This community events calendar is the place to find fun activities and things to do throughout Lewis County, including Centralia, Chehalis and beyond.
Burnt Ridge Nursery and Orchards in Onalaska will host weekly organic gardening classes this summer. In the first session, we will discuss how to plan gardens and home orchards and ways to add trees, shrubs, and vines to your existing landscape. We’ll also touch on planting for pollination, nitrogen fixation, sod removal, and mulching. Presented by Ben Kunesh, on staff horticulturalist.
Experiment with the science of sound at each station. Make music with stomp pedals! Try out a musical bench! Play with looping, oscillation and pitch! Make music with mad marble runs! Try out PVC pipe instruments!
Come hear the Pacific Northwest Chamber Orchestra perform under the direction of Dr. Joshua Friedlander. Concert is free and open to the public.
Come hear the Centralia College Jazz Ensemble play under the direction of Louis Blaser. Admission is free; concert is open to the public.
A FREE, fun, kid-friendly event with
live music
plant sale
art
baked goods
garden/other demos
mini goat
free seeds
fun activities
a raffle
and more!
CLASS: Growing Plant Communities: Guilds and Companion Planting
Annual Vegetable Gardens, Perennial Food Forests, Orchards
Sat. May 17th from 10 am – 4 pm
@ Permaculture Rising, SW Olympia, WA
with Marisha Auerbach
Join us to learn how to create relationships between plants to enhance ecological functions and yields!
• Learn ecological niches to help determine the right place for plants in your landscape.
• Use plants to discourage pests, provide mulch, attract beneficial insects, and more!
• What to consider when grouping plants together
• Full of fun facts about plants for all levels
• Hands-on activities & games
• Handouts
Instructor Marisha Auerbach has over 2 decades of experience with creating polycultures of plants in home gardens, community gardens, orchards, and common spaces in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
For more info: https://www.fertileground.org/event-details-registration/growing-plant-communities-plant-guilds-and-companion-planting
Registration: https://events.humanitix.com/cultivating-plant-relationships-plant-guilds-and-companion-planting/tickets?hxchl=hex-pfl
Hands On Children’s Museum is saying “Thank you for your service” with 50% off admission for military families (with a valid military ID), May 22–25.
Visit Memorial Day weekend for hands-on fun and creative activities, including:
• Silkscreening & Patriotic Painting (Saturday through Monday only)
• Red, White, & Blue Flyers
• A Bubble Dance Party & Lawn Games
• Star-Spangled Spinners
• Firework Wands
• A Scavenger Hunt
Sponsored by Coldwell Banker Evergreen Olympic Realty, Inc.
Hands On Children’s Museum is saying “Thank you for your service” with 50% off admission for military families (with a valid military ID), May 22–25.
Visit Memorial Day weekend for hands-on fun and creative activities, including:
• Silkscreening & Patriotic Painting (Saturday through Monday only)
• Red, White, & Blue Flyers
• A Bubble Dance Party & Lawn Games
• Star-Spangled Spinners
• Firework Wands
• A Scavenger Hunt
Sponsored by Coldwell Banker Evergreen Olympic Realty, Inc.
Hands On Children’s Museum is saying “Thank you for your service” with 50% off admission for military families (with a valid military ID), May 22–25.
Visit Memorial Day weekend for hands-on fun and creative activities, including:
• Silkscreening & Patriotic Painting (Saturday through Monday only)
• Red, White, & Blue Flyers
• A Bubble Dance Party & Lawn Games
• Star-Spangled Spinners
• Firework Wands
• A Scavenger Hunt
Sponsored by Coldwell Banker Evergreen Olympic Realty, Inc.
Hands On Children’s Museum is saying “Thank you for your service” with 50% off admission for military families (with a valid military ID), May 22–25.
Visit Memorial Day weekend for hands-on fun and creative activities, including:
• Silkscreening & Patriotic Painting (Saturday through Monday only)
• Red, White, & Blue Flyers
• A Bubble Dance Party & Lawn Games
• Star-Spangled Spinners
• Firework Wands
• A Scavenger Hunt
Sponsored by Coldwell Banker Evergreen Olympic Realty, Inc.
