Increase the beauty and productivity of your fruit trees with this informative, two-part, hands-on pruning class by locally renowned fruit tree expert, Monica Maggio.

Timely pruning can improve the shape, strength, and fruit set of your trees, and help reduce pest and disease pressure.

Part One is a lecture on a Friday evening, delivered via Zoom (at your home), that will cover general pruning theory. This will be Friday, May 29 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. You will be provided with a Zoom link a day or two prior to the class. Note: you must have a (free) Zoom account in order to attend.

Part Two is a Saturday in-field session that includes experiential instruction on specific techniques to help you learn how to make the best cuts on your fruit trees with confidence and skill. This will be held rain or shine on Saturday, May 30 from 10 a.m. to noon at 1919 NE 78th St., Vancouver, WA.

This portion will include standing and walking on uneven ground. Dress for the weather and bring water.

DATE/TIME: Friday, May 29, 2026 — 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm via Zoom and Saturday, May 30, 2025 — 10:00 a.m. to noon

LOCATION: Zoom for Friday evening and in East Vancouver on Saturday. More specifics will be provided on registration.

COST: $60.06 which includes tax and Eventbrite fee for both sessions. For the Friday evening online class only, $25.22 which includes Eventbrite fees and sales tax.

REGISTRATION Required. No admission without advance registration. Click here to register.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: (564) 397-5738 or Erika.d.johnson@wsu.edu.

Read about all Master Gardener upcoming events

WSU Extension programs and employment are available to all without discrimination. Evidence of noncompliance may be reported through your local WSU Extension office. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication or program information or reasonable accommodation need to contact Erika Johnson at the above listed email, phone or mailing address at least two weeks prior to the event.

Increase the beauty and productivity of your fruit trees with this informative, two-part, hands-on pruning class by locally renowned fruit tree expert, Monica Maggio.

Timely pruning can improve the shape, strength, and fruit set of your trees, and help reduce pest and disease pressure.

Part Two is a Saturday in-field session that includes experiential instruction on specific techniques to help you learn how to make the best cuts on your fruit trees with confidence and skill. This will be held rain or shine on Saturday, May 30 from 10 a.m. to noon at 1919 NE 78th St., Vancouver, WA.

This portion will include standing and walking on uneven ground. Dress for the weather and bring water.

DATE/TIME: Friday, May 29, 2026 — 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm via Zoom and Saturday, May 30, 2025 — 10:00 a.m. to noon

LOCATION: Zoom for Friday evening and in East Vancouver on Saturday. More specifics will be provided on registration.

COST: $60.06 which includes tax and Eventbrite fee for both sessions. For the Friday evening online class only, $25.22 which includes Eventbrite fees and sales tax.

REGISTRATION Required. No admission without advance registration. Click here to register.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: (564) 397-5738 or Erika.d.johnson@wsu.edu.

Read about all Master Gardener upcoming events

WSU Extension programs and employment are available to all without discrimination. Evidence of noncompliance may be reported through your local WSU Extension office. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication or program information or reasonable accommodation need to contact Erika Johnson at the above listed email, phone or mailing address at least two weeks prior to the event.

Join the City of Vancouver’s Volunteer Programs department and our Naturespaces volunteers for the annual Spring Cleanup of Countryside Park!

Tasks will include invasive plant removal (ivy, blackberry, tansy, burdock), scrubbing down the picnic tables, graffiti removal, leveling out the woodchips under the playground equipment, and general cleanup and maintenance in the park.

• Training, gloves, tools, water, and snacks will be provided.

• This opportunity is family-friendly and great for teens. Youth under 18 must bring a signed minor consent form.

• Volunteers should dress for the weather and wear long pants and closed-toe shoes.

• Volunteers are encouraged to arrive at 10am, but are welcome to leave early if you can’t stay the full 4 hours.

Accessibility is important to us and we’ve taken it into account while planning this event. This location is wheelchair accessible, and work is primarily done in a quiet natural area with potential for some infrequent loud work sounds. For mulching projects, volunteers may be shoveling, twisting and turning, and pushing wheelbarrows. For invasive removal projects, volunteers may be kneeling, pulling, and twisting as well as possibly lifting plants overhead to load into a dumpster. There will be a space in the RSVP form for you to let us know if there are any accessibility needs you have so that we can do our best to find a volunteer role that will work for you.

