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 Garden Club members are potting up lots of plants from their homes for the once a year Plant Sale – Saturday, May 14, 9am – 3pm – just for you! Here’s a teaser list of just some of the plants that will be at the sale. (Extensive lists to be published later!) …Hellebores, Violets, … Continue reading
It’s a “two-fer” April 27th, 1pm – a lecture and plants for sale at our monthly Garden Club meeting! Our guest speaker will be Kristin Van Hoos from Hydrangeas Plus. Kristin will bring plants to sell, too! “We own and operate a container nursery in the beautiful area of Aurora, OR and have been in … Continue reading
Here is our Speaker List for 2015-16 as of April 28, 2016. All general meetings are open to the public. Our May 25 speaker will be Charles Bennett, Vice President of the Washington State Beekeepers Association. He will talk about the the “Greenway Initiative for Washington State” involving bans on roadside pesticide use and wildflower … Continue reading
The Community Garden Club of Camas Washougal will be having our annual PLANT SALE Saturday, May 14, 2016. Mark your calendars! More info and updates on the great RAFFLE PRIZES and PLANT LISTS COMING SOON! Plants are from OUR OWN gardens and green houses, so, you know they’ll do well in the Vancouver,WA/Portland,OR metro area! … Continue reading
One of our members’ grandson, Bryce, spotted this interesting “thing” on a plant while at WSU (Washington State University). Do YOU know what it is? Hint: its something you probably will be excited to find in YOUR garden! Scroll down to read what it is…. . . . Praying Mantis Egg Sack! Thanks to Bryce … Continue reading
This year, the Garden Club began a new grant program available to all teachers and staff within the Camas and Washougal school districts. The grant program’s purpose is to promote knowledge and love of gardening as well as to encourage responsible stewardship of the environment among students. Gayle Cooper, teacher at Skyridge Middle School. The … Continue reading
Join us March 23, 1pm, for our guest speaker, Joan Veatch. Her topic: The Soil Food Web. “I have always enjoyed playing in the dirt and watching things grow. I am not a gardening ‘expert’, but I do consider myself to be a ‘lifetime learner’. My enjoyment of gardening and learning, led me to enroll … Continue reading