Gardening

Wallingford Greenhouse Project Needs Volunteers

Calling all Wallingford green thumbs! The Greenhouse Project is looking to recruit some volunteers to help grow fresh and organic produce for local food banks.  Volunteers will be dedicating their time towards growing thousands of vegetable starts in a lower Wallingford greenhouse, which then will be distributed by Lettuce Link to P-Patches around the city.  All vegetables will then be donated to food banks. If you're interested in volunteering for the local greenhouse project there is an orientation and workshop on Saturday,…

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Fruit Boom

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On Monday we told you about all the volunteer and internship options at Seattle Tilth, figuring we'd get you in the mood for the impending Spring. Continuing that theme, we bring you a series of classes on improving your gardening acumen. Barb writes: Would you like your fruit trees to produce more fruit? Do you wonder what's all the buzz about mason bees? Think it's time for your fruit trees to join a fruit tree guild? City Fruit, the city-wide organization…

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Gardening Galore

Sure, summertime may seem like it's forever away, but honestly, our money says that you'll start to see the crocuses poking their purple little heads up by the end of next month. It's time to start thinking about that summer garden, so here's something to get you in the mood. Liza over at Seattle Tilth tells us there's a host of volunteer and internship opportunities open and waiting for you. No better way to learn your way around the vegetable patch than…

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Free Trees for Planting

We recently learned that the City was giving away trees (for planting) to Seattle residents through December 6th.  Before we could publish about it, though, all the trees were spoken for. Until now.  Jana Dilley, a Certified Arborist with the Seattle reLeaf project, let us know that some folks never claimed their trees.  And now they can be yours. Jana says: The Trees for Neighborhoods program has a number of trees that were unclaimed by original applicants. These trees will be…

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New Digs For Seattle Tilth

Seattle Tilth has moved and wants you to come check out their new location tomorrow night, from 5-8:30 pm.  They're still in the Good Shepherd Center basement (4649 Sunnyside Avenue N.), only down the hall from their old space, in Suite 100. Here's their invite: You're invited! Come to Seattle Tilth’s Open House this Thursday and help celebrate our new office and classroom, recent accomplishments and exciting new programs. Enjoy treats from Herban Feast and a workshop about making culinary herb…

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Winter in the Garden with Tilth

Garden looking tired and needing to be put to bed?  Tilth can help you get its jammies on and tucked under the covers: Putting the Garden to Bed; Nov. 6, 10 AM- Noon Fall is a fantastic time to replenish the soil that has offered you its bounty all year long.  Find out how you can maximize this important time of the year and jump start your garden next spring. What about making use of all that rain that's coming soon? …

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Meridian School cleans up

On Thursday morning, kindergartners through fifth graders from The Meridian School were out at Meridian Park and on nearby Bagley raking, weeding, sweeping, and picking up litter.   The efforts were a part of The Meridian School’s annual fall Community Service Day.  At the north end of the park, fourth graders worked with an arborist from Sustainable Wallingford to measure trees, while parents worked hard at an apple press, making homemade cider.  I gotta tell ya -- honestly --  it was the…

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