Upcoming Events
The Great Whidbey Seed Swap
Feb 16, 11-4 pm
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Featuring
In the Auditorium
Seed Swap Bring seeds to share on the collective table. We'll supply envelopes but BYO reusable containers encouraged! Seed Donations Deep Harvest, High Mowing, Venture Out Info Booths bring your gardening questions for the experts at: North Central Whidbey Farmer's Market, Good Cheer soil blocking demo, Growing Veterans, Whidbey Island Grown, South Whidbey Tilth, RePurpose Whidbey, Island County Master Gardeners, Whidbey Island Conservation District Music 11:00 Sage Hayes, 12:00 Pete Ruble, 1:00 Buddy Mac, 2:00 Wes Jones & Hunter Preston Outside Food Chef in the Black Bandana, Bearly Awake Coffee CSA Boxes & pre-season sign up from Blackseed Agroecology Lawn Games Island County Healthy Youth Initiative Repair Celerity Cycles (bicycles), Frosty's Fine Edges (knife and tool sharpening) |
In Classroom B
Kids Activities & Fiber Arts Bring well-loved fabric items (clothing, blankets, stuffies) that could use mending, sewing machines that need cleaning, sewing supplies to walk through a quilt demo, and textiles/fiber from your stash that you're ready to part ways with. All ages are welcome to participate in craft room activities but we'll host outdoor games for squirrely folks!
Community Care Black Girl Country Living, Winding Circle Massage, Acknowledge Wellness, Grass Becomes a Wave - Community Care is about essential practices that bring us together and help us feel connected. This space is dedicated to collective practices that calm our bodies, ease our minds, and allow us to think expansively about new futures together. Come breathe in a co-regulation corner, sip emotional support teas, get a calming massage, contribute to the collective art, visit the herbal product farmstand, or start a conversation with a future friend.
Classes
12:00 Soils & Seed Propagation with Deb Mitchell, Island County Master Gardeners - Learn the basics of soil structure and why it is so important to your gardening success, followed by a lesson in starting seeds for your early season garden.
1:30 Seed Saving with Brenda Meier Walma, Heavy Nettle Collective - A lesson on the basics of seed saving for the regular home gardener. Learn about seed gathering and storage, methods of getting the best seeds, seed selection, and much more!
3:00 rePurpose Whidbey Learn more about rePurpose Whidbey’s zero waste programs, and their collaboration with an emerging coalition that is at the center of an innovative and more sustainable community-based model to manage organic material on Whidbey Island.
Raffle including items from various local businesses. Proceeds from the raffle will support Heavy Nettle Collective, LA Fire Mutual Aid, and a new well pump for Ryan's House, a youth shelter that provides essential support, housing and skills.
Kids Activities & Fiber Arts Bring well-loved fabric items (clothing, blankets, stuffies) that could use mending, sewing machines that need cleaning, sewing supplies to walk through a quilt demo, and textiles/fiber from your stash that you're ready to part ways with. All ages are welcome to participate in craft room activities but we'll host outdoor games for squirrely folks!
Community Care Black Girl Country Living, Winding Circle Massage, Acknowledge Wellness, Grass Becomes a Wave - Community Care is about essential practices that bring us together and help us feel connected. This space is dedicated to collective practices that calm our bodies, ease our minds, and allow us to think expansively about new futures together. Come breathe in a co-regulation corner, sip emotional support teas, get a calming massage, contribute to the collective art, visit the herbal product farmstand, or start a conversation with a future friend.
Classes
12:00 Soils & Seed Propagation with Deb Mitchell, Island County Master Gardeners - Learn the basics of soil structure and why it is so important to your gardening success, followed by a lesson in starting seeds for your early season garden.
1:30 Seed Saving with Brenda Meier Walma, Heavy Nettle Collective - A lesson on the basics of seed saving for the regular home gardener. Learn about seed gathering and storage, methods of getting the best seeds, seed selection, and much more!
3:00 rePurpose Whidbey Learn more about rePurpose Whidbey’s zero waste programs, and their collaboration with an emerging coalition that is at the center of an innovative and more sustainable community-based model to manage organic material on Whidbey Island.
Raffle including items from various local businesses. Proceeds from the raffle will support Heavy Nettle Collective, LA Fire Mutual Aid, and a new well pump for Ryan's House, a youth shelter that provides essential support, housing and skills.
Annual Native Plant Sale
Every winter, the Conservation District purchases a large order of native, bare root plants from the Plant Materials Center to redistribute through out our community. Bare root plants have the advantage of being cost efficient because they are shipped without soil! They also have stronger root systems and benefit from being transplanted in the winter.
Pre-ordering online typically begins Nov. 1 and ends in early January, with in person pick up in March. We promote natural resource conservation by providing quality, conservation-grade plants at wholesale prices to the public for use in conservation-related projects. Some examples of conservation projects include: erosion control, riparian restoration, reforestation, backyard habitat enhancement, wetland restoration and wildfire mitigation. |
Land Stewardship 101
A webinar series devoted to frequently asked questions from our community
These webinar recordings provide in depth education and hands on tips and tricks from our Natural Resource Planners.
These webinar recordings provide in depth education and hands on tips and tricks from our Natural Resource Planners.