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 …
S.L. and M.S. have two more wonderful field trips planned for Garden Club members in September and October you won’t want to miss! Members be sure to contact either of them for details – specific date for each trip, time, carpooling, etc. A small nursery and display garden in SE Portland, Arbutus Garden Arts specializes in … Continue reading
Our first meeting after the summer break this August 26, Wednesday, will start at NOON (not the usual 1pm) and it is a POTLUCK. 🙂 Your board members will provide desserts and some delightful fruit drinks along with the usual tea and coffee. Members are invited to bring a potluck item to share with others, … Continue reading
Gayle, one of our club members, is looking forward to having a great summer crop from her surviving Globe Artichoke plant! Several others died that were planted in less sunny, protected areas of her garden. 😦 So, Gayle shows with this success story, LOCATION is key to growing these! This plant obviously likes its location! … Continue reading
Thank you all for your patronage! Because of you, we’ll be able to again fund our donations towards educational and community service projects such as: 1) community & school garden plots, 2) scholarships to graduating seniors, 3) a green house at Excelsior High School, 4) Steigerwald Lake National Refuge educational fund, 5) environmental/biology high school … Continue reading
This is IT! Our annual PLANT SALE! From an empty basement in the morning, to a room FULL of thousands of plants, waiting for YOU! All shopping indoors – Master Gardeners available to answer your questions – assistance loading & unloading – herbs, tomatoes, natives, berries, lilies, annuals, perennials, geraniums, hostas, rhubarb, iris, tomatillos, chives, … Continue reading
Even MORE plants are popping out of our gardens for our annual Plant Sale this coming Saturday! We will have hundreds of varieties of plants – including, of course, the pictured Hydrangeas. 🙂 Looking for something different? Good to eat? A ground cover? An eye catcher? We’ve probably got it! Location: 706 NE 14th Ave., … Continue reading
Bet you thought the last of the Plant Sales in Clark County for the summer of 2015 are over? Well, you’d be wrong! The “Community Garden Club of Camas Washougal” club members will be having their annual Plant Sale Saturday, May 16, from 9am-3pm, and it is worth the trip! We will have hundreds of … Continue reading