This community events calendar is the place to find fun activities and things to do throughout Lewis County, including Centralia, Chehalis and beyond.
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.
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 or “black gold.” Gardens and potted plants love the addition of this and become healthier and more robust.
Customer appreciation end of season sale and BBQ. Come meet our vendors and local landscapers!
Come join the fun, create your very own wreath!
Eleven years in the making, started back in 2005 with bringing awareness and hope together toward finding a cure for SMA -Spinal Muscular Atrophy. This is a make-and-take (or online pre-order) event with all supplies provided. If unavailable to create your own wreaths, pre-orders can be placed online to be picked up the day of the event (11-18-16) just specify when ordering. This is held once again, in our local Historic Townsend Barn (between Centralia and Bucoda). Crafts for all ages, raffle items, free refreshments, entertainment and free parking!
CANNOT MAKE THE EVENT? Please feel free to place order of pre-made event or you can donate to the cause.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wreaths-of-hope-tickets-28511111502
Rake up and bag your leaves so gardeners & composters can put them to good use! Bagged leaves may be dropped off and will be available that day on a first come, first served basis! Lewis County Master Recycler/Composter volunteers will be present helping the leaf exchange run smoothly.
Join Billie’s Sewing Circle at Billie’s Designer Fabrics tomorrow, January 11th, from 10 – 2 pm as we make Kitty Crack catnip toys to be used as a fundraiser for The Almost Home Project no-kill animal rescue (facebook.com/thealmosthomeproject). Fabric, catnip and sewing machines will be provided. This sewing circle also makes hats and mittens for our local giving trees. Billie’s is a wonderful store located at in downtown Chehalis at 510 N. Market Blvd with lots of fabulous fabrics and sewing machines worth drooling over not to mention the reasonable repair work they do.
If you’ve tried composting unsuccessfully or you want to learn how to compost, this workshop is for you. Composting is part art and part science, kind of like baking a cake. We’ll demystify that process and help you get started producing good-quality compost for your garden/landscape.
Pre-registration is required. Call 360-740-1216
Learn how to prune grapes and which grapes grow well in our climate. Free cuttings from the grapes at Borst Demo Garden will be available.
Composting Happens! No matter if you plan or don’t plan your compost pile it will happen. Learn the Whys & Hows!
