Designing Your Heritage Garden—Spring 2012 (Richland)

• Habitat Gardening; Traci Degerman, Ecosystem Aesthetics LLC.

• Corps of Discovery Plants in Washington; Robert Heacock, Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, Inc.

• Heritage Garden Program & Resources; Heather Wendt, Heritage Garden Program Coordinator, Benton Conservation District

 

Naturescaping—Fall 2012 (Pendleton)

• Native Plants for a Low Water Use Landscape; Diane Stutzman, Desert Jewels Nursery

• Identifying and Controlling Noxious and Obnoxious Weeds

• Guest Speaker; Jack Nisbet, Author & Naturalist

 

Heritage Garden Workshop—Fall 2012 (Richland)

• Identifying and Controlling Noxious and Obnoxious Weeds; Vic Reeve, Director, Franklin County Noxious Weed Control Board

• Tribal Uses of Native Plants; Dr. Steven O. Link, Dept. of Science and Engineering, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

• Native Plants for a Low Water Landscape; Dave Nelson, Master Gardener

 

Heritage Garden Tour—Spring 2013 (Richland)

• Donna Lucas, Residence

• C & M Landscaping

• Randy Slovic, Residence

 

Workshop with Afternoon Tea—Fall 2013 (Kennewick)

• Open House; Poster Presentations and Heritage Gardener ‘Meet-and-Greet’

• Guest Speaker; Jack Nisbet, Author & Naturalist

• Heritage Garden Round Table; Expert Panel Q & A

 

Designing & Implementing a Heritage Garden—Practicum—Fall 2014 (Prosser)

• Step-by-step instruction on how to create a Heritage Garden

• Participants worked individually or in groups to create a native plant landscape for Phase 2 of the Walter Clore Culinary & Wine Center’s Heritage Garden

• Participants were given the opportunity to assist in the implementation of Phase 1 of the Center’s Heritage Garden

 

Creating Native Plant Gardens that Inspire—Fall 2014 (Richland)

• The Art & Design of a Water Wise Landscape; Roberta Walker

• Cultural Significance of Native Plants; Angela Buck, Cultural Resource Specialist & Member of the Wanapum Tribe

• Attracting Wildlife to Your Garden; Phillip Buser, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

 

Heritage Garden Tour—Spring 2015 (Kennewick)

• Master Gardeners' Native Plant Garden; Presented by Mary Ann

• Master Gardeners' Xeric Garden; Presented by Heather and Master Gardeners

• Cheryl Cannon’s Garden; Presented by Donna Lucas

• Wildlands, Inc.; Presented by Wildlands Staff

 

Heritage Garden Workshop—Fall 2015 (Richland)

• Creating Pollinator Habitat in Our Gardens and Home Landscapes; Pamela Pavek, United States Department of Agriculture Plant Material Center

• Birdseye View of the Ice Age Floods; Bruce Bjornstad, Geologist

• Collecting, Propagating, and Site Selection of Native Plants; Gail Redberg, Umatilla Tribal Native Plant Nursery

 

Heritage Garden Workshop—Spring 2016 (Richland)

• Nearly Native Plants for the Home Garden; Kathy Hutton, Nursery Manager, Plants of the Wild

• Sustainability in Prisons Project--Sagebrush, Greater Sage Grouse and Conservation; Gretchen Graber, Native Plant Ecologist, Institute for Applied Ecology

• The Ins and Outs of Drip Irrigation; Bill Loney, Irrigation Instructor for the Water & Environment Center

 

How Does Your Garden Grow?—Fall 2016 (Richland)

• Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies; David James, PhD, Associate Professor of Entomology, Washington State University, Prosser

• Native Forbs for Drought Tolerant Landscaping; Kelsey Prickett, Forb Production Manager, BFI Native Seeds

• Heritage Garden Roundtable; Panel of Experts, Q & A

 

Low Water-Use Landscaping Made Easy—Spring 2017 (Richland)

• Winter Hardy Desert Gardens; Ron MicKitrick, Owner, Hillshade Botanical Gardens

• Care and Maintenance of Native Plant Landscapes; Donna Lucas, WSU Master Gardener

• Heritage Garden Program & Virtual Tour; Heather Wendt, Heritage Garden Program Coordinator; Benton Conservation District

 

Where Water Conservation Meets Inspiration—Fall 2017 (Richland)

• Landscape Design Basics; Julie Wilson, Owner, Agape Garden Designs

• The Ice Age Floods; Gary Kleinknecht, Vice President, Lake Lewis Chapter, Ice Age Floods Institute

