Letter: Master gardeners say ‘thank you’

The Lincoln County Master Gardener Association says thank you to all of our county residents and visitors who came to this year's LCMGA Annual Plant Sale on May 18.

We had another successful sale this year. All monies raised through the plant sale help fund many of the master gardener programs, such as: a $1,000 college scholarship (up to four years) awarded to a graduating senior from a Lincoln County School District high school or home-school program; free community roundtable workshops and classes on gardening topics related to our coastal communities; Grow With Us Seed Library at the Newport Public Library; all three of the Demonstration Gardens at each of the Oregon Coast Community College campuses in Lincoln City, Newport and Waldport, as well as many other educational and outreach programs in support of OSU Extension Master Gardener program.

To help keep our costs down, we ask that buyers return their one gallon pots and sturdy 4-inch regular and tall pots to the recycle bin located at the Northwest corner of the OSU Extension Lincoln County Office at 1211 SE Bay Boulevard in Newport. We wash, sterilize, and reuse these pots, which helps keep our plants at reasonable and affordable prices year to year.

For anyone with questions on the plants from the sale or other gardening-related topics or issues, please contact the OSU Extension Lincoln County Master Gardener Plant Clinic/Help Desk by calling 541-574-6534, ext. 2.

The help desk is staffed by certified master gardener volunteers every Tuesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon during April to October, and from November to March questions are remotely answered. Walk-ins are welcomed when the help desk is staffed during April thru October.

Also, questions and pictures can be sent via email to lincolnmg@oregon.state.edu, or look for us at the Newport Farmers Market, where we are available twice a month.

Lincoln County Master Gardener Association greatly appreciates all the community's support for the OSU Extension Lincoln County Master Gardener Program.

Laura Strom, co-vice president

Lincoln County Master Gardener Association

2024 Plant Sale Coordinator