Registration will close two days prior to the event at 2 p.m. If registration is closed and you are still interested in attending, please email cityvolunteer@cityofvancouver.us to let us know you will be a walk-up and you can sign in on-site.

Advanced registration is required and space is limited. Countryside Park Spring Cleanup Volunteer RSVP.

• Contact: Volunteer Programs at cityvolunteer@cityofvancouver.us or 360-487-8344

Help to beautify this wonderful patch of native wildflowers through weeding, trimming and holding back the invasive blackberries as they try their best to reclaim this area.

The East County Citizen's Alliance (ECCA) begins their FOURTH YEAR of nurturing a native wildflower patch on Highway 14 that begins near Camas, extending through Washougal as you enter the "Gateway to the Gorge.

Throughout spring and summer 2026, we will be maintaining all 8,000 square feet of these flowers, primarily through selective weeding to give the flowers room to grow. If the summer is extremely hot, we may also water our newest, most tender plot. Throughout the growing season, we'll be keeping the grass trimmed around the flowers and the blackberries on the back of the plots cut back. 

The series of work events continues through the month of May and into June beginning May 23rd, and repeating on June 6th and June 23rd.

Registration required & more info and signups HERE

Thanks for supporting a great partner organization and continuing to keep our roads clean and beautiful.

All this work is why we need you. This beautiful native wildflower project is a whole-community effort. It's not the project of a single group of people, but rather of many community residents who pitch in just once or over and over. So please join us. We look forward to seeing you again or meeting you for the first time!

GENERAL INFORMATION

What we will provide: Tools as necessary, safety overview and safety vests. Please bring work gloves, a hat, and water. Kneeling mats can be helpful, too. If you have a favorite trowel, please bring it along!

Location: The wildflower plots are on the north side of SR-14 between the two roundabouts in Washougal. Volunteers meet at the Pendleton parking lot, located at 2 Pendleton Way in Washougal, and walk or ride over to the site together. 

Paperwork: For your protection, all volunteers must fill out a WSDOT AAH Participant Form. If you haven't done this already, please print, complete, and email to eastcountycitizens@gmail.com. (Feel free to take a photo of your completed form and email that.) If you prefer, you may bring the completed form to your first work event. Teens are welcome if they are at least 15 years old and are supervised by an adult. 

Dates - Consider these dates and opportunities to volunteer:

• Weeding Team: Saturday, May 23, 10am-noon (Rain date: Sunday, May 24)

• Weeding Team: Saturday, June 6, 10am-noon (Rain date: Sunday, June 7)

• Weeding Team: Tuesday, June 23, 10am-noon

• Flexible Weeding Team -- We'll reach out to see if you're available for impromptu, short notice weeding work in July and August, since weather and growing conditions can change.

• I'd like to weed-whack around the wildflower plots as needed.

Join the City of Vancouver’s volunteers from our Adopt-A-Park program for a morning of litter cleanup and invasive plant removal.

• Training, gloves, tools, water, and snacks will be provided.

• This opportunity is family-friendly and great for teens. Youth under 18 must bring a signed minor consent form.

• Volunteers should dress for the weather and wear long pants and closed-toe shoes.

Accessibility is important to us and we’ve taken it into account while planning this event. This location is partially wheelchair accessible, and work is primarily done in a quiet natural area with potential for some infrequent loud work sounds. For mulching projects, volunteers may be shoveling, twisting and turning, and pushing wheelbarrows. For invasive removal projects, volunteers may be kneeling, pulling, and twisting as well as possibly lifting plants overhead to load into a dumpster. There will be a space in the RSVP form for you to let us know if there are any accessibility needs you have so that we can do our best to find a volunteer role that will work for you.

Registration will close two days prior to the event at 2 p.m. If registration is closed and you are still interested in attending, please email cityvolunteer@cityofvancouver.us to let us know you will be a walk-up and you can sign in on-site.

Advance registration is required, and space is limited. David Douglas Park Volunteer RSVP!

