Free Local Workshops

Our free natural yard care workshops teach you how easy and rewarding gardening can be. Join us and receive great advice about natural yard design from some of the region's most notable experts.

Workshops 
Freaky Family Fun
Trick or treat! Join us at Heronswood for our annual festival of fright, with creepy characters wandering the grounds, spooky spectres in the woodland, and a chilling display of lights. We provide a safe place for kids to trick-or-treat along our illuminated pumpkin trail, and a Trail of Terror for the older kids. Food and drink available to buy.
Where:
Heronswood Garden
7530 NE 288th St
When:
Friday, October 18, 2024, 05:00 PM to 09:00 PM

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Natural Yard Care - Green Seattle Day
Join in on the restoration work for Green Seattle Day at the Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands – help remove noxious weeds and plant native plants and peruse the Garden Hotline’s educational offerings about building healthy wildlife habitat in your own garden.
Where:
Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands
5513 S Cloverdale St
When:
Saturday, October 26, 2024, 11:00 AM to 03:00 PM

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Central Puget Sound: Garry Oak Restoration in the Salish Sea Region with Robert Steelquist

In this program, Robert Steelquist will present an overview of Garry oak (Quercus garryana) natural history, its historic and present ranges, ecological benefits and current status. The presentation also covers Indigenous ecological management as well as progress made in oak restoration on the vestigial Sequim Prairie, where over 2,000 oak seedlings were planted in 2002 and 2003 in cooperation with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.  

A photographer and writer, Robert Steelquist is a board member of the Olympic Chapter of the Washington State Native Plant Society. In this presentation he shares his long-standing commitment to oak woodland restoration at a critical turning point in climate change and habitat loss. He is author of 13 books of Pacific Northwest natural history. His most recent book is The Northwest Coastal Explorer (Timber Press, 2016). Mr. Steelquist spent his career serving in state and federal environment organizations including the National Park Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and has served on boards of directors of many nonprofit conservation organizations. He holds a Master of Environmental Studies degree from The Evergreen State College.


Where:
Mountaineers Program Center, Cascade Room
7700 Sand Point Way N.E.
When:
Thursday, November 7, 2024, 07:00 PM to 08:00 PM

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