Gardening

Edible Plant Sale Photo Album

Despite chilly, blustery, damp weather gardeners turned out in record numbers this weekend for Seattle Tilth's Annual Edible Plant Sale. "Wristband entry", new this year, was in force where buyers were assigned a time to enter to even out the load.  Arrive early if you don't want to wait! Long lines formed but there were plenty of other distractions. Donuts! Talks! Crafts! The lucky ones who had been able to get their plants finally emerged from the picnic shelter ready to…

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Tilth Edible Plant Sale – Grow Your Veggies!

Get your garden on!  Seattle Tilth's Annual Edible Plant Sale is coming up on Saturday, May 1st and Sunday, May 2nd at the Good Shepherd Center.  Those rows and rows of tiny seedlings are so hopeful and enticing, aren't they?  Or, if you don't garden, come for the festive atmosphere, food booths and kids' activities. Take part in this annual spring garden ritual and choose from the largest selection of organically, sustainably and locally grown vegetable starts in Seattle. Beginning and…

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Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary…

Do you have a garden you'd love to show off? The Wallingford Neighborhood Office hopes to add a few more gardens to the 2010 Wallingford Garden Tour and would love to hear from you if you're interested in making your garden available to neighbors on June 6th.  Jennifer Veninga, the Chair of the Tour, says:  "It would be great to get a garden with both ornamentals and edibles-as always the tour is low key; we want to include a variety of gardens."…

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Growing Young Gardeners

Let's face it, kids like nothing better than mucking around in dirt.  And messing with sticks and harassing worms.  The Children's Garden at Seattle Tilth, tucked southwest of the Good Shepherd Center, allows them to indulge their primal side to their hearts' content while nurturing knowledge about gardening and a love of nature. I recently chatted with Lisa Taylor, the exuberant, ukulele-playing Children's Program Manager.  She said the Children's Garden was conceived in 1988 when the Center's unused swimming pool was…

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Permaculture intensive

Feeling a bit garden shy? Not sure your thumb is green enough? Jenny Pell of PermaCulture Now is offering a two-day, intensive class to learn you right: Design and Plant an Urban Edible Yard When: April 17 - 18, 10 - 5 both days Cost: $195, some work trade available (offer something to barter!) Teachers: Jenny Pell and Marisha Auerbach Imagine transforming an urban lawn into an abundant garden in a weekend! Join us and learn: - Design techniques to quickly…

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Tilth’s Surprise Sale

Don’t you love it when life gives you second chances? Seattle Tilth held an Early Season Edible Plant Sale last weekend at Magnuson Park. After all the standard weekend errands, I looked at my watch around 2:30 and thought, “YIKES! I’d better get over to the Tilth sale before all my favorite early spring veggies are gone . . .” Before I threw the little red wagon into the car, I hopped on the web to check the location. Wouldn't you…

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Edible Plant Sale this weekend

Magnuson Park is outside our bailiwick, but we're big enough fans of the edible garden that we're going to post it anyway: Wallingford-based Seattle Tilth will be holding their first-ever Early Spring Edible Plant Sale this Saturday, March 20, 9 a.m.- 2 p.m at Magnuson Park, Hangar 30. If you want your pick of the choicest plants, head on over tonight, Friday from 5:30 - 7:00 pm for their Early Bird Sale. Sale benefits Seattle Tilth. Don't worry if you miss…

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