Central Oregon chapter of OSU Master Gardeners

08/21/2026

Come celebrate a successful season! Despite heat, smoke and continuing drought, the Water-wise demonstration garden and the Community Garden vegetable plots at Hollinshead are thriving. Learn how you, too, can be successful.

07/13/2026

The annual High Desert Garden Tour is in Redmond this year, great opportunity for folks in Jeffco and Redmond-Terrebonne to see some of the best gardens around!

Curious what thrives in Central Oregon’s high desert?

The High Desert Garden Tour is your chance to step inside five beautiful Redmond-area gardens and see real-life inspiration for gardening in our unique climate. From waterwise landscaping to vegetables, a Japanese garden and the OSU Extension research garden, this self-guided tour offers practical ideas, fresh inspiration and a rare opportunity to visit private gardens not typically open to the public.

Even better? Your ticket supports gardening education from the OSU Extension Master Gardener Program, helping bring trusted, research-based gardening knowledge to communities across Central Oregon.

Saturday, July 18, 2026
8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Redmond, Oregon
Tickets: $20 | Ages 18 and under are free

Learn more and purchase tickets: https://beav.es/2026_HDGT

07/13/2026

Find garden inspiration on Saturday!

Thank you to our 2026 High Desert Garden Tour Sponsors!

Bend Urban Gardens
Wintercreek Nursery
Strictly Organic Coffee
The Pottery House
McPheeters Turf
High Desert Farms & Nursery
Whistle Stop Farm & Flowers
SCP Redmond
Newport Ave. Market

High Desert Garden Tour tickets are on sale now! This year's Tour features gardens in Redmond, including our very one demonstration garden at the Deschutes County OSU Extension office. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased online at https://beav.es/2026_HDGT
The ticket booklet should be available starting July 1. If you request a hard copy, you will be notified when you can pick it up at the Deschutes County OSU Extension office. Copies will also be available at each garden during the Tour.

05/09/2026

So many local vendors to see at Spring Garden Fair May 30, 9 AM - 1 PM, at the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center. They include us of course (we will offer tomatoes, herbs, vegetables and flowers), but also The Rustic Garden (foreground); Madras Garden Depot; Redmond Garden Club; Bend Urban Gardens LLC; High & Dry GardenWorks; Still Waters Lavender; The Vegetable Corner; Krafty Kampers; Wild Wisdom Wool Pellet Co.; Stilts; Flannel, Felt, and Fancies; It's My Fun; and NDJ Crafts. More details: https://www.gocomga.com/spring-garden-fair .

05/01/2026

If you're heading to the Home & Garden Show this weekend, stop by our booth for free gardening information! Our volunteers will be there Friday through Sunday in Booth 11 at the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center.

04/30/2026

Don't buy plants for your garden yet! The best plant sale in Central Oregon is coming up May 30. What makes it the best? Local vendors (including us, of course) selling veggies, flowers and shrubs that will grow well here in Central Oregon. Plus more local vendors selling other related products, local organizations with information booths, and we Master Gardeners will be giving live demos on how to transplant tomato seedlings, how to plant seeds, how to use a soil thermometer to know when to plant seeds, and planting decorative containers.

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04/30/2026

You can find some lovely locally grown bouquets at farmer's markets if you have $30 to spend. But wouldn't you love to be able to just step out your door and make a beautiful bouquet from your own garden? Learn what flowers to plant for beautiful bouquets and arrangements. Sign up at gocomga.com/spring-seminar-2026

The Central Oregon Chapter of OSU Master Gardeners™, in cooperation with the Oregon State University Extension Service, will present the annual Spring Gardening Seminar, online only.  

04/30/2026

Last year 795 people stopped by our booth at the COBA Home & Garden show at the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center to get free garden information. If you weren't one of them, you missed a great opportunity! Be there this year and bring your questions. Friday-Sunday, 10 AM to 5 PM. We look forward to meeting you!

04/26/2026

There are signs that a bad fire season looms: early closing at Mt. Bachelor; ski legs eliminated from Pole Pedal Paddle; low snow pack throughout the Cascades; the entire three-county region already in moderate or severe drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor; and Oregon just experienced the driest March on record (since 1895), according to drought.gov.

What can you do about it? Conserve water every way you can and prepare for this fire season and future ones like it. Your landscape is something you can control, so invest a little time and $10 in learning how to make your property more fire-resistant.
Join us at 6 p.m. May 5 for this important firewise landscaping webinar, or view the recording later at your convenience. Sign up at http:// gocomga.com/spring-seminar-2026.

04/07/2026

It's officially spring and with the unusually warm weather we've had so far this year you probably have a bumper crop of weeds developing already. But don't despair. Gordon Jones, Central Oregon agronomist for OSU Extension, will show you how to ID the weeds you have and what to do about them. Before you reach for the sprayer, check out this webinar! Sign up at https://www.gocomga.com/spring-seminar-2026.

The Central Oregon Chapter of OSU Master Gardeners™, in cooperation with the Oregon State University Extension Service, will present the annual Spring Gardening Seminar, online only.