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April 2015
Save Seattle’s Apples: Neighborhood Event (Beacon Hill)
Join City Fruit in Spring 2015 to help Save Seattle’s Apples! In an effort to build awareness and strengthen the health of Seattle’s urban fruit canopy, City Fruit is hosting neighborhood-specific pest prevention campaigns. Join us as we unite, then diverge to walk door to door in the Beacon Hill neighborhood educating and assisting homeowners in protecting their apple trees from pests. We will meet at Amy Yee Park (2000 Martin Luther King Jr. Way S) to receive supplies and learn proper…
Find out more »Edible & Sustainable Landscaping Workshop
You want your garden to be beautiful and productive at the same time. In this workshop, we’ll discuss ways to integrate edibles into a showy landscape, and how to grow and maintain that landscape in an environmentally friendly way. No registration required. Terry Maczuga has worked for Cloud Mountain Farm Center for 20 years. An avid gardener, she and her husband grow much of their own food in addition to tending a exceptional ornamental garden.
Find out more »May 2015
City Fruit – Save Seattle’s Apples: Orchard Pest Prevention
Join City Fruit in a series of work party events to Save Seattle’s Apples (See also May 16, May 17 and May 30). This spring campaign is meant to engage the community and promote awareness of the urban fruit trees, prevent common pests from spreading to nearby trees, keeping nutritious food from going to waste, and helping to preserve the biological diversity of fruit trees in Seattle. Sign-up here to volunteer.
Find out more »City Fruit – Apple Pest Prevention
Join City Fruit at the Good Shepherd Center orchard in Wallingford for a free apple pest prevention class sponsored by the City People’s garden store. We will go over the life cycle of Seattle’s most pervasive fruit tree pests and get some hands-on experience protecting the apple trees in the Good Shepherd Center orchard, which are found within and around the south parking lot. Register with the City People’s garden store to attend this free off-site class.
Find out more »Northwest Cider Association – Island Cider Night
Meet the cidermakers from five Island cideries.
Find out more »NABC – Business of Making Hard Cider
The Northwest Agriculture Business Center, WSU - Northwest Washington Research & Extension Center, and the Northwest Cider Association will present a one-day cider making business development workshop for new or existing operations. Industry professionals will provide information about production, economics, risk management and marketing that will provide assistance to both the veteran and the aspiring cider maker. The goal of this workshop is to help maximize cidery business performance. Classes will include: • Cidery Investment and Operating Costs • Buying…
Find out more »City Fruit – Save Seattle’s Apples: West Seattle Neighborhood Pest Prevention Packs
Join City Fruit in Spring 2015 to help Save Seattle’s Apples! In an effort to build awareness and strengthen the health of Seattle’s urban fruit canopy, City Fruit is hosting neighborhood-specific pest prevention campaigns. Join us as we unite, then diverge to walk door to door in West Seattle educating and assisting homeowners in protecting their apple trees from pests. Sign-up here to volunteer.
Find out more »City Fruit – Save Seattle’s Apples Orchard Volunteer
Join City Fruit in a series of work party events to Save Seattle’s Apples! This spring campaign is meant to engage the community and promote awareness of the urban fruit trees, prevent common pests from spreading to nearby trees, keeping nutritious food from going to waste, and helping to preserve the biological diversity of fruit trees in Seattle. City Fruit needs volunteers and volunteer groups to help place protective bags over the young apples in their orchard. These bags will…
Find out more »City Fruit – Save Seattle’s Apples Orchard Pest Prevention
Join City Fruit in a series of work party events to Save Seattle’s Apples! This spring campaign is meant to engage the community and promote awareness of the urban fruit trees, prevent common pests from spreading to nearby trees, keeping nutritious food from going to waste, and helping to preserve the biological diversity of fruit trees in Seattle. City Fruit needs volunteers and volunteer groups to help place protective bags over the young apples in their orchard. These bags will…
Find out more »Snohomish County Extension – Drip Irrigation Workshops
Master Gardener and drip irrigation expert Jeff Thompson cuts through all the confusion about drip irrigation systems in a hands-on workshop sponsored by WSU-Snohomish County Extension. The two-and-a-half hour workshop is designed to make a novice comfortable with all aspects of designing and implementing a low volume drip irrigation system for the home gardener. It includes what parts to use, where to get them, and most importantly, how not to waste resources by purchasing the wrong equipment. The workshop will…
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