We bet you're all gearing up for spending more time in the garden soon. Here's something to help you observe and enjoy your garden more--keeping a nature journal. If you missed the webinar, but of course we recorded it: youtu.be/d7JUu0wgkR8
Feels like spring is just around the corner, and if you're thinking about roses, we have you covered. Our "All Things Roses: Rose City, Rose Gardens, Rose Growing!"presentation and related references are available on our channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MB2e...
If your NY resolution included getting organized, this is the webinar for you! Join us 7pm, Tues, 1/13/2026 to learn about labeling and record-keeping in your garden! Dr. Ross Bayton of Heronswood Garden is a Mult. Co. MG favorite presenter: www.multnomahmastergardeners.org/events/speak...
Join Elizabeth Higgins and MCMGA for a fun hour on materials, tools, and how to get your creative juices flowing for a nature journal. You’ll find inspiration and guidance for documenting your garden through sketches, notes, and observations. www.multnomahmastergardeners.org/events/speak...
5. Don’t move wood in quarantine zones. These zones prevent humans from spreading EAB by limiting movement of firewood or any other plant materials from ash, olive or white fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus).
What you can do:
4. Plan for your trees. Learn how to protect valuable ash trees with treatment before they are infested, or consider replacing young ash trees with species not susceptible to EAB.
What you can do:
3. Look for signs of infestation. Thinning/yellowing leaves, crown dieback, bark splitting, D-shaped holes, and shoots sprouting from the trunk or branches. Then, check whether you are in or near an EAB area using ODA’s online map. experience.arcgis.com/experience/9...
What you can do:
2. Report suspected sightings. If you think you’ve found EAB, capture it in a jar if possible and/or take a clear photo. Report it at OregonInvasivesHotline.org or call 1-866-INVADER.
What you can do:
1. Make sure it’s not a look-alike. Several green beetles in Oregon resemble EAB. See comparisons at OregonEAB.com.
Emerald ash borer (EAB) — a small, metallic green beetle that kills ash trees — has been detected in multiple new sites in Oregon, including southeast Portland. Because of this, all of Multnomah County is now under quarantine. See comments for a list of what you can do. More: OregonEAB.com
5. Don’t move wood in quarantine zones. These zones prevent humans from spreading EAB by limiting movement of firewood or any other plant materials from ash, olive or white fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus).
Learn more OregonEAB.com
4. Plan for your trees. Learn how to protect valuable ash trees with treatment before they are infested, or consider replacing young ash trees with species not susceptible to EAB.
3. Look for signs of infestation. Thinning/yellowing leaves, crown dieback, bark splitting, D-shaped holes, and shoots sprouting from the trunk or branches. Then, check whether you are in or near an EAB area using ODA’s online map. experience.arcgis.com/experience/9...
2. Report suspected sightings. If you think you’ve found EAB, capture it in a jar if possible and/or take a clear photo. Report it at OregonInvasivesHotline.org or call 1-866-INVADER.
What you can do:
What you can do:
1. Make sure it’s not a look-alike. Several green beetles in Oregon resemble EAB. See comparisons at OregonEAB.com.
Everything is coming up roses! Join us Tues, Nov 11, 7-8pm, a free webinar by Kimberly Bown "All Things Roses: Rose City, Rose Gardens, Rose Growing!" Bown is a forester, a Master Gardener, and President of the Friends of the International Rose Test Garden. Bring your questions!
For those that missed the October webinar on lichens, or if you just want to watch it again, here's the recording on this unique and fascinating class of organisms. Link to the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lEA...
Hands-on lessons on fall pruning, next Sunday Oct 26, 10-1pm. Drop by at Multnomah County Master Gardener Demo Garden on SE 57th to learn tools, techniques, and shaping vs thinning cuts for ornamental shrubs and trees. Enter 500' south of SE Duke. (1 credit hour for certified Master Gardeners.)
Often overlooked, lichens are fascinating organisms. Dr. Jesse Miller will discuss lichen identification, their cultural uses, their function in environmental monitoring, impacts of climate change, and address common questions about lichens. 10/14, 7-8pm, register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Learn more about gardening with native plants with Mult. Co. Master Gardeners at the Demo Garden on SE 57th & Duke, drop in Sun, Sept 28, 10-1pm. Learn about pollinator bed design, propagation methods for pollinator plants, and how they support beneficial insects. Enter on 57th, 500' S of Duke.
If you missed our Tuesday Harvest to Table webinar with Alicia Milligan making eggplant bharta, here is the recording! Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dROW...
A "nose to tail" approach to vegetables: media.oregonstate.edu/media/t/1_gj...
Cooking up the Harvest: Tlayuda de calabacita / Late summer squash tlayuda: youtu.be/Qw9XDkQqySI
We host a Harvest to Table webinar in September, and coming up next Tues, 9/9, 7-8pm, Summer’s Harvest on the Plate: Farm-to-Table Eggplant Bharta. To register: www.multnomahmastergardeners.org/events/speak.... For a taste of past Harvest to Table events, see comments for additional videos.
Starting our 2025-2026 Speaker Series with Summer’s Harvest on the Plate: Farm-to-Table Eggplant Bharta with Alicia Milligan on Tues, Sept 9, 7-8PM. Alicia is a farmer, educator, builder, chef, and sustainable food advocate. More info & register at www.multnomahmastergardeners.org/events/speak...
As we continue to have more summer days of excessive heat (around 100F in Portland this weekend and beyond), consider how you can protect your garden with shade covers. Link to short video in the comment. (Sharing again for people without a facebook account, this is on youtube.)
As we continue to have more summer days of excessive heat (around 100F in Portland this weekend and beyond), consider how you can protect your garden with shade covers. Link to short video in the comment.
REGENERATIVE GARDENING METHODS, this Sunday, August 24, drop by between 10-1pm before the heat sets in, at Multnomah Co. Master Gardeners demo garden, SE 57th, entrance ~500' south of SE Duke. See you there!
Join us Sunday, Aug 24, 10-1pm, for Regenerative Gardening Methods at the Master Gardener's Demon Garden, SE 57th (enter at ~500 ft south of SE Duke)