• Contact: Volunteer Programs at cityvolunteer@cityofvancouver.us or 360-487-8344

Ready to talk dirt? Join the FVRL community gathering once a month to branch out and discuss the best gardening techniques and strategies for our neck of the woods.

Accommodations:

Library events and programs are open to the public and provided at no cost. Special accommodations may be requested using our Disability Accommodation Request Form no later than 15 days prior to the event.

Los eventos y programas de la biblioteca están abiertos al público y se brindan sin costo. Se pueden solicitar adaptaciones especiales utilizando nuestro formulario de solicitud de adaptaciones para personas con discapacidades (en inglés) hasta 15 días antes del evento.

Особые условия могут быть запрошены с помощью нашей формы запроса на предоставление условий для людей с инвалидностью не позднее чем за 15 дней до мероприятия.

Help to beautify this wonderful patch of native wildflowers through weeding, trimming and holding back the invasive blackberries as they try their best to reclaim this area.

The East County Citizen's Alliance (ECCA) begins their FOURTH YEAR of nurturing a native wildflower patch on Highway 14 that begins near Camas, extending through Washougal as you enter the "Gateway to the Gorge.

Throughout spring and summer 2026, we will be maintaining all 8,000 square feet of these flowers, primarily through selective weeding to give the flowers room to grow. If the summer is extremely hot, we may also water our newest, most tender plot. Throughout the growing season, we'll be keeping the grass trimmed around the flowers and the blackberries on the back of the plots cut back. 

The series of work events continues through the month of May and into June beginning May 23rd, and repeating on June 6th and June 23rd.

Registration required & more info and signups HERE

Thanks for supporting a great partner organization and continuing to keep our roads clean and beautiful.

All this work is why we need you. This beautiful native wildflower project is a whole-community effort. It's not the project of a single group of people, but rather of many community residents who pitch in just once or over and over. So please join us. We look forward to seeing you again or meeting you for the first time!

GENERAL INFORMATION

What we will provide: Tools as necessary, safety overview and safety vests. Please bring work gloves, a hat, and water. Kneeling mats can be helpful, too. If you have a favorite trowel, please bring it along!

Location: The wildflower plots are on the north side of SR-14 between the two roundabouts in Washougal. Volunteers meet at the Pendleton parking lot, located at 2 Pendleton Way in Washougal, and walk or ride over to the site together. 

Paperwork: For your protection, all volunteers must fill out a WSDOT AAH Participant Form. If you haven't done this already, please print, complete, and email to eastcountycitizens@gmail.com. (Feel free to take a photo of your completed form and email that.) If you prefer, you may bring the completed form to your first work event. Teens are welcome if they are at least 15 years old and are supervised by an adult. 

Dates - Consider these dates and opportunities to volunteer:

• Weeding Team: Saturday, May 23, 10am-noon (Rain date: Sunday, May 24)

• Weeding Team: Saturday, June 6, 10am-noon (Rain date: Sunday, June 7)

• Weeding Team: Tuesday, June 23, 10am-noon

• Flexible Weeding Team -- We'll reach out to see if you're available for impromptu, short notice weeding work in July and August, since weather and growing conditions can change.

• I'd like to weed-whack around the wildflower plots as needed.

Join the City of Vancouver’s staff at the park for a range of stewardship activities.

Stay tuned, more information coming soon. Visit the City’s web page at www.cityofvancouver.us/government/calendar

Berry- themed kids crafts and activities! Berry Trivia, berry temporary tattoos, berry guessing game. Everyone can joint the fun by voting for Camas’ Favorite Berry!

Savor the berry harvest and take home your own flat of Northwest berries to enjoy, for Summer celebrations, desserts or jam making!

4:30pm~ Complimentary berry shortcake to the first 300 customers, prepared by the board, staff, and volunteers of the Camas Farmer’s Market. These delicious treats are made with fresh berries from Theony, Pheasant’s Eye, and Annie’s Berry Farms, and delicious shortcake!
YUM!

Learn more about this and other events at https://camasfarmersmarket.org/

Ready to talk dirt? Join the FVRL community gathering once a month to branch out and discuss the best gardening techniques and strategies for our neck of the woods.

