal school districts were awarded funding. We applaud the innovative and creative projects the extended learning coordinator, green team sponsor, teachers and librarians created for the students … Continue reading
The club’s General Meeting on April 25, 1-3pm, is all about getting ready for our annual PLANT SALE! There is NO SPEAKER at this meeting. Instead, the club’s Plant Sale Committee will be bringing club members up to speed with what needs to be done between now and the BIG DAY May 19th, from 9am-3pm, … Continue reading
Mark your calendars for the Community Garden Club of Camas Washougal‘s annual Plant Sale! It takes place Saturday, May 19, 2018, from 9am-3pm in the basement of the Camas United Methodist Church at the corner of NE Garfield St and NE 14th Ave. More info about the sale and “plant lists” will be shared in … Continue reading
The Washougal branch of the Fort Vancouver Regional Library is having their GRAND OPENING for their SEED BANK library, March 31, 2018, 11am – 3pm, Saturday! Not sure what a Seed Bank is? Well, it is like a library for SEEDS, instead of books. You can “check out” seeds that you take home and plant. … Continue reading