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.
JULY
Garden Walk and IPM Talk
Sunday, July 13, 2025 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Seattle Public Library – High Point
3411 SW Raymond Street Seattle, WA 98126
Less than 5% of insects in your garden harm your plants or property, and many of them help you manage those pests that do! Join us to learn about how to identify good bugs from bad ones, how they help keep the aphids away, and who is pollinating your flowers in the garden so you can get fruit or save seed. We will take a walk to the West Seattle Bee Garden at the High Point Commons and go on a hunt for beneficial insects and pollinators. We will share a flower bouquet for you to bring home with you.
High Point Library – FREE – Please register
Pollinators and Beneficial Insects
Wednesday July 16, 2025 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
King County Library – Skyway
12601 76th Ave. S Seattle, WA 98178
Let your garden visitors do some gardening for you! Most insects have some beneficial effect, helping to manage plant-eating pests or pollinating flowering plants. Learn how to attract them to your garden and take home some seeds to plant things that will attract them.
Skyway Library – FREE – please register
Climate Change and Your Changing Garden
Wednesday July 16, 2025 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Tilth Alliance Children’s Garden
4649 Sunnyside Ave. N Seattle, WA 98103
Climate change is affecting our gardening practices, especially when it comes to how we water the garden. It’s more crucial than ever to learn how to adapt your watering practices to minimize water use and keep your plants healthy and hydrated. Come learn how to be a smart waterer for Climate Week in the Tilth Alliance Children’s Garden. You will also have the opportunity to make a commitment to continue watering the garden this summer to help keep the Children’s Garden thriving.
Climate Change Water Class and Work Party Sign Up Under Children’s Garden
Growing Herbs Naturally
King County Library – Kent
212 2nd Avenue N Kent, WA 98032
Herbs are easy to grow on your windowsill and can be a year round hobby. Or you can start them from seed and then find a good spot in your garden to put them in permanently. Get started seeding new plants in this hands-on workshop, learning how to choose the best herbs for you to grow. Explore annual, biennial and perennial varieties, best growing conditions, soil choices and pot sizes and plant some seeds for you to take home.
Kent Library – FREE – please register
Garden Walk and IPM Talk at McAuliffe Park
Thursday, July 24, 2025 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
McAuliffe Park
10824 NE 116th. St. Kirkland, WA 98034
Less than 5% of insects in your garden harm your plants or property, and many of them help you manage those pests that do! Join us to learn about how to identify good bugs from bad ones, how they help keep the aphids away, and who is pollinating your flowers in the garden so you can get fruit or save seed. We will take a walk through McAuliffe Park and go on a hunt for beneficial insects and pollinators and talk about how to create habitat to entice them to your garden.
Sponsored by Cascade Water Alliance
IPM Walk – FREE – Please register
New Holly Family Fun Fest, Health, Back to School Fair
Saturday, July 26, 2025 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
New Holly Neighborhood Campus
7054 32nd Ave S Seattle, WA 98118
Join in the gathering and pick up some health and school prep swag, or participate in music and dance activities while chatting with organizations who serve the New Holly community. Come to the Garden Hotline table for advice on your summer gardening, watering, and insect management advice. We will have great informational brochures to share and some seeds for summer planting. Sponsored by Neighborhood House and Seattle Housing Authority.
No registration required
Start Your Fall and Winter Garden
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 6:00 – 8:00 pm
King County Library – Fairwood
17009 140th Ave SE Renton, WA 98058
Just when the summer garden is booming all of a sudden it is time to be thinking about what’s next for fall and winter. In the mild climate of the maritime Pacific Northwest we are able to continue growing crops into the fall, through frosts, and even overwinter some varieties of veggies. Now is the time to be thinking about where to tuck in the last crop of carrots or beets as row crops, or how to protect the last of your lettuce plants as the weather turns frosty later this fall. Do you have room for an overwintering cabbage or broccoli, or a fall sown row of peas? Come lean how to maximize your harvest and keep the garden growing naturally all year long,
Fairwood Library – please register link coming soon