Celebrate local food! ...this Saturday, Sept. 12
Learn about growing, preparing and preserving the harvest, raising urban livestock, and community issues. Participate in activities for all ages, eat tasty food and listen to local bands. This is Seattle's urban garden festival!Urban Livestock
Meet chickens, goats and honey bees and ask their owners what it takes to produce eggs, milk and honey in your own back yard! A goat/chicken hut will be auctioned off at the Heifer Int'l. booth.Local Urban Marketplace & Organic Farmer's Market at the Heifer Int'l. booth.
Stock up on local goods, fall veggie and ornamental plants. Tasty food vendors like Skillet, Rolling Fire Pizza, Patty Pan, Mighty O Donuts and Lucky Palate will delight your tummy.
This is a great time of year to buy fresh produce in bulk for canning, preserving, or major cooking to freeze for the season, while the harvest is abundant. Support local and organic farms!
Workshops
Learn something new! These are FREE, except Tilth classes (*)
10:30 – 11:30a.m Demystifying Organic Fertilizers – Speaker’s Tent
10:30-11:30 a.m. Lawns to Lettuce. Tilth class in the Demo Garden
11:30-12:30 p.m. Harvest the Rain with a Cistern – Speaker’s Tent
12:30-1:30 p.m. Winter Gardening. Tilth class in the Demo Garden
1:30-3:00 p.m. Earthues: Make Natural Dyes From the Garden – Speaker’s Tent
2:00-4:00 p.m. Home Canning & Food Preservation - Good Shepherd Center
2:30-4:00 p.m. Compost Open House: Compost Your Food & Yard Waste at Home – Demo Garden
Ongoing:
- PCC Cooks – these friendly chefs will show you great ideas on how you can cook delicious and nourishing recipes with fresh ingredients
- Kids Picks Mobile – join PCC and let your kids sample foods that are healthy and tasty
Community Show-n-Tell Find out what's going on in the local food system, environment, economy, education, transportation and beyond, by getting to know the community organizations working to create a healthy environment and community.
Family Fun
- Participate in activities in the Children's Garden like face painting, worm bin exploration, and garden crafts. Join the Harvest Parade at noon (bring musical instruments)!
- Make an herb crown (donations of fresh cut herbs & flowers are welcome)
- Take a self-guided tour of the teaching garden and get ideas for your garden
Seattle Tilth's Harvest Fair Saturday, Sept. 12, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., behind the Good Shepherd Center in the Wallingford neighborhood (4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103).
See You There!
by Local Green Circle, September, 2009.