Master Gardener Margery Whites leads a workshop for newcomers about gardening on the Olympic Peninsula, from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, June 2, at the Master Gardener’s Woodcock Demonstration Garden, 2711 Woodcock Road.

This workshop is part of the Saturday’s in the Garden lecture series sponsored by the Clallam County Master Gardeners.

The event is free but registration is required by Thursday, May 31.

Call the WSU Extension Office at 360-565-2678 to reserve a seat, as space is limited.

New residents to the area may face gardening and landscaping challenges in the unique climate of the Pacific Northwest.

To address these challenges, Whites will divide the workshop into four sections, each beginning with a lecture followed by small group discussions with veteran Master Gardeners.

Class leaders will first discuss how to choose appropriate plants for a homeowner’s property based on their specific micro-climate. They will then review basic landscape planning that will homeowners grow and maintain a sustainable garden.

In the third section of the workshop, Whites will help attendees develop problem solving techniques for specific challenges that may occur during our wet winters and dry summer months.

Finally, she will offer tools to find appropriate information and resources for additional gardening information.

Whites is a retired professor from St. Cloud State in Minnesota.

She moved to the area two years ago with her husband and experienced several challenges while trying to garden in this climate.