PORT ANGELES — Master Gardener Betty Ashland will share techniques for growing dahlias at noon today.
The presentation will be in the county commissioners’ meeting room (Room 160) at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St.
It is part of the “Green Thumb Garden Tips” brown bag series sponsored by the WSU Clallam County Master Gardeners. Attendees can bring a lunch.
Ashland will discuss planting times, depth, watering and fertilizer needs.
She also will explain how to dig, divide and store the tubers in the fall.
Ashland grows more than 90 dahlia plants each year in her home garden.
“I want gardeners to feel the joy in growing these beautiful and varied flowers and sharing them with friends and neighbors,” she said.
Ashland manages the shrub garden at the Clallam County Master Gardeners’ Woodcock Demonstration Garden and is a veteran of the youth enrichment program.
She was recognized with the Master Gardener lifetime achievement award, called the Golden Trowel Award, in 2009.
For more information, call 360-417-2279.
