UP Community Garden taking applications from new gardeners
Do you live in University Place or near Evergreen Primary School? Do you want to get your hands dirty this spring and summer? Do you like growing your own food? Do you want to help our local Foodbank?...
View ArticleSteilacoom Kiwanis flower bowls are here
Just in time for the Easter Season, the Steilacoom Kiwanis Flower Bowls have arrived! Paul Loveless stated that for the cost of $17, a planter bowl full of quality primroses daffodils and tulips can be...
View ArticlePlant Corner at Lakewold Gardens: Tranquility from Trilliums
By Mark Lyke, Horticulture Manager Hiking and exploring through the neighborhood park woods as a youth, I remember the first time my eyes came upon a small flower with three white petals along the...
View ArticleSteilacoom Garden Club plant sale, May 9
The Steilacoom Garden Club will hold their annual plant sale on Saturday, May 9th from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the lot next to the Bair Bistro on Lafayette and Wilkes (across from the Post Office)....
View ArticleAround the Sound: Bloomin’ where it’s planted
A vibrant canvas of green—maybe 50 shades of that color—is blooming in a garden plot off 112th, not far from Tyee Elementary School. As one solitary gardener tended his small, but crowded, raised...
View ArticlePierce County Master Gardeners Workshop, open to the public
By Alice Dionne Master Gardeners of Pierce County will be offering an All Day Gardening Workshop, “From the Ground Up,” on Saturday, Aug. 1, at Franklin Pierce High School and Farm. Our lunch speaker...
View ArticleAround the Sound: Delightful dahlias
Muriel Haglund’s Euclid Street backyard is blooming with a rainbow of dahlias. Her garden has been a popular spot in Steilacoom for more than 50 years, said Muriel, who added that she’s provided...
View ArticleGarden Festival returns to Point Defiance Park, Sept. 20
By Mary Bohn This year’s Fall Garden Festival at Point Defiance Park will be held in and around the Point Defiance Pagoda from 10 am-4 pm on Sunday, September 20, and features a variety of gardening...
View ArticleFree autumn gardening workshops at Lakewold Gardens
By Katrina Redding Lakewood, WA – Lakewold Gardens, a non-profit, is pleased to offer two gardening classes during autumn of 2015. The workshops are open to the general public, free of charge:...
View ArticleLearn to grow through fall at Family Garden Festival and Tree Sale
TACOMA – Learn how gardening can continue into the colder months at the Fall Family Garden Festival and Tree Sale. The free event happens Saturday, Oct. 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Washington...
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