Gardening Calendar

Clark County

Tsugawa Nursery: 410 E. Scott Ave., Woodland. Events are free unless noted. * Register: www.tsugawanursery.com/events.htm or 360-225-8750.

o What to do in the garden in September: 11 a.m. Sept. 6. A monthly seminar on maintenance in the landscape and garden.

o Design Coaching: You design, you save: By appointment, Sept. 13. Before your appointment you will receive a packet on how to measure your design area. Plan to come in an hour prior to appointment to peruse the garden center taking notes on what plant material you would like to include in your design and we will help you design your new landscape. Register * 360-225-8750.

o Bonsai made easy workshop: 11 a.m. Sept. 20. Learn the qualities and traits to look for when selecting a plant. You will go home with a bonsai-in-training. Silent observers welcome free of charge. * Registration required. Fee $35 includes starter bonsai plant, pot and potting supplies.

Outsmart energy waste: 7 p.m. Sept. 2, CASEE, Building B, Room 202/205, 11104 N.E. 149th St., Brush Prairie. Discover ways to cut energy waste in the home, get the most out of a heating and cooling system and learn about savings achieved through energy conservation. Free. * www.mgfcc.com/events.html.

Wander, Ponder, Prune: 10 a.m. to noon Aug. 30, CASEE, Building B, Room 206, 11104 N.E. 149th St., Brush Prairie. Steve Hiestand, owner of Pruning Pro, will talk about the four Ds of pruning and how to properly prune branches on selected trees and shrubs. Includes demonstration of pruning techniques in the Wildlife Botanical Gardens. Free to NatureScaping members; $15 for nonmembers. * Register: info@naturescaping.org or 360-737-1160.

How to gain more plants for your flower beds: 10 a.m. to noon Sept. 6 at Pacific Park Natural Demonstration Area, Northeast 18th Street and Northeast 172nd Avenue. Master gardeners of Clark County will host a free workshop with William McClenathan, host of the TV show “Garden Time.” Learn how and when to divide perennials, which seeds can be collected for later use and how to take cuttings from plants. * 360-397-6060, ext. 5738.

Master Gardeners tour of Oregon’s Mid-Valley: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 18. Depart from Enterprise Rent-a-Car, 9319 N.E. Highway 99. The tour will go to Broadacres Nursery in Aurora, Ore., Big Al’s Garden Center and the last stop will be Little Prince of Oregon, a wholesale grower of perennials, N.W. natives, ground covers and more. Cost: $30; lunch will be on your own at Luis’s Taqueria in Woodburn, Ore. Registration required by Sept. 12. * http://bpt.me/839987.

Camas-Washougal Community Garden Club: Noon, fourth Wednesday of each month, Camas Community Center, 1718 S.E. Seventh Ave., Camas. Potluck, guests welcome. * 360-210-8012.

Minnehaha Garden Gate Club: 10 a.m. third Wednesdays of the month, Minnehaha Grange, 4905 N.E. St. Johns Blvd., Vancouver. * 360-992-2939.

Vancouveria Garden Club: 12:30 to 3 p.m. third Tuesdays of the month, Covington House, 4201 Main St., Vancouver. * 360-936-6515.

Vancouver Chrysanthemum Society: 2:30 p.m. third Mondays of the month, 78th Street Heritage Farm, 1919 N.E. 78th St., Vancouver. * 360-696-9617.

Fort Vancouver Rose Society meeting: 7 to 9 p.m. the first Thursday of every month, Clark County Genealogy Annex, 7165 Grand Blvd. Free. * 360-695-3073.

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