King County Extension

Events

This calendar is for events involving WSU Extension personnel and programs, not a general activity calendar.

January

Date	Program Name	Time	Location
Jan 15 - Mar 4	Forest Stewardship Coached Planning Class	6:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Maple Valley
Jan 17	Farm-to-School Connections Team Meeting, featuring "Local Farms - Healthy Kids" policy update and Food Distributors and Processors Panel	11:00 am - 1:00 pm	Capitol Hill Branch Library
Jan 30	2% Solution (to promote awareness and dialogue about Clilmate Change)	5 pm - 8 pm	Everett

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February

Date	Program Name	Time	Location
Feb 13	Composting 101: Turning Waste into a Resource	6:30 pm - 8:30 pm	Lake Forest Park
Feb 21	Farm-to-School Connections: The Food and Farm Educator's Perspective focusing on Partner Perspectives and Policy Developments	6:30 pm - 8:30 pm	Seattle
Feb 27	Hmong Farmers Tax Workshop	10:00 am - 2:00 pm	Renton

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March

Date	Program Name	Time	Location
Mar 11 - May 27	Hmong Film Project	5:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Seattle
March 12	Rain Gardens: Learn to Design Your Landscape to Protect Our Waterways	6:30 pm - 8:30 pm	Lake Forest Park
Mar 20	Farm-to-School Connections Team Meeting - Parents and PTA Work on Farm-to-School Issues	11:00 am - 1:00 pm	Seattle
Mar 28 - May 16	Extension Watershed Stewardship Program Training - Applications coming soon!	Fridays 9:00 am to 4:00 pm	Renton

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April

Date	Program Name	Time	Location
Apr 1 - May 27	Forest Stewardship Coached Planning	6:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Carnation
Apr 12	Productive Vegetable Gardening in Small Spaces: Planning Raised Beds and Containers	10:30 am - 12 noon	Lake Forest Park
Apr 17	Farm-to-School Connections Team Meeting - School Garden Symposium Update and State Level Policy: Local Farms-Healthy Kids	11:00 am - 1:00 pm	Seattle

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May

Date	Program Name	Time	Location
May 1	"Two Angry Moms" Film Screening and panel discussion on improving school food	7:00 pm- 9:00pm	Bastyr U. in Kenmore
May 14	Local Food Year-Round: Simple Methods for Preserving Fresh Fruits and Vegetables	6:30 pm - 8:30 pm	Lake Forest Park
May 22	Farm-to-School Connections Team Meeting - Local Level Policy Options to Support Farm to School Programs	6:30 pm - 8:30 pm	Seattle

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June

Date	Program Name	Time	Location
June 3	Forestry Twilight Field Tour	6:30 pm - 8:30 pm	Enumclaw area
June 10	Forestry Twilight Field Tour	6:30 pm - 8:30 pm	Snoqualmie
June 17	Forestry Twilight Field Tour	6:30 pm - 8:30 pm	Auburn area

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July

Date

Program Name

Time

Location

July 9

Tackling Climate Change at the Local Level. Discover the science behind climate change and learn how your civic involvement at the local level can have a global impact. Includes a presentation for adults (14+) and an experiential workshop for youth age 10-14. 2 hour class. Class size limit = 50.

Brad Gaolach, Ph.D., is the Director of the Washington State University King County Extension and conducts educational programming on climate change and on-farm research about cultural control methods for insect pests on vegetables.

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Kenmore

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August

Date	Program Name	Time	Location
Aug 13	Local Food Year-Round: Simple Methods for Preserving Fresh Fruits and Vegetables	6:30 pm - 8:30 pm	Burien

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September

Date	Program Name	Time	Location
Sep 10	Productive Vegetable Gardening in Small Spaces: Planning Raised Beds and Containers	10:30 am - 12 noon	Burien
Sep 27	Harvest Celebration Farm Tour	10:00 am - 4:30 pm	All around King County

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October

Date	Program Name	Time	Location
Oct 8	Composting 101: Turning Waste into a Resource	6:30 am - 8:30 pm	Burien

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November

Date	Program Name	Time	Location
Nov 12	Rain Gardens: Learn to Design Your Landscape to Protect Our Waterways	6:30 pm - 8:30 pm	Burien

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December

Date	Program Name	Time	Location

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Updated
May 2, 2008

Contact us: Brad Gaolach, Director, 206-205-3100, 711 (TTY), 206-296-0952 (FAX)
WSU King County Extension, 200 Mill Ave S., Suite 100, Renton, WA 98057 USA (effective May 29, 2007)
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