Prepare for fall with free home and garden workshops Get your home and garden ready for colder weather by attending free workshops where green living experts will teach the basics of weatherizing your home for energy savings, preparing your garden for fall planting, home composting and making your own rain barrels. Workshops are open to Tacoma and Pierce County residents. This schedule is subject to change and space is limited, so please register in advance at www.cityoftacoma.org/EnviroHouse<http://www.cityoftacoma.org/EnviroHouse> or call (253) 573-2426. Workshops may be canceled due to the lack of participants registered. September 10 Yard Waste & Worm Bin Composting 10:30 a.m. 11 Rain Barrels: How to Make & Maintain 1:30 p.m. 17 Weatherize: Energy-Saving Window Options 10:30 a.m. 18 Fall Planting & Winter Garden Prep 1:30 p.m. 24 Solatube Natural Daylight & Self Install Demo 10:30 a.m. October 1 Pruning Landscape Trees & Shrubs 10:30 a.m. 2 Rain Barrels: How to Make & Maintain 1:30 p.m. 8 Yard Waste & Worm Bin Composting 10:30 a.m. 15 Designing a Sustainable Landscape 10:30 a.m. 22 Landscape Trees Part I: Selection 10:30 a.m. 22 Landscape Trees Part II: Planting 12:30 p.m. 29 Weatherize with Energy Saving Improvements 10:30 a.m. November 5 Winter Storms/Standing Water: Prepare-Prevent 10:30a.m. About the EnviroHouse As the Puget Sound area's only permanent green model home, the City of Tacoma EnviroHouse showcases green building and natural landscape ideas, materials and techniques to create a healthy home and planet. The EnviroHouse is a partnership of City of Tacoma's solid waste, surface water and wastewater utilities, and Tacoma Water and Tacoma Power. Visits by the public and pre-arranged group tours are welcome during open hours. Hours: Wednesday-Friday: 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Location: Tacoma Landfill, 3510 S. Mullen St., Tacoma 98409 Admission: Free More information: www.cityoftacoma.org/EnviroHouse<http://www.cityoftacoma.org/EnviroHouse>, (253) 573-2426