2024 Classes
Cascade Water Alliance offers free gardening classes to help you have beautiful, healthy landscapes while using water efficiently.
Please click on the links below to register.
June 30, 9:00am-11:00am at McAuliffe Park in Kirkland – Hands on Drip Irrigation Training presented by Cascade Water Alliance and Tilth Alliance
July 13, 11:00am-12:00pm at Bellevue Nursery – Peggy Campbell presenting on: Establishing Plants to Withstand Summer’s Dry Season
July 19, 11:00am-12:00pm at Juel Park in Redmond – Walk and Talk with Lisa Taylor
August 14, 11:00am-12:00pm at Bellevue Botanical Gardens – Walk and Talk with Marianne Binetti
August 16, 11:00am-12:00pm at Sammamish Commons Community Garden – Walk and Talk with Lisa Taylor
August 23, 11:00am-12:00pm at McAuliffe Park in Kirkland – Walk and Talk with Lisa Taylor
Cascade Gardener Class Resources
Below are learning materials provided by Cascade Gardener presenters:
- Small Space Gardening
- Strategies for Veggie Gardening
- Color, Color, Color
- Indoor Growing
- Resources for First-Time Gardeners
- Favorite Northwest Plants
- Soil Squeeze and Soil Shake
- Getting Plants Off to a Great Start
- Growing Roses in the Pacific Northwest
- Fabulous Fifteen Vegetables
- Problem Plants
- Perfect Plant Combos
- Heavenly H Plants
- Sustainable Gardening
- Irrigation and Effective Moisture Management
- Native Plant Pollinators
- Binetti’s Best Plants
- Resilient Food Gardens
- Gardening for Pollinators
- Native Plants for a Changing Climate
- Perfect Plant Combos for Every Garden
- Growing Vegetables When Water is Scarce
Garden Walking Tours
Cascade offers free walking tours at local gardens led by gardening experts. Check back often or follow us on social media to learn about upcoming events.
Please click on the links below to register.
May 3, 2024, 11:00am – Walk and Talk with Jessi Bloom at Ferrel-McWhirter Park in Redmond
May 10, 2024, 11:00am – Walk and Talk with Jessi Bloom at Pine Lake Park in Sammamish
Irrigation Assessments
Cascade offers free irrigation assessments for large properties like parks, school grounds, commercial, multifamily, and homeowner associations.
Download the application here.
Helpful Links
- Bellevue Botanical Garden
- Redmond Conservation Garden
- Natural Lawn Care
- Northwest Native Plant Guide
- Washington Native Plant Society
- Great Plant Picks
Poison-Free Landscapes
- Puget Sound Partnership
- The Hazardous Wastemobile
- Greening your Shoreline, King County
- Lakeside Living, King County
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