Green Thumb series focuses on ‘Art in the Garden’

By Sequim Gazette Staff • December 11, 2019 1:30 am
Marilynn Elliott displays whimsical Halloween and Christmas pieces she made from plywood and driftwood for her garden. Photo by Betty Harriman
Marilynn Elliott displays whimsical Halloween and Christmas pieces she made from plywood and driftwood for her garden. Photo by Betty Harriman

Veteran Master Gardener Marilynn Elliott will present information on creating a variety of artwork for gardens made from flowerpots, teapots, saucers, plywood, driftwood, single pickets from fences, shovels, gourds and rocks at “Art in the Garden” at noon on Thursday, Dec. 12.

The free Green Thumb Garden Tips Education Series presentation in the county commissioner’s meeting room of the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.

Elliott will showcase an old shovel repurposed into a “Welcome” sign, pieces of plywood transformed into decorative, seasonal and non-seasonal yard art, angels made from seashells, driftwood and tiny flowerpots and an old strainer converted into a mini-herb garden.

Elliott became a Master Gardener in 2003, was named Master Gardener of the Year in 2007 and received the Golden Trowel Lifetime Achievement award in 2012. She has logged hundreds of hours tending areas in the Woodcock Demonstration Garden and has mentored numerous Master Gardener interns.

Elliott is active in the Master Gardener Youth Enrichment Program, the annual Master Gardener spring plant sale and the Petals and Pathways Garden Tour where her private garden was featured in 2013. She is a member of the garden tour selection committee, has coordinated several of these events and has staffed fourteen of the last 16 tours.

Elliott’s outreach activities include presentations for the Green Thumb series in Port Angeles and the Class Act at Woodcock Garden series in Sequim. She participates in the KSQM master gardener segments aired weekly on Tuesdays and Fridays and has served on the Master Gardener Foundation board of directors.

The Green Thumb Garden Tips Education Series is sponsored by the WSU Clallam County Extension Master Gardeners and held in Port Angeles the second and fourth Thursday each month (except November, December and January, when one presentation is offered).

The lectures are free and open to the public; however, donations to help offset costs are accepted and appreciated.

For more information, call 360-565-2679.