Sorticulture 2014 with Ciscoe Morris, lots of mostly free kids activities and more in Everett - Friday-Sunday, June 6th-8th 2014 - Various times

" Our featured artists create distinctive hand-crafted garden art 

and our nurseries produce a wide variety of plants to transform 

your backyard. Learn tips and tricks from top regional garden-

ing experts including KING 5's Ciscoe Morris, Saturday, 

June 7 at 1 PM. Sorticulture also features display gardens,

food fair, a wine garden, live music and free activities for the kids. "

For more info. go here and here.

13th Annual Backyard Wildlife Festival with a Kids Garden Party featuring The Bubbleman, arts and crafts and more in Tukwila! - Saturday, May 11th 2013 from 9am-3pm

Check out the Backyard Wildlife Festival - A free, all-day event to educate and inspire people to welcome wildlife - such as birds and butterflies - into their backyards, gardens and communities!

Plus, a special appearance by Ciscoe Morris presenting environmentally friendly pest control solutions!

Also features a "Kids Garden Party".

Fun for kids from 9:00-3:00pm, Most activities are FREE and ongoing! Come check out the fun!

 

Free activities include:

• Educational Passport Fun
• Recycled arts and craft projects
• Kids’ garden activity
• Pinecone Birdfeeders
• National Wildlife Federation family geocaching activity
• Performance by the Bubbleman 11:30am – 12:30pm 

For more info. go here.

5th Annual Pike Place Market Flower Festival with a Mother's Day card making booth and Ciscoe Morris (Sunday only)! - Saturday and Sunday, May 11th and 12th 2013 - Various hours

Love flowers? Then head to Pike Place Market this weekend as it will be overflowing with them for the annul Flower Festival!

" Mother’s Day weekend is a special weekend at Pike Place Market. The flower stalls overflow into the street with nearly 40 tents set up on the cobblestone street of Pike Place featuring three dozen flower farmers from King, Snohomish, and Whatcom Counties.

Watch the local farmers create gorgeous spring bouquets. Pick up a bouquet or two and make a Mom’s Day card in our card making booth.

Join us at 2 pm on Sunday, May 12 for a talk by local gardening expert Ciscoe Morris who will give gardening tips and advice followed by a Q and A. Ciscoe will be near the intersection of Pike Place and Pine St. "


For more info. go here.

The Evergreen State Spring Festival in Monroe - Saturday and Sunday, April 27th and 28th 2013 - Various hours

Some things free, some things for a fee.


FREE event admission, Only $5 public parking

 Festival Hours:

Saturday, April 27, 10am-8pm

Sunday, April 28, 10am-5pm

  

Carnival Hours:

Friday, April 26, 4pm-10pm

Saturday, April 27, 11am-10pm

             Sunday, April 28, 11am-5pm         

1. "Gardening with Ciscoe" sponsored by on Saturday - FREE!
   
2. Youth fish for trout in the Trout Pond - FREE!
   
3. Roving entertainment
4. BBQ Sampling; mixes, spice dips & puffed popcorn sampling
   
5. Try out side-by-side racing on the Evergreen Speedway's Simulator - FREE!
   
6. Live music, food & drink from our root beer garden (for the kid in you) or our beer garden (for the adult in you)!
   
7. 4-H tractor demonstrations -FREE!
   
8. Face painting & balloon twisting - FREE!
   
9. Flower displays and gardening answers by Master Gardeners
   
10. Three days to enjoy carnival rides
    
11. Things to do in your own backyard
    
12. Over 100 Arts & crafts, jewelry, gardening, landscaping, cooking, and health  vendors
    
13. 4-H Horse Show
    
14. Sky Valley Swap Meet
    
15. Western Heritage Museum
    
16. Did we mention BBQ sampling?

 
 
For more info. go here.

 

 

   

"Celebrate Urban Nature" with Live Animals, Bugs and more at Magnuson Park's Community Center - Saturday, March 30th 2013 from 10:30am-2:30pm - "Less than a Latte"

What an amazing event! Take the kids and go check it out!

For more info. go here.

Annual Sculpture and Garden Art Show with activities, Ciscoe Morris and more at the Bellevue Botanical Garden - Saturday and Sunday, August 25th and 26th 2012 from 10am-6pm both days!

Check out all of the beautiful sculptures and art that will be on display this weekend at the Bellevue Botanical Garden for their annual event. Also, on Saturday, Ciscoe Morris will be leading a tour of the garden at 1pm and from 10am-2pm on both days, kids will get to do printmaking! Plus you can get your "passport" stamped by all of the artists and be entered into a drawing to win free prizes too!







For more info. go here.

"Sorticulture" - A garden arts festival in Everett - Friday, June 8th through Sunday, June 10th 2012 - Various hours

"Sorticulture" festival features handmade garden art and tons of beautiful plants for your backyard. Gardening experts like Ciscoe Morris from King 5 News will be speaking on Saturday at 2pm. There will be gardens on display, a food fair, a wine garden, live music and fun activities for the kids!

Event hours:

Friday, 10am-8pm

Saturday, 10am- 6pm

Sunday, 10am-4pm

For more info. go here.

Kids Garden Party at the Backyard Wildlife Fair in Tukwila - Saturday, May 12th 2012 from 9am-3pm (Kids Garden Party starts at 10am)

" A free, all-day event to educate and inspire people to welcome wildlife - such as birds and butterflies - into their backyards, gardens and communities " 

Great event that will have exhibitor booths, tours, special appearances and speakers like Ciscoe Morris, a pancake breakfast (7:30am), arts and craft vendors, a plant sale and more. Specifically for kids will be art and crafts, a "passport" event, a special storytime, a performance by The Bubbleman, and seed planting all for free and a bird house decorating event for a fee.

"Kids Garden Party" Schedule:

10:00am - 3:00pm: Educational Passport Fun

10:00am - 3:00pm: Create a bug house or birds nest

10:00am: Story time with Ranger Rick

Recycled Arts & Craft Project
10:15am: Bird House Decorating ($ - fee activity)

Kids Gardening Activity
11:15am: Grass Head Guys

12:00pm: Performance by The Bubbleman

Recycled Arts & Craft Project
1:15pm: Fruit & Vegetable Prints

Kids Gardening Activity
2:15pm: Seed Planting


For more info. go here.

"Sorticulture" A garden arts festival in Everett - Today until 6pm and Sunday June 12th from 10am -4pm

"Sorticulture" festival features handmade garden art and tons of beautiful plants for your backyard. Gardening experts like Ciscoe Morris from King 5 News is speaking today and Sunday. There are gardens on display, a food fair, a wine garden, live music and fun activities for the kids.

 
For more info. go here.