Master Gardener Foundation of Clark County
360-397-6060 ext 5706
Upcoming Events
The Master Gardener Foundation holds monthly educational meetings, the first Tuesday of each month, except January, July and August. These are held at 7:00 pm at the CASEE Center, 11104 NE 149th Street, Brush Prairie WA in Building B, Rm 202/205. A volunteer appreciation picnic is held in July. Meetings are open to the public and are held in an ADA compatible meeting room. Upcoming programs are advertised in The Columbian, The Reflector, and The Oregonian, and other publications, as well as on this site and on our Facebook page.
May 6th Program:
MGF Monthly Educational Meeting
in partnership with the City of Vancouver Urban Forestry
SPECIAL TIME AND LOCATION
6:30 PM
Water Resources Center
Bruce E Hagensen Community Room
4600 SE Columbia Way, Vancouver WA
"Ascending the Giants"
presented by Brian French
FREE to the public and members. No registration required.
Brian French, certified arborist/tree risk assessor, has worked with top-notch researchers of our time here in the US and abroad. He is the Oregon State Coordinator for the Champion Tree Registry and Co-founder of a “Big Tree” advocacy non-profit group called Ascending the Giants. Brian climbs and documents the largest trees of many species then shares the information with the public as a non-confrontational approach to better tree awareness and protection. Because of his love of trees and his passion to conserve them, he spends a lot of his on Ascending the Giants. His respect for the environment has helped shape one of the project’s primary objectives of preserving the integrity of these majestic giants and sharing the knowledge gained from the experience. He wants to encourage gardeners to look up and appreciate old trees in the landscape. “We look at old trees as something important. When trees are 300 to 400 years old, we imagine what the world must have looked like then. They are the evidence of where we came from,” French said.
A journey to the tops of the tallest trees, Ascending the Giants measures and documents the largest trees of each species in Oregon and Washington. These trees demonstrate the pinnacle of what a tree species can be; they are called “champion trees”. The focus of Brian’s presentation will be showcasing these Ascending the Giants specimen trees, as well as large trees within our community and mature trees in our landscapes. The awards winning adventure film “Treeverse” will also be shown. The film shows a trek through an old-growth Oregon white oak forest, as Ascending the Giants founding members travel an unprecedented distance by tree canopy traversing.
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This event is co-sponsored by the Master Gardener Foundation of Clark County and the City of Vancouver Urban Forestry.
The Urban Forestry program, celebrating 25 years as a Tree City USA, serves to maximize the aesthetic, environmental and economic benefits that trees provide to city residents and visitors through preserving, managing and enhancing existing trees and other vegetation and promoting the reforestation of the urban area.
The Master Gardener Foundation of Clark County is dedicated to promoting research-based horticultural practices at the 78th Street Heritage Farm and other venues across Clark County through education, consultative programs and experiences which preserve or enhance our environment.
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Watch for more information on future meetings:
June 3rd - Trygve Steen, Professor of Forest Ecology & Environmental Sustainability at PSU, presenting "Pacific Northwest Forest Ecology, Biodiversity, and Management"
July 8th - Volunteer Appreciation Picnic 6:00 PM
August - NO MEETING
The plant sale is coming, the plant sale is coming! Be sure to mark your calendar so you don't miss the best plant sale in Clark County. Beautiful, healthy plants, raised and cared for by Foundation members and WSU Extension Master Gardeners. Funds raised during this sale benefit the WSU Extension Master Gardener Program and many community horticulture and education programs in Clark County. See our Grants page for more information on the grants the Foundation awards and to view the plant sale video.
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