Seattle Tilth's Harvest Fair with a kids parade, animals, workshops, live music and more - Saturday, September 6th 2014 from 10am-4pm

" Celebrate harvest season at our annual urban farm festival!

Participate in this fun, lively hands-on community festival with workshops, cooking demonstrations and fun activities for all ages. Eat tasty food and enjoy live music with friends and family. Harvest season is a time to celebrate!

Bring your friends and family for a seed swap, cider pressing and DIY herb crowns. Kids can participate in crafts in the children's garden, see a puppet show and take part in the parade at noon (arrive by 11 a.m.) with a marching band! Join our Facebook event and invite your friends!

Seattle Tilth's Harvest Fair is FREE and open to the public, with voluntary donations accepted at the entrances. Get directions. Read on for more details...

LOCAL URBAN MARKETPLACE & ORGANIC FARMER'S MARKET

We have so many cool vendors, farmers and community organizations join us each year at the Harvest Fair! It is a great way to interact with the Seattle Tilth community. "

For more info. go here.

"Understanding ADHD and Treatment Options" A free talk presented by Katherine Raymer, MD, ND of Bastyr Center for Natural Health in Seattle - Saturday, January 25th 2014 from 10:30-12pm - No registration necessary!

Understanding ADHD and Treatment Options 

A free talk presented by Dr. Katherine Raymer

" Helping a child with attention deficit disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD) can be enormously difficult for parents. Children with these conditions may struggle with difficulty sustaining attention, impulsive behavior, low self-esteem, troubled relationships and poor performance in school.

Many of these children are faced with taking pharmaceuticals to ease symptoms, sometimes for the rest of their lives. But Katherine Raymer, MD, ND, a psychiatrist and faculty supervisor at Bastyr Center for Natural Health, says natural medicine can offer a helpful perspective on behavioral disorders, along with alternatives — or additions — to conventional medical care.

Learn more about "Understanding ADHD and Treatment Options" at a free talk from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 25, with Dr. Raymer, who supervises Bastyr Center’s ADHD Wellness Care, shift on Thursday evenings. You can read more about the topic in our article "Find Balance Through Natural Approaches to ADHD."

This lecture is part of the free series "Living Naturally: Conversations on Health and Happiness with Bastyr Experts," presented by Bastyr University and its teaching clinic, Bastyr Center for Natural Health. All of the talks take place at Bastyr Center for Natural Health in Seattle and feature an audience Q-and-A session.

Although most of the our Living Naturally lecture series are posted on our YouTube Channel, this one will not be posted online. Be sure to come early to ensure a spot at the lecture. "

For more info. go here.

Grand Opening at KIS Organic Farm in Redmond - Saturday, October 20th 2012 from 9am-6pm

Welcome a new organic farm and attend their Grand Opening Celebration! 

" Join us in celebrating our Grand Opening on Saturday, October 20th! Fun, food, mead tasting, giveaways, music and free compost tea! Meet our staff, learn about chicken friendly gardens, specialty plants, permaculture & more. Check out our fall inventory in our nursery, visit our chickens and tour our nature trails and see salmon spawning in Bear Creek! "

 
Event Schedule:

10:30am, Walk around our edible nursery and learn about permaculture plants from expert Dave Boehnlein of Terra Phoenix Design

10-5pm, Jessi Bloom, author of Free Range Chicken Gardens and owner of NW Bloom Ecological Landscapes, will be on-site to sign books and answer your questions regarding chickens, landscaping, permaculture, and much more!

10-2pm, Free hot dogs, coffee, hot chocolate

2-6pm, Enjoy complimentary wine while you wander the property or watch the salmon spawn

9-3pm, Art projects for children of all ages!

Giveaways include:

• 1 gallon of KIS Compost Tea
• Gourmet Salad Mix Seeds
• Raffle for a variety of feed and pet toys

For more info. go here and here.

Free Family Days at Seattle Tilth's Learning Gardens - Harvest Celebrations start tomorrow until October 14th - Various Dates/Times/Locations

Get back to nature and explore a garden with your kids!

Family Days in Seattle Tilth's Learning Gardens

The whole family is invited to participate in these exciting FREE garden celebrations.

Discover the joy of gardening with kids! Indulge in garden snacks and let loose in our organic learning gardens. Families can use all or their senses to explore the garden, seek out garden critters and plant a vegetable or flower to take home. Come and see what Seattle Tilth's children's garden programs are all about; RSVP's not needed.

Harvest Celebration

• Saturday, September 24; 10 a.m. - Noon
• Location: Children's Garden behind the Good Shepherd Center

 

Harvest Celebration

• Saturday, October 8; 10 a.m. - Noon
• Location: Pickering Barn, Issaquah

Harvest Celebration

• Wednesday, October 12; 3:30 - 5 p.m.
• Location: Thurgood Marshall Learning Garden

Harvest Celebration

• Friday, October 14; 4 - 5:30 p.m.
• Location: Rainier Beach Learning Garden

  

For more info go here.

  

For directions to all of their garden locations click here.

40th Annual Northwest Folklife Festival at Seattle Center - May 27th-30th

Image courtesy of Northwest Folklife Festival

Northwest Folklife Festival will have all kinds of entertainment available to enjoy, including local and international music, dancing, participatory dancing, narrative storytelling, workshops, panels, plus a green/sustainability information area with organic food and sustainable crafts.

And, especially for the kids, you can head to the Folklife Commons & Discovery Zone areas of the festival! They will have dozens of children’s workshops and hands-on activities plus kid friendly entertainment too! Kids can make a musical instrument, a bookmark, build a toy boat, build a boat from milk cartons, learn about claymation, have a string instrument music lesson, not to mention watch trapeze artists, a Caspar Babypants concert, Charlie “The Noise Guy” Williams show and Miho and Diego as well as join in fun, interactive storytimes. The Folklife Commons and Discovery Zone areas are located on the Broad Street Lawn and are open every day from 11AM until 6PM. 

For more info. go here.