Seed Starting 2025

Paul Matalucci is a flower farmer and owns Apple Core Farm & Cut Flowers near Odell.

HOOD RIVER — Back by popular demand, Seed Starting will be the first presentation of the 2025 Garden Gathering series. Central Gorge Master Gardeners Paul Matalucci and Dennis Carlson will offer an encore presentation of this popular and informative workshop. Matalucci is a flower farmer and owns Apple Core Farm & Cut Flowers near Odell, while Carlson specializes in food production at his homestead garden near Hood River and the FISH Food Bank Garden. Both of these OSU Master Gardener volunteers have extensive knowledge and experience in starting seeds for bountiful harvests.

Seed Starting 2025

Dennis Carlson specializes in food production at his homestead garden near Hood River and the FISH Food Bank Garden.

Participants at the Garden Gathering Seed Starting presentation will learn practical tips that can be put to use at their homes. Topics that will be covered in this fun and interactive presentation include: