Upcoming Events:

Seed Starting 101

When: Saturday, February 27 from 10:00 to 11:00 am

Where: Molbak’s Nursery, 13625 Ne 175th Street, Woodinville, WA

What: Start some of your own vegetable and annual flower seedlings from seed this year. At this hands-on workshop, I’ll cover how to build a basic light station, demonstrate how to start seeds, and share hints for successful seed-starting.

Salad Gardening

When: Saturday,  March 20 9:30 to 10:30 am.

Where: Molbak’s Nursery, 13625 Ne 175th Street, Woodinville, WA

What: With a $2.00 packet of seed and a little space you can grow two months worth of salads! In this workshop I’ll discuss strategies for growing salad from spring through fall, show you how to grow baby greens, heads of lettuce, and braising greens, and share my favorite herbs for salads.

Some Like It Hot: How to Grow Warm Season Crops in the Cool Pacific Northwest

When: Tuesday, April 6, 2010 from 7:00 to 8:30 pm

Where: Tahoma Junior High School,  25600 SE Summit Landsburg Rd, Ravensdale, WA

What: The Maritime Pacific Northwest is a great climate for gardening, but heat-loving vegetables and herbs such as tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, squash and basil can be a challenge. This full color slideshow demonstrates how to warm up your soil earlier in the spring, details how to build a mini hoophouse and use other essential season-extending techniques and products, and gives a step-by-step growing plan for maximizing your harvest of heat-loving vegetables. Plus, I discuss time-tested varieties that perform here in the Northwest.

Ongoing Events

Greendays: A Weekly Gardening Panel on KUOW 94.9

When: Every Tuesday at 10:00 am PST

What: Listen to Willi and her fellow panelists Greg Raybourn and Marty Wingate talk gardening. Got a question? Call in and ask it!

Where: To listen live or to download a podcast of past shows, visit www.KUOW.org. (The quickest way to find past shows is to type the word greendays into the search bar).

Need A Speaker at Your Event?

Willi regularly speaks at events around the country, including the Northwest Flower & Garden Show, the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show, and NYC Grows. To schedule Willi for your event, please email events@digginfood.com.