Compost and Soil: It’s All About What’s Below Your Feet
Pierce County Library - Lakewood Branch 10202 Gravelly Lake Drive SW, Lakewood, WA, United StatesSoil is alive. Learn how to create great soil by using compost and working with mother nature. It’s about creating sustainable and healthy soil that makes your garden grow.
Compost and Soil: It’s All About What’s Below Your Feet
Pierce County Library - Dupont Branch 1540 Wilmington Dr, DuPont, WA, United StatesSoil is alive. Learn how to create great soil by using compost and working with mother nature. It’s about creating sustainable and healthy soil that makes your garden grow.
Container Gardening
Pierce County Library - Fife Branch 6622 20th St E, Fife, WA, United StatesContainer gardening is a fantastic way to grow plants in a limited space, bringing beauty and fresh produce right to your doorstep! This presentation will cover: choosing the right containers, selecting appropriate plants, understanding soil and watering needs, and providing essential nutrients.
Attracting Native Bees to your Garden Oasis
McLendon Hardware - Tacoma 1015 N Pearl St., Tacoma, WA, United StatesThis interactive presentation will provide attendees with an ability to discern between native and non-native bees. Attendees will learn simple strategies to put in place in their home garden to attract and support native bees.
Attracting Native Bees to your Garden Oasis
Puyallup Public Library 324 S Meridian, Puyallup, WA, United StatesThis interactive presentation will provide attendees with an ability to discern between native and non-native bees. Attendees will learn simple strategies to put in place in their home garden to attract and support native bees.
Reimagining Your Lawn
McLendon Hardware - Puyallup 11307 Canyon Rd E, Puyallup, WA, United StatesWith our changing climate and lifestyle, the typical suburban lawn has become costly to maintain in terms of time and money spent. This presentation covers how we got to the modern ‘putting green’ lawn model and explores alternatives that are more sustainable and may be better suited to the way you live today.
Climate Friendly Veggie Gardening
Tacoma Public Library - Moore Branch 215 South 56th St, Tacoma, WA, United StatesThis presentation focuses on learning ways to become resilient in the face of climate change. Growing a vegetable garden with EASE involves Evaluating your carbon footprint, Adapting to climate change realities, Sustaining soil health and Enjoying your garden!
Cultivate Joy: Growing a cut flower garden
Tacoma Public Library - Fern Hill Branch 765 South 84th St, Tacoma, United StatesImagine growing and harvesting your own beautiful bouquets to enjoy indoors and share with others! This program covers the foundations of a successful cut flower garden including how to select, grow and harvest flowers that thrive in our PNW summers and do well in the vase.
Small Fruits and Berries
Tacoma Public Library - Moore Branch 215 South 56th St, Tacoma, WA, United StatesWe will cover the general needs and wants of small fruits and berries in the Pacific Northwest. We will also take a deeper dive and cover some specifics for selected fruits and berries. Then we’ll take a look as some of the lesser-known and more unusual fruits and cover their needs including pruning and fertilizing.
Getting Going: A Gardener’s Response to Climate Change
Puyallup Public Library 324 S Meridian, Puyallup, WA, United StatesIn this presentation we teach ways to create resilient landscapes that are adapted to our changing climate. Discussion on the impact of climate change on people, wildlife and ecosystems, the role we can play and cover techniques for home landscaping.
Successfully Growing Tomatoes in the PNW
Tacoma Public Library - Wheelock Branch 3722 North 26th Street, Tacoma, WA, United StatesLearn how to grow mouth-watering tomatoes in our maritime PNW climate. You can do it by learning some simple helpful-hints for making the most out of our cooler & shorter growing season.
Reimagining Your Lawn
McLendon Hardware - Sumner 1111 Fryar Ave, Sumner, WA, United StatesWith our changing climate and lifestyle, the typical suburban lawn has become costly to maintain in terms of time and money spent. This presentation covers how we got to the modern ‘putting green’ lawn model and explores alternatives that are more sustainable and may be better suited to the way you live today.