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 States

Soil 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 States

Soil 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 States

Container 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 States

This 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 States

This 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 States

With 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 States

This 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 States

Imagine 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 States

We 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 States

In 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 States

Learn 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 States

With 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.