October 4-5, 2008: Issaquah Salmon Days
10-6pm, Historic Downtown Issaquah. FREE
fun for the whole family! Join the fun this October at the
Northwest’s most-loved, award-winning community event!
The salmon are returning to our lakes, streams and our historic,
downtown hatchery! The Issaquah Salmon Days Festival is 39 years old and
we're celebrating with special fishy attractions: the Grande Parade,
Foods of the Whirled, “whirled-class” arts & crafts, whirling live
entertainment, whirledly-wild Field of Fun for kids of all ages, and a
whirl of sporting attractions. More info, including schedules at
www.salmondays.org.
October 4, 2008: Clean Greens 1st Harvest
10-2pm, Clean Greens Farm, 20121 W.
Snoqualmie River Rd NE, Duvuall. This is one of the great
programs recognized in our Urban-Rural Connections Project.
Read about it HERE. We encourage everyone and anyone with a
volunteer spirit to come out and help harvest, even if you don't have gardening
or farming experience. It will be some work, great fun, and it's for a great
cause. Shuttles leave from New Hope Baptist Church (116
-21st Ave. Seattle / cross street is Yesler) at 8:00am.
Visit
http://cleangreens.ning.com/ for more info.
October 7, 2008: Fall City Parks Meetings
7-8:30 pm, Fall City Library. There will
be two meetings dealing with Fall City Parks at the library this Tue.
The first will be the Fall City Action committee, which is working on
getting the Fall City Parks District voted into existence on the
February election. That meeting will start at 7:00pm and should be over
by 7:30pm. The second meeting will be the Friends of Fall City Parks and
will address what is currently going on with KC and the Fall City park.
This meeting should start at 7:30pm and last an hour. Everyone is
invited to attend.
October 8, 2008: Children's Harvest Class: Slimy
Creatures
10-noon, Pickering Barn, Issaquah. This
FREE* 2 hour class introduce children and parents to insects, flowers
and the garden. We will sing songs, find colors and shapes, and taste
the flowers and plants growing in the garden. These theme-based,
hands-on classes are a great way to introduce children to the wonder of
garden ecology. Classes are intended for both parent and child, ages 2-5
years. Dress for weather and mess, and have a blast!
*Pre-registration is required for each class by downloading a
registration form at: www.seattletilth.org or by calling (206)633-5045
x2. All classes take place at the Pickering Barn and surrounding
Demonstration Garden.
October 10, 2008: Kick Off Party for the Global
Treehouse Network Symposium
7:30 pm, Masonic Lodge, Fall City. Come
here Nick Vigarino's "slop jar Delta funk" music. Cover $10.
October 10-12, 2008: The Global Treehouse Network
Symposium
9-4pm, Treehouse Point, Fall City.
Treehouse Point is hosting the 11th Annual Global Treehouse Network
Symposium/ . There will be treehouse aficionados from all over the
world here in our town. The Symposium is a structured event
with speakers and mini workshops that will take place over 2 1/2
days. Cost for the weekend is $500. For more information
please email
info@globaltreehousenetwork.com.
October 11, 2008: Helping Hands Fight Hunger
10am-2pm, Ames Creek Farm, Carnation.
Exchange your labor for donations of fresh produce to local food banks.
The program named “Helping Hands”, (formerly Northwest Farming for
Humanity) is part of the Cascade Harvest Coalition, which works to
create a healthy food and farm system in Washington State. Helping Hands
is collaborating this year with Full Circle Farm’s new Experience
Farming Project, which gives participants an experience of what life is
like on an organic farm, while making a contribution to a more
sustainable agricultural food system. Full Circle makes donations after
work party events of freshly picked crops to the Hopelink food banks in
north and east King County in the participants’ names.
For more information and to register call or e-mail Tim Bernthal, (206)
783-3088, or tbernthal@gowebway.com, or Mark McIntyre, (206) 632-0606 or
mark@cascadeharvest.org. More information is available on-line at the
Cascade Harvest Coalition website, http://www.cascadeharvest.org at
Progams/Helping Hands.