Accommodations:

Library events and programs are open to the public and provided at no cost. Special accommodations may be requested using our Disability Accommodation Request Form no later than 15 days prior to the event.

Los eventos y programas de la biblioteca están abiertos al público y se brindan sin costo. Se pueden solicitar adaptaciones especiales utilizando nuestro formulario de solicitud de adaptaciones para personas con discapacidades (en inglés) hasta 15 días antes del evento.

Особые условия могут быть запрошены с помощью нашей формы запроса на предоставление условий для людей с инвалидностью не позднее чем за 15 дней до мероприятия.

Join the Fort Vancouver Regional Library team to unlock the secrets of mushroom foraging in the Pacific Northwest with Naturalist Rebecca Lexa. Whether you're a novice or a seasoned forager, this workshop offers invaluable insights into where to search for edible mushrooms and how to distinguish common wild varieties from potentially poisonous species. Rebeccalexa.com.

Accommodations:

Library events and programs are open to the public and provided at no cost. Special accommodations may be requested using our Disability Accommodation Request Form no later than 15 days prior to the event.

Los eventos y programas de la biblioteca están abiertos al público y se brindan sin costo. Se pueden solicitar adaptaciones especiales utilizando nuestro formulario de solicitud de adaptaciones para personas con discapacidades (en inglés) hasta 15 días antes del evento.

Особые условия могут быть запрошены с помощью нашей формы запроса на предоставление условий для людей с инвалидностью не позднее чем за 15 дней до мероприятия.

Volunteering at the Jane Weber Arboretum

Monthly, we have our Second Saturday Work Party from 9am to noon. We often work on bigger projects and refreshments are always served.

Generally, our volunteers work on an area that is special to them or they just see a need to spruce things up.

We have three main volunteer areas. The Arboretum which encompasses the property grounds, The Stanger House restoration and the Caboose restoration.

• Our volunteers show up rain or shine. Extreme weather can cancel plans.

• For more information, email us at weberarboretum@gmail.com

Overview: The E. Jane Weber Arboretum is devoted to preserving this treasured natural resource and historic site in honor of Dr. Vinson and E. Jane Weber, who dedicated their homestead and lovely botanical garden to being a learning experience and inspiration – a legacy for others to cherish. To fulfill their dream, an entity was set up to oversee the arboretum and subsequently a non-profit to manage, protect and enhance this revered property along the Columbia River with outreach to the community, offering education and related activities that will be a shared commitment to the vision and purpose of the E. Jane Weber Arboretum. Watch this video for more information.

Accessibility note: the trails and grounds are natural surface and not always ADA compliant.

Ready to talk dirt? Join the FVRL community gathering once a month to branch out and discuss the best gardening techniques and strategies for our neck of the woods.

Accommodations:

Library events and programs are open to the public and provided at no cost. Special accommodations may be requested using our Disability Accommodation Request Form no later than 15 days prior to the event.

Los eventos y programas de la biblioteca están abiertos al público y se brindan sin costo. Se pueden solicitar adaptaciones especiales utilizando nuestro formulario de solicitud de adaptaciones para personas con discapacidades (en inglés) hasta 15 días antes del evento.

Особые условия могут быть запрошены с помощью нашей формы запроса на предоставление условий для людей с инвалидностью не позднее чем за 15 дней до мероприятия.

Volunteering at the Jane Weber Arboretum

Monthly, we have our Second Saturday Work Party from 9am to noon. We often work on bigger projects and refreshments are always served.

Generally, our volunteers work on an area that is special to them or they just see a need to spruce things up.

We have three main volunteer areas. The Arboretum which encompasses the property grounds, The Stanger House restoration and the Caboose restoration.

• Our volunteers show up rain or shine. Extreme weather can cancel plans.

• For more information, email us at weberarboretum@gmail.com

Overview: The E. Jane Weber Arboretum is devoted to preserving this treasured natural resource and historic site in honor of Dr. Vinson and E. Jane Weber, who dedicated their homestead and lovely botanical garden to being a learning experience and inspiration – a legacy for others to cherish. To fulfill their dream, an entity was set up to oversee the arboretum and subsequently a non-profit to manage, protect and enhance this revered property along the Columbia River with outreach to the community, offering education and related activities that will be a shared commitment to the vision and purpose of the E. Jane Weber Arboretum. Watch this video for more information.

