Although the gardening season is winding down, local vegetable gardens are still alive with activity.

Home gardeners can get timely advice from local experts about vegetable and berry gardening from noon-1 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 9, during a one-hour tour of the Fifth Street Community Garden in Port Angeles.

The event is the season’s last in the monthly “Lunch in the Garden” series sponsored by WSU Clallam County Master Gardeners that started in May.

This month, veteran Master Gardeners Bob Cain, Laurel Moulton, Audreen Williams and Jeanette Stehr-Green talk about harvesting pumpkins and winter squash, season extenders, putting the garden to bed and more. Also, Clallam County recycling coordinator Meggan Uecker talks about composting.

Cain joined Master Gardeners in 2009 and was Clallam County Master Gardener Foundation President from 2011-2013. Moulton has been a Master Gardener since 2006 and coordinated the WSU Master Gardener Program in Clallam County from 2012-2014. Williams joined Master Gardeners in 2012 and was the 2014 Clallam County Veteran Master Gardener of the Year co-recipient. Stehr-Green has been a Master Gardener since 2003 and was the 2012 Clallam County Veteran Master Gardener of the Year.

Together these Master Gardeners have more than 100 years of vegetable and berry gardening experience.

“Lunch in the Garden” walks are free and open to the public. The walks, event organizers says, are ideal for persons starting a vegetable garden for the first time and gardeners who are new to the Pacific Northwest. They also are good for the more experienced gardener who can learn about new gardening techniques and vegetable varieties.

The Fifth Street Community Garden is located just off Peabody, right across from City Hall at 328 E. Fifth St., Port Angeles. The garden includes more than 50 individuals plots that are each 9 feet by 12 feet. The garden was developed on city property in 2011 with a vision to connect people to the earth and their community through growing food.

For more information about “Lunch in the Garden,” call 565-2679.