This community events calendar is the place to find fun activities and things to do throughout Lewis County, including Centralia, Chehalis and beyond.
Featuring a live pie auction with Todd Mason, entertainment and live performance by Chris Guenther with wonderful emcee, Peter Abbarno.
Bring the family and a blanket to sit in the shade! Don’t forget fan favorite chicken bingo, candy scramble, pie-by-the-slice, water balloon toss and a very special raffle! New event this year includes face painting for the kids.
How to get there: From Chehalis, take State Route 6 about three miles west of downtown and turn right on Chilvers Road, then take an immediate left onto Stearns Road. Take another left onto Water Street, and the church will be on your left.
Instead of burning branches and tree debris, bury it! Use nature’s technique for creating the same rich humus found on forest floors.
Let’s Play Something will be doing our first Funtime Festival KID FEST at the Napavine Community Park (on the baseball fields) on July 16th.
We’ll be getting doused for charity (benefiting the Youth Advocacy Center), have bounce houses from The Hop Shop (just $5 for an all day wristband to jump), balloon animals by Mr. Twister, face painting, a local business scavenger hunt, and so much more!!
Be sure to check it out! We’ll start right after the Funtime Festival parade ends, around noon (parade starts at 11am).
For more information, check out our event page at https://www.facebook.com/events/907392379388622/.
Colorful dye can be extracted from flowers from the garden for dying textile fiber. These floral dyes are eco-friendly and all organic, not like synthetic dye. Moreover the procedure is very cost-effective and easy to learn.
Vermiculture, or worm box composting, is a process in which red wiggler worms (also called manure worms) and micro-organisms are used to convert kitchen fruit and vegetable waste into nutrient-rich humus, “black gold”. Gardens and potted plants love the addition of this becoming healthier and more robust.
Composting is nature’s process of recycling decomposed organic materials into a rich soil known as compost. Anything that was once living will decompose. Basically, backyard composting is an acceleration of the same process nature uses.
The Borst Home was erected in the 1860s. Come join us and learn about different herbs that were grown and used during that time frame!
There are many reasons to save seeds! To preserve and ensure you have a favorite plant, to attract beneficial insects, save money, for trading and the list can go on and on. Learn some simple techniques to the art of saving seeds!
Composting Happens! No matter if you plan or don’t plan your compost pile it will happen!
Learn the whys, what manure does, how manure effects your compost pile, worm castings and worm tea, and how the Green Cone Digester works.
Topics for this class are Blueberries, Companion Gardening, Introduction to Permaculture, Non-toxic Fibre Dyeing, Preserving your Garden, Pruning Ornamentals and Seed Saving.
There’s a bonus class from 2:15 – 3:30 on Getting Started in Beekeeping presented by the Lewis County Beekeepers’ Association.
