Sustainable Ballard Festival

Saturday, September 30, 2023   11 am – 4 pm

Loyal Heights Community Center

2701 N.W. 77th St.  Seattle, WA 98117

Family-friendly, fun, FREE, and full of surprises! Visit local sustainable businesses and non-profits, catch some live music and enjoy refreshments from local food trucks. We’ll have lots of new activities plus some old favorites. Attend workshops, play games and quizzes for prizes, try some DIY projects, enjoy some free samples and learn new ways to lower your carbon footprint! The Sustainable Ballard Festival is a fantastically fun opportunity to learn together, get inspired, and discover new ways to live more lightly on the earth. Visit the Garden Hotline booth for free seeds, great brochures, and fun yard talk! 

Sustainable Ballard Festival – no registration needed 

Fall Soil Care in Your Edible and Ornamental Garden

Saturday, October 7, 2023 – 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

Marlene’s Market online bi-monthly class series.

Protecting soil in the fall for the coming winter rains is a crucial step to keeping your garden healthy. Learn how to chooses types of mulch for different areas of the garden, what seed to plant for cover crops and where to use them, and other methods to protect soil.

Join with Marlene’s Market

Delridge Farmers Market

Saturday, October 7, 2023  10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Hope Academy – 9421 18th Ave. S.W.  Seattle, WA 98106

Come to one of the last of the Delridge Market days for the 2023 season and talk gardens with us! We can help you think about what’s important and best ways to approach garden tasks to put your garden to bed for the winter. We will have great literature to share, free seeds and some interesting plants to share for the Delridge Market community. Find some wonderful fall harvests to bring home, eat some tasty hot food, and try culturally diverse food offerings from farmers and entrepreneurs from around the globe while you are there and support a diverse BIPOC community. 

Delridge Farmers Market – no registration needed

Safe and Healthy Edible Gardening

Thursday, October 12, 2023  1:00 – 2:30 pm

King County Library – Renton

100 Mill Avenue S.   Seattle, WA 9057

Edible gardening is increasing in popularity and it is important to know if the site, soil and containers you have chosen are safe to use. Learn how to choose safe materials for raised beds, determine how healthy your soil is and which sites in your garden will be most suitable for edible plants. head home with some brochures on natural gardening and seeds to get you started next year. 

Register at the Renton Library

Fall Garden Preparation

Saturday, October 14, 2023 – 9:30 – 10:30 am – online on Zoom

A class in the Series 2, 2023 Master Gardener’s in King County Bellevue Demonstration Garden Series

Get a jump on spring by preparing your garden properly in the fall. Learn how to protect your soil over winter with different mulches and cover crops. Good fall plantings will also be discussed, to encourage and support wildlife in your garden in the winter.

Master Gardeners in King County – Bellevue Demonstration Garden Series

Composting at Home

Tuesday, October 17, 2023  5:30 – 7:00 pm

King County Library – Lake Forest Park

17171 Bothell Way N.E.  Lake Forest Park, WA 98155

Making compost at home is a fun and rewarding project, especially when working with red worms! We will be sharing how to compost food waste and creating a simple kitchen countertop worm bin to get you started learning how it all works. Save those good eggshells, coffee grounds, veggie peelings to share with your new best composting friends. Once you get the hang of it you can graduate to a large outdoor worm bin and really make some garden gold. 

Register at Lake Forest Park Library  

Fall Groundwork in the Natural Garden

Wednesday, October 18, 2023  5:30 – 7:00 pm

King County Library – Richmond Beach 

19601 21st. Ave. N.W.  Shoreline, WA 98177

Get a jump on spring by taking care of the garden in fall! We’ll cover the maritime northwest climate and microclimates, how to protect your soil for the winter with mulch and cover crops, types of mulch, fall planting, plant choices good for the northwest, lawn care tasks to do now that will save you time in the growing season and tips for winterizing your garden. Take home some great reference brochures and some seeds for next season.  

Register at Richmond Beach Library 

RainWise Garden Celebration

Saturday, October 21, 2023  10:00 am – 1:00 pm

Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church

7500 Greenwood Ave. N.  Seattle, WA 98103

This event is in-person and outdoors. The folks at RainWise are hosting a Garden Celebration! This event features garden experts of all sorts and will benefit all Seattle residents with an interest in gardening.

You will be able to talk to an array of gardening, rainwater catchment and composting experts including the Garden Hotline, go on a garden tour to see a RainWise rain garden in action, explore funding opportunities for rain gardens, cisterns and other green infrastructure solutions, talk with homeowners who have been through the RainWise installation process, and meet with different RainWise contractors and have the chance to ask questions specific to your homes.

There will be activities for kids and refreshments available!

Register at Eventbrite – RainWise Garden Celebration 

Fall Groundwork in the Natural Garden

Monday, October 23, 2023   11 am – 12:30 pm

King County Library – Renton Highlands 

2801 NE 10th St, Renton, WA 98056

Get a jump on spring by taking care of the garden in fall! We’ll cover the maritime northwest climate and microclimates, how to protect your soil for the winter with mulch and cover crops, types of mulch, fall planting, plant choices good for the northwest, lawn care tasks to do now that will save you time in the growing season and tips for winterizing your garden. Take home some great reference brochures and some seeds for next season.  

