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.
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Kuleana Corridor at Folklife Festival
Saturday May 24, 2025 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Seattle Center – McCaw Hall Walkway
321 Mercer St. Seattle, WA 98109
Find us in the Kuleana Corridor at the Northwest Folklife Festival to ask your questions about veggies, herbs, flowers, and fruit plants – how to grow, how to protect from insects and disease, and how to build healthy soil to nourish them. Mingle with our partners in food justice African Community Housing and Development, City Fruit, Danny Woo Garden, Nurturing Roots, Plant Based Food Share, and Regeneration Farm. Get inspired to grow some healthy organic produce for your self. Make, plant, and take a paper pot of seeds to grow at home.
Your Vegetable Garden as Backyard Habitat
Tuesday May 27, 2025 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
King County Library – Skyway 12601 76th Ave. S Seattle, WA 98178
Even the smallest leaf in the garden is habitat to something! Learn about how to envision your veggie garden as a habitat to keep beneficial insects happy and bad bugs and diseases at bay. Eliminate pesticide use while creating a diverse and abundant food garden.
Skyway Library – please register
Vegetable Gardening 101
Thursday May 30, 2025 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
King County Library – Kent 212 2nd Ave. N Kent, WA 98032
Growing vegetables at home offers you a chance to try some varieties of things that are hard to find locally in a grocery store. Learn how to read a seed packet, when to start seeds indoors or if you can plant them directly in the garden and what kind of conditions are best for a veggie garden at your home. Take home some seed packets and small starts to get you growing.
Kent Library Registration is not required
Beaver Night!
Friday May 30, 2025 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
5513 S. Cloverdale St. Seattle, WA 98118
Come join us at Rainier Beach Urban Farm & Wetlands for a fun and educational night about beavers with Beavers Insights, Beavers Northwest, and the Washington State Dept. of Fish and Wildlife. We will be learning about beaver behavior and their habitat in our urban waterways!This event is free, family-friendly and open to all. Please wear appropriate shoes, and we recommend bringing bug spray.
The Garden Hotline will have an information table with wildlife gardening advice!
Beaver Night at Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands – registration not required
Shark Garden – Burien Garden Tour
Saturday, May 31, 2025 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
614 SW 120th St. Seattle, WA 98146
The Shark Garden is part of the Burien Garden Tour this year, a ticketed event that supports beautification projects in downtown Burien. Volunteer with the garden and get into the tour for free. Stop by our Garden hotline info table that day to chat gardens of all kinds! We support pollinator gardens, wildlife gardens, native plants, vegetables, trees and shrubs and lawns with natural gardening advice. Peruse our table for free seeds and great informational brochures.
Shark Garden at the Burien Garden Tour Register for a ticket