Upcoming Events

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Hardwood Grafting
Mar
14

Hardwood Grafting

Addresses the science of grafting, followed by a hands-on bench grafting lab (apple). Everyone goes home with their grafted tree. Bring your grafting knife if you have one. We provide the rootstock, scion wood, and necessary tools and materials. Class cost - $30 advance payment, $35 at door. Class size is limited.

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Whidbey Gardening Workshop
Mar
21

Whidbey Gardening Workshop

Celebrate the Promises of Spring! The 37th event is attended by over 400 gardening enthusiasts, Master Gardeners and Speakers.

The award winning Whidbey Gardening Workshop is a full day of focused classes, panel sessions, hands-on-learning and demonstrations.

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Soil Science
Apr
25

Soil Science

Soil is the basis for much of plant agriculture. Knowing your soil is a little bit like knowing how your engine works when you drive a car, or knowing a little about food science when you cook. Our focus in this class is to give you a basic understanding of key elements of soil science that bear directly on the health of your plants, and what you can do about it.

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Maritime Figs
May
23

Maritime Figs

Grow Fresh Figs Outdoors in Maritime Washington
Fresh figs are delicious, and beneficial for your health. And fig trees produce very well on many sites on Whidbey Island.
However, online information and even nursery catalogs are not always accurate. We will give you the information you need to decide if your site can reliably grow figs, which cultivars we've cropped here, which ones we are still testing, and which to avoid. And we'll show you how to reliably propagate your own trees. The class is made up of a 1 hour slideshow class with questions, followed by an hour of hands-on propagation. You'll go home with your own, self-propagated tree.

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Country Living and Modern Homesteading Expo — Where Rural Skills, Resilience & Community Thrive
Jan
31

Country Living and Modern Homesteading Expo — Where Rural Skills, Resilience & Community Thrive

The Country Living & Modern Homesteading Expo is a full-day event offering 100+ hands-on workshops, expert-led classes, demonstrations, and community panels covering every aspect of rural life. Whether you’re raising goats, fermenting food, or building your first root cellar — this is where it all comes together.

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Black Seed Farms 400 Trees Planting Day
Mar
15

Black Seed Farms 400 Trees Planting Day

2806 Thompson Rd, Langley

This is a family friendly event beginning with introductions and instruction from Whidbey Island Conservation District, followed by a riparian buffer planting to protect the wetlands at Black Seed. Help plant and mulch over 400 bare root trees! Potluck lunch. Snacks and water provided. Black Seed grows food to gift and sell to BIPOC communities, facilitates youth education, and helps to establish economic stability and a dignified, culturally appropriate food supply chain.

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Whidbey Gardening Workshop
Mar
15

Whidbey Gardening Workshop

Oak Harbor High School

Island County Master Gardeners offer 40 classes, demonstrations, Make-n-Take classes, a plant clinic, and vendor Marketplace (free and open to the public after 9:30). Come see us at our booth or join our forester Collin for a workshop to learn principles of fire-resistant plant selection, spacing, and maintenance while diving into steps you can take today to protect your home from wildfire.

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Farmer Town Hall
Dec
5

Farmer Town Hall

Farmer Town Hall, sponsored by the Agriculture Resources Committee for Island County (ARCIC). We will be sharing our recommendations for those Island County’s Comprehensive Plan elements relating to agriculture.

We look forward to your feedback as we work towards making sure that farming is more accurately represented in this important county planning document. In addition, we want the County to adopt policies that will help secure the future of farming in our community. Please join us!

Light meal and social: 5:30—6:00 pm
Program: 6:00—7:30 pm

RSVP to Marian, with names of people attending from your farm. We would like a head count to be sure there’s enough food!

Marian A. Myszkowski
Director of Programs
Goosefoot Community Fund
360.321.4232
www.goosefoot.org

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Wildfire on Whidbey?
Aug
24

Wildfire on Whidbey?

Buy tickets at WICA now for this important all-day event. Experts, government and community leaders will explore with us how climate change is making wildfire more likely here and what we can do to be safer.

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