This Weeks' Top Plant Picks: Currants Aronia Blueberries Seaberry Goumi Goji Highbush Cranberry Rainier Cherry Almonds

What's Happening: We will be selling our plants at the spring Master Gardener Sale at the WSU facility in Puyallup on Mother's Day weekend 5/10-5/11. Proceeds from the sale support the Master Gardener Program!

Directions to the Master Gardener Sale:

WSU Puyallup Center

WSU Puyallup Research & Extension Center is located at 7612 Pioneer Way East just west of downtown Puyallup. Business hours are Monday to Friday from 8 AM until 4:30 PM. Our business telephone number is (253)445-4501 or toll free at 866-458-0195. Our FAX number is (253)445-4571.

From Eastern Washington:

• Take I-90 west across Snoqualmie Pass.
• Exit 4 miles past North Bend on Exit 25, Hwy 18 (Auburn-Tacoma).
• Take Hwy 18 past Auburn and exit on Hwy 167 South.
• Take the Puyallup exit that turns into Hwy 512 West (Puyallup-Olympia).
• Exit onto Pioneer Way, turn left (west) on Pioneer Way and go through Puyallup 2 miles to the WSU Puyallup Research & Extension Center on the left. (Just past the Fruitland Ave intersection.)

From the North:

• Take I-5 south to exit 135 to WA-167 N (28th St). This exit will put you onto Bay Street that goes back under the freeway and connects to River Road. Get in the right lane.
• Turn right onto Pioneer Way E. at the intersection where the road splits.
• Continue on Pioneer Way E. This curves around and comes to the intersection at Canyon Road and Pioneer Way E. Here, Pioneer Way E turns into Pioneer Ave E.
• Continue on Pioneer Av E to the next light. This is the intersection of Pioneer Way, 72nd, and Woodland Ave. Turn left at this intersection. Immediately get in the righthand lane.
• The WSU entrance is just past the old gray and crimson colored Victorian house on the right.

From the South:

• Take I-5 north to exit 127 (Puyallup-Mt. Rainier) onto Hwy 512 East.
• Take the 4th Puyallup exit (Pioneer Way).
• Turn left on Pioneer Way heading west.
• Go 2 miles through Puyallup (from Meridian go through 3 stop lights). There is a sign with Washington State University Research & Extension Center on the left just past Fruitland Ave.

Alternate Route Using Hwy 512:

• Take the Canyon Road-Summit exit.
• Turn left at the light onto Canyon Road heading north.
• Go north to 72nd St. E.
• Turn right at the light. Stay in the righthand lane, and go down the hill.
• Continue about a ¼ mile. The WSU entrance is just past the old Victorian house on the right.

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