This community events calendar is the place to find fun activities and things to do throughout Lewis County, including Centralia, Chehalis and beyond.
WSU Lewis County Master Gardener Gary Gorremans will be teaching the popular class on Spring Grape Care. Learn how to prune your grapes and which grapes grow well in our climate. Free cuttings from the grapes at Borst Demo Garden will be available for all attendees.
Gardening For Everyone classes will include Growing Tomatoes, Vertical Container Gardening, Deer Resistant Landscaping, Planning and Building Raised Beds, Lawns, Seed Starting/Row Cover/Hoop Houses and Gardening Ergonomics.
Get Started Right!
These tips are a must for proper caring of a rose garden! Learn the when, what, how & why for buying, planting & seasonal care of your roses!
Each month, the Chehalis Basin Partnership hosts guest speakers to share news and information about the Chehalis River and water issues relevant to our communities. This month, guests from the Department of Ecology will share information on what to expect in terms of water quality regulations for stormwater, and tools for farmers, cities, and counties to reduce water pollution. Everyone is welcome!
On Saturday, April 23rd, we will plant seeds to celebrate Earth Day (technically, Earth Day is Friday, but everyday should be Earth Day, anyway). Kids of all ages can come and plant the seed of their choice and take them home to nurture. Help them appreciate the earth and feel more connected to nature as they watch their seed sprout into a plant, with just a bit of care.
Best Family Farms will be partnering with us and will give a free Jack-O-Lantern pumpkin to every child that keeps their plant alive until September! So, bring the family, have some fun, and celebrate what our Earth has to offer.
This is a FREE event.
Come on out to our Cub Cadet Test Drive Experience at The Power Shop on April 30th. We will have lots of mowers to drive so you can pick the perfect one! All Echo, Shindaiwa & Bear Cat equipment will be 20% off for that 1 day only!
KMNT Radio will be live on location with giveaways, include South Sound Speedway tickets and chances to win Kenny Chesney tickets!
We will be serving lunch from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m..
Drought Tolerant Gardening
Chehalis River Discovery Trail Field Studies (complimented by City-led tours of Centralia’s Wastewater Treatment Plant)
The Chehalis River Basin Land Trust needs your help!
We are looking for enthusiastic, nature-loving volunteers to assist with our May 2016 Chehalis River Discovery Trail, (CRDT) field studies for local underserved school children, grades 4-8.
During the field studies, students will discover the benefits of healthy riparian corridors to salmon, wildlife—and to humans!
The field studies are generally held from 9:30am to 1:30pm.
Share your love of the outdoors with the next generation!
Come to our May 11th field training, from 10:00am to 2:00pm at the Chehalis River Discovery Trail and become ready to be part of this hands-on science and nature program. Trained volunteers may also help with free summer nature walks along the CRDT for the public!
For more information, or to RSVP for the training, please contact Kathy Jacobson, kathyjacobsonCRBLT@gmail.com.
Funded in part by a grant from the Pacific Northwest Clean Water Association, Adopt-a School Program.
Join us for a fun day of running/walking, bbq, lawn games and more! Race will begin at 10 am in front of the Gym. Registration is available on our Facebook Page, online or in the Student Center on Campus. T-shirts are included with pre-registration! Race day registration is available. Check in begins at 9 am in the Gym Lobby.
Course consists of 3 laps around our historic campus. Top finishers will receive custom medals. Cost is $20 for general registration, $15 for Centralia College Students, and $8.00 for kids under 10 (kids can participate free if they do not want a t-shirt).
For more information please contact Staci Jacobson at 360-736-9391 ext. 630 or at sjacobson@centralia.edu. See you there!
If you haven’t been to a WSU Lewis County Master Gardener Plant Sale, you don’t know what you’ve been missing.
Thousands of plants, all grown by Master Gardeners, include over a thousand tomato plants with nearly 40 varieties, including many heirloom varieties.
Other plants include annuals, perennials, vegetable starts, berries, herbs, shrubs, native plants and much, much more.
In addition to plants we have lots of great garden accessories such as bird and bat houses, mason bee blocks, planter boxes plus raffle items.