October 18, 2008: Helping Hands Fight Hunger
10am-2pm, Ames Creek Farm, Carnation.
Exchange your labor for donations of fresh produce to local food banks.
The program named “Helping Hands”, (formerly Northwest Farming for
Humanity) is part of the Cascade Harvest Coalition, which works to
create a healthy food and farm system in Washington State. Helping Hands
is collaborating this year with Full Circle Farm’s new Experience
Farming Project, which gives participants an experience of what life is
like on an organic farm, while making a contribution to a more
sustainable agricultural food system. Full Circle makes donations after
work party events of freshly picked crops to the Hopelink food banks in
north and east King County in the participants’ names.
For more information and to register call or e-mail Tim Bernthal, (206)
783-3088, or tbernthal@gowebway.com, or Mark McIntyre, (206) 632-0606 or
mark@cascadeharvest.org. More information is available on-line at the
Cascade Harvest Coalition website, http://www.cascadeharvest.org at
Progams/Helping Hands.
October 18, 2008: MTS Greenway Fall Tree Planting
Kick-off
Save the date for Mountains to Sound Greenway FALL
TREE PLANTING KICK-OFF at Lake Sammamish State Park
November 6, 2008: Cedar River Watershed Celebration
Evening Event at
Herban Feast,
SoDo Park, Seattle. Please join us in celebration of the
Cedar River
Watershed. This event will consist of a silent and live auction,
with an amazing menu of finger foods provided by Herban Feast. We have
commissioned artists from the Pacific Northwest to present original
works to benefit FCRW as we educate the public, raise awareness, and
engage volunteers for restoration efforts on the Cedar.
Tickets to the event are $35 and can be purchased
HERE.
November 10 and Dec 1, 2008: Ties to the Land
Workshops
WSU
Extension is very excited to be facilitating Ties to the Land
workshops this fall across the state, including one series in King
County. If you are hoping to transfer your forest land to the next
generation of your family, I highly recommend this workshop to you and
other family members.
Many family forest owners want to preserve their
family lands, but face challenges engaging family members in ownership
and operations. This two-part program explores succession planning – the
human side of estate planning – which focuses on ways to maintain family
ties to the land from generation to generation, building awareness of
key challenges facing family forest owners, and motivating families to
address those changes.
Ties to the Land is an award-winning curriculum developed by leading
estate planning experts at Oregon State University Extension and the
Austin Family Business Program. The curriculum features DVD-based
presentations coupled with classroom exercises facilitated by local WSU
Extension faculty. To learn more about Ties to the Land, visit:
http://www.familybusinessonline.org/resources/ttl/home.htm.
King County class details:
Session 1: Monday, November 10th, 2008
Session 2: Monday, December 1st, 2008
Time: 6:00 to 9:00 pm
Location: Highline Community College.
Cost: $75 per family. Fee includes refreshments and one copy of the
workbook and companion DVD Ties to the Land: Your Family Forest
Heritage. Additional copies may be purchased for $25 each. Multiple
family members are encouraged to attend.
To register:
Visit
website or contact Amy Grotta at (206) 205-3132
Ties to the Land is being offered at other locations around the state,
including Everett, Spokane, and Colville. If you have family members in
other parts of the state, they can register for the seminar closest to
them and receive the same content. For details and contact information
on Ties to the Land seminars in other locations, visit
http://ext.nrs.wsu.edu/newsevents/.
Links to other Online Calendars:
Cedar River Watershed Education Center Events
Duvall Current Events and Recreation
Fall City
Community Calendar
Horses for
Clean Water Educational Events
Local
Harvest Food and Farming Events
Meadowbrook Farm Classes and Events
REI
Issaquah Calendar of Events
Tilth
Producers of Washington Regional Events Calendar
Treehouse Point (cooking classes, small concerts and community events)
Click here to view past calendar items.
