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Cool, Wet, Marine Climate of Ocean Shores

A tiny city, Ocean Shores is only 6 miles long and 2 miles wide.  Our general maritime climate is cool, wet, and windy, but along our little peninsula there are enough micro-climate and soil differences that one plant might grow well in one area and not at all only a mile or two away.     […]
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Calling All Gardeners

Spring is springing.  Our ocean plants are pushing up through the cold, wet soil that winter has left us.  Bit by bit the days are getting longer. With the sun rising before 7am now, we have just over 12 hours of daylight.  Temperatures are warming by fits and starts.  Although weather scientists define spring as […]
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Do You Have Spring Bulbs Breaking Ground?

As usual we’ve had a lot of wind and rain this winter, but we’ve also had some early, sunny, relatively warm days too.  Have you taken a look outside at the bulb garden you planted last fall?  Are your bulbs like mine – already a few inches of leaves breaking through the soil?  It’s more […]
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Salt in Coastal Gardens

At the end of the Punic Wars (264-146 BC) the Romans destroyed the great Phoenician city of Carthage and burned it to the ground.  After a century of war, the Romans wanted to be sure Carthage would never rise again.  It was rumored that Rome sowed the entire city with salt so that there would […]
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House Plants Part 2

We looked at growing plants indoors and noted a few holiday plants:  Christmas Cactus, Amaryllis, Anthurium, and Poinsettia.  If you had any of these, most should still be doing well, assuming you read their tags and paid attention to specific light, humidity, temperature, and watering needs. I bought the light pink Christmas Cactus, pictured in […]
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House Plants Part 1

Yes, yes, the holidays are here, in full force.  TV commercials are sprinkled with falling snow, the lovely kind.  Not the slushy, dirty kind or the cold, frozen kind that creates spinouts or fender benders. And certainly not any kind of snow we are likely to see here at Ocean Shores. Our holidays are more […]
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Plot Rentals:

Are you interested in renting a garden plot? New plots are assigned at our Garden Opening the first Saturday in April. Email us for an appointment or for general information See CONTACT US: for email link.

Contact Us:

Email:

info@gardenbytheseaoceanshores.org

Mail Letters/Donations:

Garden By The Sea – P.O. Box 721  Ocean Shores, WA 98569

 Physical Address:

824 Ocean Shores Blvd NW, Ocean Shores, WA 98569

We are located behind Tugboat Granny’s & Galilean Lutheran Church

Volunteering:

Do you have an hour a week to spare? If so, consider volunteering at Garden by the Sea. We always need help keeping the garden watered, weed, and repaired! See CONTACT US: for email link.