PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Master Gardeners will answer gardening questions during a clinic with extended hours Monday.
The clinic will be from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.
Monday clinics usually are from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Master Gardeners volunteers staff the clinics to address plant and pest problems and to help the people research solutions.
“Helping home gardeners solve plant problems is our major activity,” said Bill Wrobel, president of the Master Gardener Foundation of Clallam County.
“Clinics are a focal point in our mission to educate the public about sustainable gardening practices.”
The clinics are free and open to home gardeners. No appointments are necessary.
People with questions are asked to bring in bagged samples of healthy and damaged areas of plants, including stem, leaves, flowers, fruits or cones, and living specimens of pests.
Monday clinics at the courthouse will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. from May 3 through Oct. 25, except on May 31 for Memorial Day, July 5 for Independence Day, and Sept. 6 for Labor Day.
Saturday clinics will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. through Sept. 25 at the Co-Op Farms and Garden Center at 216 E. Washington St. in Sequim.
The Sequim clinic will not be held on May 8 because of the Sequim Irrigation Festival Parade.
The first plant clinic in Forks will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 15 at the Auto Tech Center in conjunction with the Bogachiel Garden Club plant sale.
Additional Forks clinics will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. under cover outside the Thriftway/Ace Hardware on June 12, July 10, Aug. 14 and Sept. 11.
Clallam County Master Gardeners is a cooperative program between Washington State University and Clallam County.
Master Gardeners provides up-to-date information on sustainable gardening practices and also address environmental and social priorities such as water conservation, the protection of water quality, reducing the impact of invasive species and healthy living through gardening.
For information, phone Muriel Nesbitt, program coordinator, at 360-565-2679.
