This community events calendar is the place to find fun activities and things to do throughout Lewis County, including Centralia, Chehalis and beyond.
Join Lewis County Stream Team and Twin Brooks Farm for a nature walk along a Conservation Reserve Enhancement Site. Learn about native plants, salmon, and how to protect water quality. Come enjoy planting trees along the stream!
RSVP for address to Stream Team Coordinator, Kenna.Fosnacht@lewiscdwa.com or call 360-996-4560.
Join Lewis County Stream Team for a tree planting event at Olive Branch Ranch! We will be planting a mix of native trees and shrubs to create wildlife habitat and improve water quality. Come tour the farm, meet the goats, and learn more about regenerative farming! Please RSVP for the exact address: Kenna.Fosnacht@lewiscdwa.com or 360-996-4560.
The Lewis County Branch of American Association of University Women will hold its 43rd annual book sale at a NEW LOCATION this year:
Moose Lodge
1400 Grand Avenue in Centralia (just off Kresky)
March 23rd – March 25th
9am to 5pm daily
Book prices start at just $3 for hardcover and $2 for paperbacks on Thursday, dropping to $2 for hardcover and $1 for paperbacks on Friday, and finally to just $5 for a bag of books all day on Saturday!
Thousands of fiction and nonfiction books, audiobooks, CD’s and DVD’s will be on sale.
Grow tomatoes with or without a greenhouse! In this class we will talk about how to grow tomatoes from seed to harvest covering topics such as choosing varieties, providing good growing conditions and keeping plants strong and productive.
Pre-registeration is required. Call 360-740-1216 or email Julie.pritle@lewiscountywa.gov
Come Join Wilde Soul & The Loft in presenting our 2nd Spring Fling Market!
When:
Saturday April 1st from 10~ 4 pm
&
Sunday April 2nd from 10 ~ 4 pm
Where:
The Loft
547 NW Pacific Ave,
Chehalis, WA 98532
Come join us at The Loft and shop our amazing group of vendors and artisans and eat some delicious food! Featuring Farmhouse goods, Handmade Items, Bath Goods, Home Decor, & MORE!
The Loft was built for mercantile and implements in 1906. The Sears came in the 1940’s. Mixed with history of timeless details of brick & mortar with hand-hewn old growth! This building is absolutely stunning! You won’t want to miss this Market!
Admission is FREE
Parking is FREE
We will be doing a door prize of a basket with goodies from our vendors! All the proceeds from the Raffle will go to the Lewis County Animal Shelter! Raffle tickets are $1 each!
Vendor Inquiry:
If interested in vending email Shelby at wildesoulus@gmail.com.
Pre-registration not required. Workshops available are as follows:
9am-10:30am Stream Team & Public Outreach, Basic Vegetable Gardening, or Stormwater Management in Centralia.
10:45am-12:15pm Inviting Pest Fighting Pollinators into Your Garden, Roses: Selection, Planning and Care, or Growing Plants Inside a Greenhouse/Polytube.
12:45pm-2:15pm Aerated Static Compost, Identifications of Priority Noxious Weeds and Their Control, or Hoop-houses.
Celebrate Earth Day 2023 at the Chehalis River Discovery Trail with Lewis County Stream Team, Noxious Weed Control, and the Chehalis River Basin Land Trust. The work party will meet from 10AM-1PM on Saturday, April 22nd at the trailhead parking lot at the end of Goodrich Road. We will be removing invasive weeds from the trail to improve wildlife habitat. Please contact weeds@lewiscountywa.gov with questions or to RSVP.
Join us for a lesson in beginner bird-watching presented by the Grays Harbor Audubon Society. There will be stories and a hands-in binocular demonstration. All ages welcome!
On Saturday the Audubon will host a guided bird walk in Oakville, details will be announced at the workshop.
The Fuchsia Fanciers, a Lewis County group and nonprofit gardening organization, is hosting a fuchsia plant sale on May 6th here at the Centralia Outlets.
From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. near the Eddie Bauer and Polo Ralph Lauren stores, the Fuchsia Fanciers will display and sell a large variety of fuchsia 4-inch starters, gallons, and hardies.
The group is one of 13 in the Pacific Northwest under the umbrella of the Northwest Fuchsia Society. The 26 members meet on the second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at Fort Borst Park. The Fuchsia Fanciers aim to educate themselves and others about the growing and showing of fuchsias.
Time to be planning your garden!
Many Master Gardeners are helping you out by starting your seeds for you. We will have LOTS of tomato plants as well as peppers, vegetables, annuals, perennials, houseplants, even trees and bushes for sale! Come the day before Mother’s Day, and find something wonderful for your favorite mom.
We hope to see you there!
