The Washington State University Master Gardeners of Grays Harbor and Pacific Counties set two events in early October.

On Oct. 6, the second season of its First Saturday how-to workshops will debut with “Fall into Gardening,” which will focus on preparations for winter gardening.

It is 10 a.m.-noon at the WSU Extension Office meeting room, Grays Harbor County Fairgrounds in Elma.

Topics of discussion will include when to expect the first winter frost; seed saving; devices that can help extend the growing season; and what to plant that will thrive during the colder months.

A plant clinic will follow the workshop.

Other upcoming First Saturday workshops (same time and place) are “Pruning, Planting and Pests,” Nov. 3; and “Holiday Gardening,” Dec. 1.

For questions about the First Saturday workshops, email Katie Lutz at katielutz15@gmail.com.

On Oct. 11, the group will host “An Autumn Morning in the Garden,” where visitors are invited to gather seeds from the flowers and vegetables growing in the Demonstration Garden.

The garden, which also is at the fairgrounds in Elma, will be open 9 a.m.-noon, rain or shine. There is no charge, and no need to preregister.

For information about the Master Gardener program or the Demonstration Garden, visit extension.wsu.edu/graysharbor/mg.