FALL INTO GARDENING 2025

Name: FALL INTO GARDENING 2025
Start: 2025-10-18T09:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-10-18T12:00:00-07:00
Location: Milwaukie Community Center

Schedule

Sat Oct 18 2025 at 09:00 am to 12:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Milwaukie Community Center | Milwaukie, OR

• It's time again for our annual Fall into Gardening event with 45-minute classes and expert advice for your garden. Doors open at 8:30 for early birds.
**EXPERT ADVICE FOR YOUR GARDEN**
• Free pH Soil Testing 9:00 – noon • See webpage below for info on taking your samples. 4 samples per client please.
• Let’s Talk Plants 8:30 – noon • Master Gardeners will be on hand and eager to talk all things plants, pests and insects.
• Educational Displays • Three dimensional displays covering seasonal garden subjects

**FEATURING 45 MINUTE TEACHING SESSIONS** with 15 minute Q & A after each class
• 9:00 - The Dirt on House Plants and Hanging Baskets: Kris LaMar - In 1989, NASA led a study to find plants that clean indoor air. Plants at the International Space Station have the same needs as our houseplants. This talk will cover the essentials for keeping plants--and their soil--happy, healthy and productive in our homes.
• 10:00 - Garden-Fresh Foods and the Gut Microbiome: Gwynne Mhuireach = Did you know that there may be up to 100 million bacteria living on and inside a single apple? All kinds of fresh fruits and vegetables can harbor a large number of microbes. This talk will cover the results of a USDA-funded study that explored differences between garden-fresh and store-bought produce, as well as their impact on the gut microbiome after consumption.
• 11:00 - Fall gardening for Ornamentals: Laura Eyer
With cooler weather and good moist soil, fall is a good time to fill in garden beds with new plantings, move or transplant shrubs and perennials and mulch your garden beds. And it is a good time to make notes about your garden for next spring, evaluate your garden layout and see if there are any changes you would like to make like transplanting, dividing perennials, or garden restructuring.
Milwaukie Center 5440 SE Kellogg Creek Drive in Milwaukie
Info @ https://cmastergardeners.org/fall-into-gardening/
Fall into Gardening is a program of the Clackamas County Master Gardener™ Association, offered in collaboration with and in support of the OSU Extension Service Master Gardener™ Program and through the support of the North Clackamas Parks and Recreation District, and the Milwaukie Community Center. OSU Extension Service prohibits discrimination in all its programs, services, activities, and materials. Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made by 9/30/25 to [email protected]