20 of the best Pacific Northwest garden books: See authors at the Great Grow Along virtual festival
Updated Mar 12, 2021;
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Are you ready to get your hands back into soil? Now’s the time for seasoned gardeners to plot their harvest schedules and for those new to gardening to plan their next step. It’s estimated that 16 million Americans started gardening during the coronavirus pandemic.
Across the Pacific Northwest and beyond, people turned ignored patches of their yard into fertile plots to grow their own organic vegetables, herbs, berries and fruit.
As spring planting takes place, local nurseries and garden centers are prepared to provide information and materials.
The next meeting of the Livermore Amador Valley Garden Club will host Lorene Edwards Forkner, gardener, artist, designer, writer, editor and educator, speaking on the topic, "Seeing Color in Your Garden Nature s Tool for Attention."
Growing Great Vegetables: Preparing the Garden and Care
Submitted by Extension Communications Director: Samantha Koon, Extension Communications
University of Illinois Extension
The spring of 2020 saw a surge of gardeners taking up the trowel for the first time to try their hand at growing vegetables. Growing Great Vegetables is a seven-week webinar series covering the basics of starting a vegetable garden. This session will cover how soil plays an important role in growing a vegetable garden, including soil testing and amendments, fertilizer, manures, mulch, watering, weeding, and gardening tools. Contact: Ken Johnson
February 16 | 1:30 PM: Four Seasons: Therapeutic Value of Nature Are you stressed from having to practice social distancing? Can’t go anywhere? Do anything? Spending time in nature can help soothe and heal. Join Illinois Extension horticulture educator Mary Fischer as she presents research-based studies in support of the healing powers of nature. Contact: Nancy