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After the flood: Master Gardener Plant Sale returns

It's time to get gardening

Master Gardener Foundation President Vic Knox (left) and Linda Burns prepare tomato starts while surrounded by other plants.
Master Gardener Foundation President Vic Knox (left) and Linda Burns prepare tomato starts in one of the organization's greenhouses at Hovander Homestead Park. This year, the tomato team is growing 55 varieties of tomatoes, which will be sold both online and at the in-person sale. (Photo courtesy of Whatcom County Master Gardeners)
By Amy Kepferle Staff Reporter
When November's epic rainfall caused 6 feet of flooding at Ferndale's Hovander Homestead Park, Whatcom County Master Gardeners' demonstration gardens and greenhouses at the site were in deep trouble. Barbara King, the chair of this year's Whatcom Master Gardener Plant Sale, said that despite the extensive damage, it could've been worse.  Everything at the park was coated in a film of silt, gravel paths were stripped bare, fences were washed away, signposts were demolished and the over

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