INSTRUCTORS: Session three
Kate Bratrude
Demo Gardens: Everything You Need to Know
Kate Bratrude is a WSU Master Gardener in Chelan/Douglas Counties and is Manager of the WSU Master Gardener Community Education Garden in Wenatchee and has enjoyed expanding the community education opportunities the garden provides.
Bob Taylor
Demo Gardens: Everything You Need to Know
Bob Taylor has been a Master Gardener since 2001, serving as WSU Demonstration Garden Coordinator, Foundation member and part of the State MG Foundation Board. For the last 15 years Bob has expanded his involvement into Youth Outreach, teaching both Master Gardener and Master Recycling/Composting related topics. He is currently teaching 5 topics to Title one primary school students grades K-5. . Bob received the Master Gardener of the Year Award in 2018.
Jennifer Marquis
Demo Gardens: Everything You Need to Know
Jennifer Marquis is the statewide WSU Master Gardener Program Leader. She has been with Extension for 10 years and enjoys leading and empowering volunteers to accomplish program goals and objectives. Working with the WSU Master Gardener Program fulfills her passions for people and natural resources.
Wendy Sue Wheeler
Pesticides: WSU Master Gardener Policy and the Law
Wendy Sue Wheeler works for Washington State University’s Pesticide Safety Education Program. She has a keen interest to improve pesticide safety education in Washington, her region and across the country. An important responsibility of her pesticide safety education training focuses on pesticide stewardship to protect humans, the environment, and ecosystems for both initial certification and recertification training (in-person, webinar, and on-line).Wendy Sue worked for 14 years for the Washington State Department of Agriculture in the Pesticide Management Division as a Pesticide Registration Specialist in Aquatics. This and prior invasive species work with the Pacific County Noxious Weed Control Board have positioned her to understand stewardship from the user and regulator perspectives.
Sam Maupin
Developing and Growing the Perfect Tomato
Sam is a farming and gardening advocate. He works at the Brothers Greenhouses in Port Orchard, and helps manage the Davis Farm in Belfair. He is a third generation local, with a horticulture degree from WSU. He has traveled internationally to Holland, Costa Rica and Southeast Asia studying agriculture systems. He gains inspiration from the gardening community and all of the plants.
Tim Kohlhauff
Tim Kohlhauff is the urban horticulture coordinator for WSU’s Spokane County extension office, where he leads the Master Gardener volunteer program. He is an adjunct instructor at Spokane Community College where he has taught Arboriculture, Advanced Arboriculture, Plant Problem Diagnosis, and pest management classes. For 10 years, Tim was the arborist at the Spokane Country Club golf course. He has been a certified arborist since 2004.
Mary Dessel
Creating Pollinator Friendly Gardens
Mary Dessel is a Mason County Master Gardener active on the Education Committee organizing the MCMG’s educational workshop series, Through the Garden Gate, as well as helping teach MG training classes and community outreach events. She has a B.S. in nursing and in forestry and a Masters in Forestry with an emphasis on forest entomology, and was a park naturalist in the Hoh Rain Forest in Olympic National Park.
Session four
Eve Rickenbaker
Eve Rickenbaker is a PhD student researching racial inclusiveness in public gardens from historical and contemporary perspectives at the University of Washington. One of her objectives is to understand how racial history has impacted who has access to and benefits from public gardens today. Eve received her B.S. from the University of Georgia in horticulture and her M.S. from the University of Washington School of Environmental and Forest Sciences. She managed the UW Botanic Gardens' herbarium from 2012-2020. A Georgia native, Eve also enjoys hiking the peaks of Washington and cycling throughout the region.
Dr. James Cassidy
Soil: What it is and How it Works
James Cassidy has been an Instructor of Soil Science at Oregon State University for over 14 years. and the faculty advisor for the wildly popular OSU Organic Growers Club - OSU's student farm. Coming from a non-traditional background in the music industry, he is passionate about soil and is popular with students. The student farm project has over 300 student volunteers and continues to grow, now entering its 20th season.
Dr. Anand Jayakaran
Sustainable Stormwater Management and the Role that MGs Can Play
Dr. Anand Jayakaran is an Associate Professor with WSU Extension, with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Civil Engineering, and a PhD in Agricultural & Biological Engineering. His role is to meet education and research needs in a region experiencing the impacts of high urbanization and a changing climate. His work involves disseminating strategies to manage water resources using Green Stormwater Infrastructure and improving current engineering designs, aiming to provide research-based solutions to stormwater managers.
Jenny Glass
Plant & insect Clinic: Helping Clients Figure Out the Problem
Jenny Glass has managed the WSU Puyallup Plant & Insect Diagnostic Laboratory for the past 20 years where she has honed her diagnostics skills on a wide range of plant pathology and insect identification experiences. She spends hours under the microscope trying to find signs of fungal pathogens and scours the internet looking for plant and problem information. Her favorite part of the job is interacting with clients and helping them learn about the management solutions to their plant problems.
Christina Pfeiffer
Christina Pfeiffer is a horticulture writer, educator, and consultant with 40 years’ experience in landscape management and plant care. She brings an emphasis on sustainable garden practices applied in sync with the cycle of the seasons to her teaching and writing and holds degrees in horticulture from Michigan State and the University of Washington and is an ISA Certified Arborist©. She is author, with Mary Robson, of Pacific Northwest Month-by-Month Gardening, 2017.
Session Five
Bob Simmons
"Can I Plant Something Pretty on my Drainfield?”
Bob Simmons is WSU Extension’s Olympic Region Water Resources Regional Specialist. Over the past 27 years, he has provided community based water resource stewardship programs focusing on water quality in the Puget Sound region. Over his career he has provided septic sewage system education and stormwater management using bio-retention strategies and served as the chairperson of the Washington Governor’s Council on Environmental Education.
James Cassidy
Soil Test Results in Hand - What Does it all Mean?
James Cassidy has been an Instructor of Soil Science at Oregon State University for over 14 years. and the faculty advisor for the wildly popular OSU Organic Growers Club - OSU's student farm. Coming from a non-traditional background in the music industry, he is passionate about soil and is popular with students. The student farm project has over 300 student volunteers and continues to grow, now entering its 20th season.
Beth Chisholm
Community Gardens and Food Banks
Beth Chisholm, WSU Whatcom County Master Gardener Program, Community First Gardens Project
Shushila Ravard
Community Gardens and Food Banks
Sushila Ravard, founder and past President. Sushila is a 9-year Master Gardener veteran, whose knowledge, enthusiasm, and sheer energy not only gave the Garden its stellar start (with the support and help of husband, Robert) but has kept it going and growing, until it is today a vibrant part of the Ocean Shores Community. Sushila and her husband were both graduates of the United Way: Project LEAD—Leadership, Effectiveness and Diversity— a nonprofit board training program in Seattle, before embarking on planning the organizational structure, transition, and management of the community garden.
You can hear her on KOSW radio (93.1 fm) every 2nd Thursday of the month from 9:15-10:00 am.
Sue Goetz
Sue Goetz, CPH, ECO_Pro, is an award-winning garden designer, writer and speaker. Through her business, Creative Gardener, she works with clients to personalize outdoor spaces – from garden coaching to full landscape design. Her work has earned gold medals at the Northwest Flower & Garden Show and other specialty awards, and she is the author of A Taste for Herbs (2019) and The Herb-Lover’s Spa Book (2015).
Dr. Troy Peters
Watering Systems: What Questions do YOU get in a Clinic?
Dr. Troy Peters is a professor and Extension Irrigation Specialist at the Washington State University’s Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center in Prosser, WA where he has been for over 13 years. He is also a licensed professional agricultural engineer and a certified agricultural irrigation specialist.