• Great Western Native Plants for the Dry Garden; Diane Stutzman, Owner, Desert Jewels Nursery

 

Heritage Garden Tour—Spring 2018 (Kennewick)

• Roop Heritage Garden; Presented by Joe & Heather

• Unterseher/Dunlop Heritage Garden; Presented by Reg, Sheila, and Heather

• Tapteal Native Plants.; Presented by Ann Autrey

• Hansen Park; Presented by Heather & COK

 

The Art of Naturescaping—Fall 2018 (Richland)

• Wildflowers of the Shrub-Steppe; Terri Knoke, Columbia Basin Chapter, Washington Native Plant Society

• Bird Friendly Backyards; Lori Nelson, Lower Columbia Basin Audubon Society

• The Art of Naturescaping--Incorporating Art into your Garden; Heather Wendt, Heritage Garden Program Coordinator, Benton Conservation District

 

Hansen Park Heritage Garden Field Day—Spring 2019 (Kennewick)

• Hansen Park Heritage Garden Tours; Benton Conservation District

• Pollinator Education Station; Bob Gillespie, Entomologist

• Seed Art and Paper Pot Station; Benton Franklin Master Gardeners

• Explore Shrub-Steppe Plants Station; Native Plant Society

• Kids’ Pollinator Art Station; Gretchen Graber, Botanist

• Wildlife Education Station; Friends of Mid-Columbia Wildlife Refuges

 

Low Water-Use Landscaping Made Easy—Spring 2019 (Yakima)

• Heritage Garden Program Introduction; Heather Wendt & Ann Autrey, Heritage Garden Program, Benton Conservation District

• The Basics of Micro Irrigation; Jeff DeBlasio, Outside Sales, Irrigation, HD Fowler Company

 

Exploring Our Past & Growing Our Future—Fall 2019 (Richland)

• Native Plant Propagation; Ann Autrey, Owner, Tapteal Native Plants

• Ready, Steppe, Go!; Ernie Crediford, Columbia Basin Chapter, Washington Native Plant Society

• The Dreamer and the Doctor; Jack Nisbet, Author & Naturalist

 

Creating Native Plant Gardens the Inspire—Fall 2019 (Yakima)

• Heritage Garden Program Overview; Ann Autrey, Heritage Garden Program Assistant—Yakima County, Benton Conservation District

• Wildflowers of the Shrub-Steppe; Terri Knoke, Columbia Basin Chapter, Washington Native Plant Society

 

Sharing the Love for Native Plants & Pollinators—Spring 2020 (Webinar)

• Welcome to the Heritage Garden Program Webinar Series; Ann Autrey, Heritage Garden Program Assistant—Yakima County, Benton Conservation District

• Central Washington Chapter of the WNPS; Cathy Reed, President, Central Washington Chapter of the Native Plant Society

• Cowiche Canyon Conservancy; Cy Philbrick, Education & Outreach Coordinator, Cowiche Canyon Conservancy

• Bees of Northcentral Washington; Dr. Bob Gillespie, Entomologist, Ret. Wenatchee Valley College

 

Floods, Bugs & Design—Fall 2020 (Webinar)

• The Lake Missoula Flood in Your Backyard; Rick Thompson, President, Lower Columbia Chapter, Ice Age Floods Institute

• Native Plants for Columbia Basin Pollinators; Emily Norris, Environmental Scientist, Mission Support Alliance (DOE Hanford Site)

• My Wildland-Inspired Garden: Lessons from a Living Experiment; Traci Degerman, Environmental Consultant, Ecosytem Aesthetics LLC

 

Sustainable Landscapes—Spring 2021 (Webinar)

• Conservation of Washington’s Rare Native Plants; Wendy Gibble, Program Manager, Rare Plant Care & Conservation, University of Washington Botanic Gardens

• Hey, I Bet I Could Use That! Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle in the Garden; Marianne Tompkins, Organic Landscape Consultant, Certified Habitat Steward with the National Wildlife Federation & Certified Landscapes For Life Teacher

• Landscaping With Native Plants—The Wild Buckwheats; Dr. Stephen Love, Consumer & Horticulture Specialist, University of Idaho Extension

 

Drought Tolerant, Firewise, and Pollinator Friendly—Fall 2021 (Webinar)

• The Art of Creating a Hummingbird Sanctuary; Lisa Hill

• Beautiful Safe Firewise Designs; Al Murphy, Master Gardener

• The Pollination of Native Plants; Heather Holm, Biologist/Pollinator Conservationist/Author