Register at the Renton Highlands Library 

Fall Groundwork in the Natural Garden

Wednesday, October 25, 2023  6:30 – 8:00 pm

King County Library – Skyway

12601 76th Avenue S.   Seattle, WA 98178

Get a jump on spring by taking care of the garden in fall! We’ll cover the maritime northwest climate and microclimates, how to protect your soil for the winter with mulch and cover crops, types of mulch, fall planting, plant choices good for the northwest, lawn care tasks to do now that will save you time in the growing season and tips for winterizing your garden. Take home some great reference brochures and some seeds for next season. 

Register at Skyway Library – link coming soon

Growing Oyster Mushrooms at Home

Monday, November 6, 2023 – 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

King County Library – Renton Highlands

2801 NE 10th St, Renton, WA 98056

Oyster mushrooms are easy to grow on your kitchen counter! Learn a little about the fabulous world of fungi including what benefits they have to a sustainable world and make a kit to take home and sprout some you can eat! We bring the materials and teach you how to inoculate the materials they grow on. 

Register at Renton Highlands Library 

Growing Microgreens for the Space Challenged Gardener

Thursday, November 9, 2023  1:00 – 2:30 pm

King County Library – Renton

100 Mill Avenue South  Renton, WA 98057

Microgreens are nutritious, delicious and easy to grow, even on a balcony or windowsill. For urban gardeners without much space to grow you can have fun exploring the world of microgreens in your home. Suitable to grow year round. We will share best soil choices and watering practices, how to reclaim materials to use as pots and watering bottles, and best types of edible plants to grow. Plant and take home a kit to get started. 

Register at the Renton Library

Growing Oyster Mushrooms at Home

Tuesday, November 14, 2023  5:30 – 7:00 pm

King County Library – Lake Forest Park

17171 Bothell Way NE Lake Forest Park, WA 98155

Oyster mushrooms are easy to grow on your kitchen counter! Learn a little about the fabulous world of fungi including what benefits they have to a sustainable world and make a kit to take home and sprout some you can eat! We bring the materials and teach you how to inoculate the materials they grow on. 

Register at Lake Forest Park Library 

Safe and Healthy Edible Gardening

Wednesday, November 15, 2023  5:30 – 7:00 pm

King County Library – Richmond Beach

19601 21st Ave NW, Shoreline, WA 98177

Edible gardening is increasing in popularity and it is important to know if the site, soil and containers you have chosen are safe to use. Learn how to choose safe materials for raised beds, determine how healthy your soil is and which sites in your garden will be most suitable for edible plants. head home with some brochures on natural gardening and seeds to get you started next year. 

Register at the Richmond Beach Library

The Importance of Evergreens 

Wednesday, November 29  6:30 – 8:00 pm

King County Library – Skyway

12601 76th Ave. S Seattle, WA 98178

Evergreen conifers are a familiar presence in the Pacific Northwest landscape. They provide year round structure and beauty in the garden, but that’s not all! Come learn about how important they are to our environment and the services they provide us managing storm-water, cooling and protecting our homes, and providing food and shelter for northwest wildlife in the garden. Join us for a short lecture on these wonderful plants and make a seasonal evergreen decoration to take home. 

Register at the Skyway Library – link coming soon

Appreciating and Reviewing the Growing Season in Your Garden

Saturday, December 2, 2023  10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Marlene’s Market online bi-monthly class series.

Winter is time to review how your garden grew this past growing season. Plan for next year using lessons learned or ideas you came up with as you tended the garden. This is the time to evaluate watering methods, pest, weed, and disease management techniques, pollinator health in your garden. Join us for a fun discussion of what we all learned this year! On Zoom and Facebook live. 

Join with Marlene’s Market

The Importance of Evergreens 

Saturday, December 2, 2023 2:00 – 3:30 pm

King County Library – Issaquah

10 W Sunset Way, Issaquah, WA 98027

Evergreen conifers are a familiar presence in the Pacific Northwest landscape. They provide year round structure and beauty in the garden, but that’s not all! Come learn about how important they are to our environment and the services they provide us managing storm-water, cooling and protecting our homes, and providing food and shelter for northwest wildlife in the garden. Join us for a short lecture on these wonderful plants and make a seasonal evergreen decoration to take home. 

Register at the Issaquah Library

Beneficial Insects in the Garden

Monday, December 4, 2023  11:00 am – 12:30 pm

King County Library – Renton Highlands

2801 NE 10th St, Renton, WA 98056

Beneficial insects help us manage our gardens by pollinating flowers and parasitizing, eating and otherwise eliminating pests. Pollinators support 1/3 of the food we eat and are under great stress in our environment. Learn how to protect beneficial insects in your garden. Head home with some resources to support your garden plans to benefit beneficial insects and some seeds for next year. 

Register at Renton Highlands Library

Water and the Urban Landscape

Thursday, December 7, 2023  1:00 – 2:30 pm

King County Library – Renton

100 Mill Avenue S Renton, WA 98057

Proper management of the rainwater runoff from our downspouts, driveways and other paved surfaces is becoming more important each year. Get an overview of the local watershed we live in, why we are concerned about storm water and ways to make sure our daily activities do not become a source for pollution. Take home some good resources about how to make changes in your landscape to conserve water and manage runoff. 

Register at the Renton Library

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