Welcome to Skagit County

August 29th, 2005

WSU/SKAGIT COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS

The WSU/Skagit County Master Gardeners are currently recruiting volunteers for their winter 2006 training sessions! The 60 hours of home horticulture-based training covers a variety of subjects like plant identification, weed mgmt., vegetables, insect & disease mgmt., ornamentals, soil, composting, tree & small fruit, turf mgmt., landscape problems, pesticide, water quality & much more. The classes are taught by WSU Extension staff, WSU Research & Extension staff, & other experts in their fields. Informational material & applications are available at the WSU/Skagit County Extension office in downtown Mt. Vernon at 306 S. 1st Street or call 428-4270 & request them. Applications can also be downloaded from the WSU website located at http://skagit.wsu.edu.htm. Applications are due by October 15th, interviews are conducted in November & training sessions begin in mid-January.

Ellen Cooley
Master Gardener Program Assistant
WSU/Skagit County Extension
360-428-4270
306 South First Street
360-428-4263 (FAX)
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
www.skagitcounty.net/wsu.htm