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Take Your Houseplant for a Walk Day at the Olympia Farmers Market Garden

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We're celebrating National Take Your Houseplant for a Walk Day and you are invited! Join the WSU Thurston County Master Gardener Program and other houseplant enthusiasts for a fun-filled hour of houseplant themed activities and a walk around the garden and market.

Schedule of Events:

10:30am – Houseplant Activity Stations in the Garden
-Name Your Houseplant Sign & Coloring Station
-Decorate Your Houseplant
-Learn About & Care for Your Houseplants

11:00am – Take Your Houseplant for a Walk – Parade (about 30 minutes)
-We will meet at the WSU Master Gardener shed at the corner of the garden closest to the Market. The shed is next to the large solar panel pole.
-Look for a volunteers holding a large plant flags.
-Once we get everyone lined-up between the flags we will begin our walk with our plants through the garden and market.
-The entire walk (a slow stroll) should take no more than 30 minutes. Carry your plant or bring it in a wagon/stroller etc.

WSU Master Gardeners and Master Recycler Composter volunteers will also be hosting a Question/Answer clinic from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Market. Bring your gardening, composting and waste reduction questions to have our certified volunteers to answer. They will also be providing gardening and waste reduction resources.

Can’t make the event? Send your question into our virtual Question/Answer clinic. Visit our website for more details.

Hope you can join us for this fun and festive way to celebrate houseplants!

For questions and more information contact us at bWFzdGVyIHwgY28gISB0aHVyc3RvbiAhIHdhICEgdXM= or 360-867-2189.

This event is co-sponsored by the WSU Master Gardener Program of Thurston County and The Olympia Farmers Market. Funding for this event is provided by the Master Gardener Foundation of Thurston County.

For more information, please visit our website at https://extension.wsu.edu/thurston/national-take-your-houseplant-for-a-walk-day/



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