Sound Water Stewards of Island County, WA
Working for a healthy, sustainable Salish Sea marine environment
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Noxious Weed Workshop at Greenbank Farm
March 11 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Know Your Weeds
March 11 | General Education Workshop on Noxious Weeds led by Seth Luginbill, staff to Island County Noxious Weed Control Board
- 10:30 am – 12:30 pm @ Greenbank Farm
- Slides presented by Seth Luginbill of the Noxious Weed Control Program at the 3/11 Overview – Know Your Weeds workshop at Greenbank Farm
All the Workshops below are followed by Weed Identification and Removal Work Party. Click on a date to learn more and sign up!
- April 14 | Poison Hemlock
- 10:00 am – 10:45 am weed workshop
- 11:00 am – 1:00 pm work party
- June 23 | Tansy Ragwort
- 10:00 am – 10:45 am weed workshop
- 11:00 am – 1:00 pm work party
- August 11 | Thistles
- 10:00 am – 10:45 am weed workshop
- 11:00 am – 1:00 pm work party
Each public education workshop will be followed by a work party to identify specific weeds and learn techniques to remove the weeds that are blooming at that time, except for March 11. Work parties will make a big difference to Port of Coupeville which runs this wonderful public space. Many many volunteers are needed at each work party!
Free. Donations accepted. Public is inivited and encouraged to attend. Print-post-share this pdf.
These events are a collaboration among
- Sound Water Stewards
- Whidbey Island Conservation District
- Island County Noxious Weed Control Board
- Pacific Rim Institute for Environmental Stewardship
- Island County Master Gardener Foundation
- WSU Extension Island County
- to benefit the land at Greenbank Farm, a Port of Coupeville property
Resources to Learn about Weeds:
- Poison Hemlock
- Tansy
- Canada and Bull Thistle
- Learn more at the Island County Noxious Weed Control Board website
https://www.islandcountywa.gov/Health/DNR/Noxious-Weed/Pages/Terrible-10-Noxious-Weeds.aspx - https://www.nwcb.wa.gov/weeds/poison-hemlock
- https://www.nwcb.wa.gov/weeds/tansy-ragwort
- 3-11-2023 Seth Luginbill of the Noxious Weed Control Program gave this Overview at first Know Your Weeds workshop for 2023 at Greenbank Farm
- excellent article in the Whidbey News-Times about the Poison Hemlock workshop on 4-14-2023
