Clallam County Master Gardeners invited to speak Thursday at state conference
Published 12:01 am Monday, September 14, 2015
PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Master Gardeners Judy English and Jeanette Stehr-Green will speak at the Washington State University 2015 Master Gardener Advanced-Education Conference in Vancouver, Wash., on Thursday.
English will talk about sharing gardening information on the radio and Stehr-Green will report on the Growing Healthy Project.
On the last Monday of each month, KONP Radio presents a live, hour-long gardening show hosted by Todd Ortloff with Master Gardeners Judy English, Jeanette Stehr-Green and Bill Wrobel.
Twice weekly, KSQM airs short gardening segments that were pre-recorded by a host of different Clallam County Master Gardeners.
Growing Healthy is an effort to help low-income people in Clallam County who have diabetes, or who are at-risk for diabetes, eat healthier, get more exercise and feel better through gardening.
The locally-designed program, originally funded by the American Medical Association Foundation, brings Clallam County Master Gardeners together with such partners as Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics, which operates a free medical clinic; First Step Family Support Center and Port Angeles Community Garden.
Both presentations were invited talks by conference organizers.
“Local Master Gardeners have found creative ways to partner with local businesses and organizations to carry out our mission of educating the public about sustainable gardening practices,” said Lorrie Hamilton, Clallam County Master Gardener program coordinator.
“For our small program to get this recognition is incredible.”
English has been a Master Gardener since 2005. Stehr-Green has been a Master Gardener since 2003 and was the 2012 Clallam County Veteran Master Gardener of the Year.
Both have been recipients of the Golden Trowel Award, a local recognition for years of service to the community and the Master Gardener organization.
The Master Gardener Advanced-Education Conference will run from Thursday through Saturday and will attract hundreds of master gardeners from all over the state.
Sessions will include research-based seminars on volunteer leadership skills, horticulture, environmental issues and food gardening.
For more information, call 360-417-2279.
