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Virtual Fall into Gardening features a series of five online sessions to begin on Saturday, September 25 and continue weekly through mid-October. Talks will include a 30 minute class followed by Q &A and a short Master Gardener Clinic.
Each session will devote the last 15 minutes to answering general gardening questions. Do you have a mystery plant or insect awaiting identification? Or perhaps you have plant damage that needs intervention? Submit your questions and photos via the Q & A page. Deadline for an answer on air is the end of the Wednesday prior to the Saturday class. Only pre-submitted questions are considered.
September 25, 9 – 10 AM
Firewise Landscaping to Reduce Wildfire Risk: A 10-Minute University™ Presentation
This free class requires advanced registration by clicking here.
In 2020 Oregon experienced one of its worst wildfire seasons with more than one million acres burned and thousands of homes destroyed. The combination of continuing drought and increasing numbers of homes located in the urban/wildland interface suggests it is high time to make our landscape firewise.
This class introduces you to what firewise means and offers strategies that actively mitigate the impact of wildfire. It also acquaints you with fire-resistant plants by understanding factors that help a plant survive a fire and factors that make a plant flammable. Although there are no guarantees, making structures and the landscape firewise reduce the risk of fire damage.
This 30-minute class will be followed by a moderated Q&A session.
Our speaker Priscilla Robinson is an Oregon State University Extension Master Gardener who teaches for the award-winning 10-Minute University™ Program. She gardens at home, at a community garden, and actively participates in the “Grow an Extra Row” program which donates fresh produce to community food banks.
October 2, 9 – 10 AM
The Enabled Gardener: A 10-Minute University™ Presentation
This free class requires advanced registration by clicking here.
Would you like to garden with greater ease and without sore muscles? Adaptive garden tools and accessible structures help gardeners conserve energy and prevent injury.
The Enabled Gardener will address a wide range of mobility challenges – from gardeners with a touch of arthritis to tools and techniques to meet the challenges of gardening from a wheelchair. Practical advice for tool selection includes size, function, and ergonomics.
Additional design features like raised beds, garden bags, pots and wise plant selection can extend garden enjoyment for many years.
This 30-minute class will be followed by a moderated Q&A session.
Our speaker Leah Puhlman is an Oregon State University Extension Master Gardener who teaches for the award-winning 10-Minute University™ Program. She gardens at home and hosted 15,000 mason bees in 2020.
October 9, 9 AM
Choosing the Right Tree: A 10-Minute University™ Presentation
This free class requires advanced registration by clicking here.
Have you bought a cute little tree at the nursery only to struggle with finding its suitable home in your garden? Have you had trees or shrubs out-grow their intended space which requires making bad choices?
This class offers a rational approach built in a checklist — distance from buildings or utility lines, soil quality, mature size of the tree. Each element of the checklist is illustrated with many examples of suitable trees recommended by both Oregon State University urban forester and a panel of regional horticultural experts.
Trees are a long-term commitment. Placed in the right location, they thrive and offer decades of enjoyment. Join us for this 30-minute class for years of benefit.
Our speaker Sherry Sheng is an Oregon State University Extension Master Gardener who teaches for the award-winning 10-Minute University™ Program. She gardens at home, at a community garden, and co-manages a pollinator garden at a public park. She also leads the 10-Minute University™ Program.
October 16, 9 – 10 AM
The Scoop on Soil: A 10-Minute University™ Presentation
This free class requires advanced registration by clicking here.
Experienced gardeners know healthy soil is the key to successful gardening. But, not many truly understand how soil pH shapes plant growth.
The Scoop on Soil explains soil pH and how it affects availability of soil nutrients. This is particularly important to gardeners who grow vegetables and blueberries.
This class will cover how to get your soil tested and what you can do to modify soil pH.
Participants will also learn the 3 major soil textures and how to determine what is in their own garden.
This 30-minute class will be followed by a moderated Q&A session.
Our speaker Sherry Holley is an Oregon State University Extension Master Gardener who teaches for the award-winning 10-Minute University™ Program. She and her husband subsistence farm their home garden and plots at a community garden.
October 23, 9 – 10 AM
The ABCs of Creating Fall and Winter Containers: A 10-Minute University™ Presentation
This free class requires advanced registration by clicking here.
How do we use containers to add interest to the garden when temperatures drop and annuals have turned to mush? This class offers timely tips for creating a Fall & Winter container.
Join us and be inspired! We will venture far beyond important basics such as selecting a suitable container and potting media. Images of beautiful and interesting containers will illustrate each of the four factors used to create a successful container planting.
This 30-minute class will be followed by a moderated Q&A session.
Our speaker Laura Eyer is an Oregon State University Extension Master Gardener™ who teaches for the award-winning 10-Minute University™ Program. She designed gardens for others in the past and now gardens at home and on neighbors’ properties, usually with their consent.
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Our series of informative garden talks has concluded. To access video versions of the talks please click here: 10-Minute University Videos
10-Minute University™ is the trademark of short classes on essential gardening information. All presentations are free and each is accompanied by a handout. Oregon State University owns the trademark and Clackamas County Master Gardeners develop and manage the program.
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