Accessibility note: the trails and grounds are natural surface and not always ADA compliant.

Come explore the magical kingdom of fungi with the Mt. St. Helen’s Institute!

Learn how to identify common characteristics of wild edible and inedible mushrooms. Then learn how to harvest many different types of edible mushrooms and cook them into delicious dishes. Plan to get your shoes and hands dirty as you discover the forest's most striking and sometimes delectable offerings.
For detailed information, visit our Mushroom Foraging program description.

Register today!

• WHERE:   Pine Creek Information Center

• DURATION:   Approximately 6 hours

• DISTANCE:   Approximately 1 mile of off-trail forest walking

• GUIDE TEAM:   Mycology instructor, professional guide and three volunteers

• MINIMUM AGE:   8 (minors must be accompanied by an adult)

• COST:   $125/person

• PERMITS:   Each participant needs to bring their own free mushroom permit. Instructions provided.

Celebrate the Old Apple Tree Festival on the first Saturday of October at Old Apple Tree Park, located on Columbia Way just east of Interstate 5 Bridge.

The annual Old Apple Tree Festival is a celebration centered on the oldest living apple tree in the Northwest, planted at Fort Vancouver in 1826.

Providing fun, food, music, and history of Vancouver’s Old Apple Tree, the festival celebrates our community and its rich heritage. Throughout the day, Urban Forestry Commissioners give away cuttings from the Old Apple Tree; cuttings are limited and will be given out until they are gone.

This free, family-friendly event, features activities for children, food for sale, apple tastings and sales, live music, cider pressing and walking tours of Fort Vancouver Village, the Fort Vancouver Historic Orchard and the Land Bridge. Local musical groups will provide live music throughout the day.

The festival features community apple cider pressing. Bring your own apples and a clean container to catch your fresh cider, or purchase apples and a container at the event. Approximately 15 lbs of apples will make a quart of cider. Volunteers needed for the cider pressing station, contact Urban Forestry to learn more.

Learn more about the storied history of the Old Apple Tree

Contact: Urban Forestry at urbanforestry@cityofvancouver.us or 360-487-8308

Volunteering at the Jane Weber Arboretum

Monthly, we have our Second Saturday Work Party from 9am to noon. We often work on bigger projects and refreshments are always served.

Generally, our volunteers work on an area that is special to them or they just see a need to spruce things up.

We have three main volunteer areas. The Arboretum which encompasses the property grounds, The Stanger House restoration and the Caboose restoration.

• Our volunteers show up rain or shine. Extreme weather can cancel plans.

• For more information, email us at weberarboretum@gmail.com

Overview: The E. Jane Weber Arboretum is devoted to preserving this treasured natural resource and historic site in honor of Dr. Vinson and E. Jane Weber, who dedicated their homestead and lovely botanical garden to being a learning experience and inspiration – a legacy for others to cherish. To fulfill their dream, an entity was set up to oversee the arboretum and subsequently a non-profit to manage, protect and enhance this revered property along the Columbia River with outreach to the community, offering education and related activities that will be a shared commitment to the vision and purpose of the E. Jane Weber Arboretum. Watch this video for more information.

Accessibility note: the trails and grounds are natural surface and not always ADA compliant.

Come explore the magical kingdom of fungi with the Mt. St. Helen’s Institute!

Learn how to identify common characteristics of wild edible and inedible mushrooms. Then learn how to harvest many different types of edible mushrooms and cook them into delicious dishes. Plan to get your shoes and hands dirty as you discover the forest's most striking and sometimes delectable offerings.
For detailed information, visit our Mushroom Foraging program description.

Register today!

• WHERE:   Pine Creek Information Center

• DURATION:   Approximately 6 hours

• DISTANCE:   Approximately 1 mile of off-trail forest walking

• GUIDE TEAM:   Mycology instructor, professional guide and three volunteers

• MINIMUM AGE:   8 (minors must be accompanied by an adult)

• COST:   $125/person

• PERMITS:   Each participant needs to bring their own free mushroom permit. Instructions provided.