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FREE Natural Yard Care workshops -- including two kid-friendly ones!

Lawver, Alicia

Wed, Apr 18, 2012 10:52 PM

Natural Yard Care 101
Designing and installing your natural yard care landscape

    Wednesday, April 25, 6-8 p.m., Moore Library, 215 S. 56th St., Tacoma

    Saturday, May 12, 10 a.m.- Noon, Tacoma Nature Center, 1919 S. Tyler

Presented by Greg Butler, is a landscape planner that will show you how to make your landscape more "Puget Sound" friendly by reducing the need for pesticides, herbicides, unnatural fertilizers on your yard. He has simple ideas that can make less work for you and will add more beauty to your yard.

Healthy Landscapes for People & Wildlife
Presentation and plant walk

    Saturday, May 19, 10 a.m.-Noon, Tacoma Nature Center, 1919 S. Tyler

Presented by Dana Bressette, an urban horticulturist. Dana will help you choose the right plant for the right place. Native plants attract wildlife and use less water, pesticides and fertilizers and add beauty to your yard. As part of her presentation, Dana will conduct a plant walk highlighting plants in their native habitat.

Puget Sound Starts Here Family Fun Nights (Ages 5 & older)
Music, learning, healthy snacks and fun! All ages welcome.
Tacoma Nature Center -1919 S. Tyler Street, Tacoma

    Wednesday, July 11, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. -Worms and Dirt ... up close!

    Wednesday, July 18, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. -Drain Rangers!

Featuring Tacoma EnviroChallenger John Inch and Health Department educator Walt Burdsall, these events will feature hands-on learning and fun for the whole family. Activities include sing-along songs about water, slugs, trees and Puget Sound. Enjoy interactive demonstrations about backyard composting. Learn about bugs and slugs and get to know them up close. Healthy garden snacks will be served as you learn about the new City of Tacoma curbside food waste recycling program.

Workshops are free, but space is limited. Registration required.
To register: Contact Walt Burdsall at wburdsall@tpchd.org mailto:wburdsall@tpchd.org or (253) 798-4708.

DID YOU KNOW NATURAL YARD CARE HELPS KEEP TOXINS OUT OF PUGET SOUND? Workshops are free, but space is limited. Registration required. To register: Contact Walt Burdsall at wburdsall@tpchd.org<mailto:wburdsall@tpchd.org> or (253) 798-4708. Natural Yard Care 101 Designing and installing your natural yard care landscape * Wednesday, April 25, 6-8 p.m., Moore Library, 215 S. 56th St., Tacoma * Saturday, May 12, 10 a.m.- Noon, Tacoma Nature Center, 1919 S. Tyler Presented by Greg Butler, is a landscape planner that will show you how to make your landscape more "Puget Sound" friendly by reducing the need for pesticides, herbicides, unnatural fertilizers on your yard. He has simple ideas that can make less work for you and will add more beauty to your yard. Healthy Landscapes for People & Wildlife Presentation and plant walk * Saturday, May 19, 10 a.m.-Noon, Tacoma Nature Center, 1919 S. Tyler Presented by Dana Bressette, an urban horticulturist. Dana will help you choose the right plant for the right place. Native plants attract wildlife and use less water, pesticides and fertilizers and add beauty to your yard. As part of her presentation, Dana will conduct a plant walk highlighting plants in their native habitat. Puget Sound Starts Here Family Fun Nights (Ages 5 & older) Music, learning, healthy snacks and fun! All ages welcome. Tacoma Nature Center -1919 S. Tyler Street, Tacoma * Wednesday, July 11, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. -Worms and Dirt ... up close! * Wednesday, July 18, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. -Drain Rangers! Featuring Tacoma EnviroChallenger John Inch and Health Department educator Walt Burdsall, these events will feature hands-on learning and fun for the whole family. Activities include sing-along songs about water, slugs, trees and Puget Sound. Enjoy interactive demonstrations about backyard composting. Learn about bugs and slugs and get to know them up close. Healthy garden snacks will be served as you learn about the new City of Tacoma curbside food waste recycling program. Workshops are free, but space is limited. Registration required. To register: Contact Walt Burdsall at wburdsall@tpchd.org<mailto:wburdsall@tpchd.org> or (253) 798-4708.