Free Natural Yard Care workshop series at the Centre at Norpoint and Tacoma Nature Center Learn about environmentally friendly yard and garden maintenance this fall during a series of fun, informative and free natural yard care workshops presented by the City of Tacoma Solid Waste Management, Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department and Tacoma Water, in cooperation with Metro Parks Tacoma. Both series of three workshops will cover different topics each evening, including natural lawn care, garden pest management, soil basics, backyard composting, sustainable landscape design, and lawn and landscape water management. Workshops will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Centre at Norpoint, 4818 Nassau Blvd. NE, on the following dates: ● Tuesday, September 21: Garden Design & Natural Garden Pest Management ● Tuesday, September 28: Designing with Plants & Smart Watering ● Tuesday, October 5: Natural Lawn Care & Backyard Composting The workshops are free, but space is limited. To register, or for more information, contact Geoff Rinehart at (253) 798-4587 or grinehart@tpchd.org. Door prizes and refreshments at each workshops. Workshops will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Tacoma Nature Center, 1919 S. Tyler St., on the following dates: ● Thursday, September 16: Garden Design & Natural Garden Pest Management ● Thursday, September 23: Natural Lawn Care & Backyard Composting ● Friday, October 1: Right Plant, Right Place* & Smart Watering *- Native Plant Sale Preview- workshop participants may preview plants for the Native Plant Sale on October 2. (No pre-sale available.) The workshops are free, but space is limited. To register or for more information, contact the Tacoma Nature Center at 591-6439. Door prizes and refreshments at each workshop. Geoffrey Rinehart Natural Yard Care Project Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department 3629 South D Street, MS 332 Tacoma, WA 98418-6813 Phone: 253-798-4587 Fax: 253-798-6498 grinehart@tpchd.org ************************************************************************************* This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information. It has been scanned for viruses. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, delete this e-mail and destroy any copies. Any dissemination, use, review, disclosure, or distribution of this information by a person other than the intended recipient is unauthorized and may be illegal. **************************************************************************************