Come join us for a class or hands on workshop, or peruse an information table and ask us your gardening questions. We are out and about in King County all year-round sharing natural gardening advice and resources. Call or email to ask questions about any event.
NOVEMBER
Planning Your Garden for the Growing Season
Monday November 3, 2025 1:00 – 3:00 pm
King County Library – Newport Way
14250 SE Newport Way Bellevue WA 98006
Come learn how to plan your garden with next season in mind! Fall is the perfect time to reflect, take notes, and tackle seasonal tasks to support soil health for long-term garden success. It is also a great time to be planting trees, shrubs, and groundcovers.
Sponsored by the Hill n’ Dale Garden Club. Join them for the Gardening Lecture Series every month from October through April. Hill n’ Dale Garden Club meets the first Monday of each month from 1-3pm. The first hour is a special guest speaker. Gardeners of all skill levels welcome.
Newport Way Library – Registration not required.
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Growing Oyster Mushrooms at Home
Wednesday November 5, 2025 5:30 – 7:30 pm
King County Library – Fairwood
17009 140th Ave SE Renton, WA 98058
Make mushroom magic at home! Oyster mushrooms are easy to grow on your kitchen counter. Learn a little about the world of fungi including what benefits they have to a sustainable world. Make a kit to take home and sprout some you can eat!
Fairwood Library – FREE – please register
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Growing Houseplants Naturally
Tuesday November 18, 2025 6:30 – 8:00 pm
King County Library – Skyway
12601 76th Ave S Seattle, WA 98178
Houseplants can help keep the air in your home free of contaminants, relax us and beautify our environment. Learn about the best soil, pot and plant choices for your home and practice potting up small starts into a larger container to take home with you. Starting small saves money and gives you the fun of growing plants in their home!
Skyway Library – FREE – please register
Climate Change and Changing Gardens
Wednesday November 19, 2025 6:00 – 7:30 pm
King County Library – Fairwood
ONLINE PROGRAM
Our familiar Pacific Northwest weather patterns are seeing changes due to global climate change effects. How do these changes affect your garden and what do we need to know and do to keep our gardens successfully thriving? Join us for a look at the difference between climate and weather and the mitigation and adaptation techniques we can employ in our gardens, including healthy soil practices and plant choices for the future.
Fairwood Library – FREE – please register to receive link
Salmon Celebration Day ay Carkeek Park
Saturday, November 22, 2025 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Carkeek Park – 950 NW Carkeek Park Road Seattle, WA 98177
The Saturday before Thanksgiving, venture down to Carkeek Park with your family to share a true Northwest experience: local salmon spawning. Throughout November, Piper’s Creek in Carkeek Park is home to one of Seattle’s most viewer-friendly salmon runs. We will celebrate their homecoming with snacks and hot drinks, music and a dance performance, a salmon scavenger hunt for kids, activity booths, & “Bert the Salmon”. Salmon Stewards will help guide you. Join us!
The Garden Hotline will be present with a native seed planting activity and an educator to answer your natural gardening questions and we will be joined by the Master Composter Sustainability Stewards as well as a host of other great organizations and some entertainers.
- Beavers NW
- Carkeek Park Advisory Council
- Citywide Environmental Education Advisory Council
- Carkeek Park Gardens
- CWCAP
- Cascadia Museum
- Long Live the Kings
- Salmon Stewards
- Seattle Aquarium
- Seattle Urban Nature Guides /SPR City Wide Environmental Education
- Viewlands PTA
- Performances by:
- Jon and Rosy
- Sound and Fury Morris
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DECEMBER
The Importance of Evergreens
Wednesday December 3, 2025 4:00 – 6:00 pm
King County Library – Fairwood
17009 140th Ave SE Renton, WA 98058
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! Learn about how important they are to our environment and the services they provide.
Join us and make a seasonal evergreen decoration to take home!
Fairwood Library – FREE – please register
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The Importance of Evergreens
Saturday December 6, 2025 12:00 – 1:30 pm
King County Library – Kent
212 2nd Ave N Kent, WA 98032
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! Learn about how important they are to our environment and the services they provide.
Join us and make a seasonal evergreen decoration to take home!
Kent Library – FREE – please register (link coming soon)
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The Importance of Evergreens
Saturday December 13, 2025 2:00 – 3:30 pm
King County Library – Kent Panther Lake
20500 108th Ave SE Kent, WA 98031
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! Learn about how important they are to our environment and the services they provide.
Join us and make a seasonal evergreen decoration to take home!
Kent Panther Lake Library – FREE – please register (link coming soon)
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The Importance of Evergreens
Tuesday December 16, 2025 6:00 – 7:30 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! Learn about how important they are to our environment and the services they provide.
Join us and make a seasonal evergreen decoration to take home
Skyway Library – FREE – please register
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