Earn your degree in “Slugology” Thursday, Oct. 9. when Thurston County Master Gardener program coordinator Cori Carlton presents her Slug University. Carlton will discuss the benefits of native slugs, why the non-native slugs eat your precious plants, the stories slime trails tell and so much more. You’ll come away with strategies on how to get slugs to work for you and not against you in your garden.

Carlton has a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and recreation/park administration from Central Michigan University.

She has held leadership positions in Michigan, Indiana, and Washington over the past 19 years, including environmental education director for the Detroit and Seattle YMCAs and education program specialist for Northwest Trek Wildlife Park. Her fascination of slugs started at a young age but expanded when she went to school and eventually moved to the mecca of the slug world, the Pacific Northwest. Carlton has spent the past 23 years studying and teaching about slugs.

On Oct. 23, David Rambin will present “Harvesting and Storing Fall Crops.”

Rambin completed Master Gardener training in 2012. A graduate of Northwestern State University, Rambin has been gardening for the last 30 years in the Northwest.

The Green Thumb Garden Tips brown bag series, sponsored by the WSU Clallam County Master Gardeners, is held on the second and fourth Thursday of every month. Presentations occur from noon-1 p.m. at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St. in Port Angeles and are free and open to the public. Bring your lunch. For questions, call 360-417-2279.