WSU Master Gardener Program graduates 17 local trainees

They will be completing a 60 volunteer-hour requirement on the path to become certified WSU Extension Master Gardeners.

July 10, 2018 7:00 pm
(Courtesy photo) The new Master Gardeneer interns, are, from left: (front row) Michelle Jenkins, Deborah Knight and Tami Martin, Renae Powell; (center) Marcy Harp, Anita Jarmann, Patty King, Vivian Johnson; and (back row) Janet Roach, Michael Read, Trish Bradbury, Judy Knutsen, Mollye Thrasher, PJ Ford Slack and Richard Burchinal. Not picured are Malinda Griffin and Laurie Biddle.
(Courtesy photo) The new Master Gardeneer interns, are, from left: (front row) Michelle Jenkins, Deborah Knight and Tami Martin, Renae Powell; (center) Marcy Harp, Anita Jarmann, Patty King, Vivian Johnson; and (back row) Janet Roach, Michael Read, Trish Bradbury, Judy Knutsen, Mollye Thrasher, PJ Ford Slack and Richard Burchinal. Not picured are Malinda Griffin and Laurie Biddle.

Seventeen people graduated June 23 from basic Master Gardener training and became interns with WSU Extension Master Gardeners of Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties.

Over the next year, these interns will be completing a 60 volunteer-hour requirement on the path to become certified WSU Extension Master Gardeners who can work independently as they provide research-based education to the public.

Fifteen of these interns live in Grays Harbor County, and two in Pacific County.

Master Gardener training classes for Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties are held during even-numbered years. The next class will start early in 2020. If you are interested in becoming a Master Gardener, please contact the WSU Extension office in either Elma (360-482-2934) or South Bend (360-875-9331).