Welcome!

Hello fellow King County Master Gardeners and friends!

Nancy Davenport and Cisco Morris at the 2007 plant sale. Oh, La, La!

Welcome to our blog! This site was developed for the purpose of keeping us connected, to disseminate information and share ideas in the planning process for the 2009 Master Gardener Plant sale! Most importantly it is intended to entice you to volunteer your time and talents to help us make this the most successful sale ever! Oh - and if we happen to have a little fun and find a few great plant for ourselves along the way - so be it........added bonus!

Xenia Callahan doing a little shopping for herself! Good for you!

The site is new this year and we are experimenting with ways to make it most useful. It is a work in progress so please keep coming back and checking for updates. Some of the functions are not fully operational at this time but by the time January comes around it will be fully up and running! We encourage you to leave comments about how to make this site most functional and for any other ideas you have to help us make the 2009 plant sale the best one ever! If you have found your way here - please share this site with other Master Gardeners!

Steve Walker at the 2007 Plant Sale - "Ask Me"!

This is our biggest fund raiser of the year! There are 30 different departments all in need of various numbers of volunteers. The different departments and pictures of the chairs are listed in the right column of this blog. As we get pictures of all the chairs, we will replace the dog pictures! Eventually you will be able to click on the pictures and get contact information for the chair person(s) and a description of the duties of that department. Like I said - work in progress!

Kathy Lapham waiting for the "damage". Its great being our best customers!

There is a planning calendar for your convenience. Please let us know if you have items that need to be added to the calendar.

The dates for the 2009 event are as follows:

• Pre-Sale Party - Friday - May 1, 2009 - 5:30 - 8:30pm


• Plant Sale - Saturday - May 2, 2009 - 8:00am - 5:00pm


• Plant Sale - Sunday - May 3, 2009 - 10:00am - 3:00pm

Debbie O'Neal and Joyce Harms. Two great people and a lot of fun!

The pictures included in this post are a few random shots from a few years ago. Please feel free to send pictures to the above email address that you may have and I'll be happy to post them! It's going to be a great year and a lot of fun!

Peg Verger - Hands down the BEST display chair we have ever had!

We will be adding notes from our first meeting soon so be on the lookout!

Special thanks to my friend Jennifer Holmes for all her help and talent in developing this blog. If you are a crafter in addition to a gardener - check out her blog, Simple Flourishes.

Now get out and do some fall gardening!

Have a good one -

Jim