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Master Gardener Education Series

Master Gardener Education Series

Ground Covers: Planting in Layers to Create a Living Mulch

Presenter: Tobey Nelson

Certified Professional Horticulturist

Using plants as a living mulch offers many benefits: weed suppression, maintain soil content, and nutrient cycling. We’ll discuss many great shrubs, perennials, and grasses to use as living mulch and to maintain a robust soil microbiome.

Host Your Next Event at the Greenbank Farm!

Greenbank Farm, located centrally on beautiful Whidbey Island, has a number of facilities and lands available to rent for public or private events. Whether a party in the barn, an outdoor festival in our fields, or just some extra parking for an event elsewhere, we have you covered.