January

Happy New Year!!

January 9

Event: Beginning Vegetable Gardening
Host: WSU Extension Kitsap Master Gardener Program
Location: Norm Dicks Government Center, Bremerton
Time: 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Details: Register Now! Please visit our website. This class is for those who are brand new to gardening and want an overview class, or for those who had gardens in 2009 for the first time ever (or the first time in a long time) and things didn't work out exactly as hoped!
Topics to be covered:
* Soils, fertility and other requirments for vegetables, pests and diseases, weeds, water needs/systems, planning and common pitfalls
* How to read a seed catalogue
* Plenty of time for questions and fun!

January 14

Event: Come Celebrate Networking
Host: Mary West
Location: Comfort Inn & Suites, 5640 Kitsap Way
Time: 5:30 PM-9:00 PM
Details: Come Celebrate Networking -- Kitsap County's Premier Networking Event of 2010 at the Comfort Inn & Suites, Main Ballroom, 5640 Kitsap Way, Bremerton $10 entry fee
Networking is a powerful way to grow your business. Get the skills to effectively use this tool at "Come Celebrate Networking." You'll also make many new contacts while putting your improved networking skills into action.
Successful Kitsap County entrepreneurs will share their best tips on tapping into the power of networking to increase business. You'll learn from Master Networkers how to make hundreds of new contacts, to see opportunity everywhere, to work a networking event like a master. You'll find out how to make your business card a marketing tool and to use promotional products to build business. Discover the power of relationship marketing and customer appreciation. Presenters will tell you how to use social media to build your business, the benefits of using a coach, and how to relieve stress and stay healthy.
There will be time before and after presentations to connect with other local business people. The doors open early, at 5:00 pm, for informal networking.
For More Information: Website or by contacting Mary West @360-509-3784 or Email.

January 16- February 20

Event: Advanced Organic Vegetable Gardening
Host: WSU Extension Kitsap Master Gardener Program
Location: Norm Dicks Government Center, Bremerton
Time: 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Details: Register Now! Please visit our website. This is a series of classes that may be taken individually or as a series.

January 27

Event: Winter Night Time Beach Walks
Host: Kitsap Beach Watchers
Location: Lions Park
Time: 7:00 PM-7:00 AM
Details: Join naturalists from the Kitsap Beach Watchers program to marvel at beach life during low tide. Bring flashlights and headlamps, and waterproof clothes and boots.
For More Information: Lisa Rillie, 360-337-7157 or Email.