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.
August 17, Peggy Campbell, Squak Mountain Nursery, 10:00am
Peggys Favorite Gardening Tools — including those that help use water wisely
Cascade Gardener Presents Peggy Campbell In-Person at Squak Mountain Nursery! (brownpapertickets.com)
Sept 27, Jessi Bloom, Squak Mountain Nursery, 11:00
Turf Out!
Cascade Gardener Presents Jessi Bloom In-Person at Squak Mountain Nursery (brownpapertickets.com)
October 5, Lisa Taylor, Gray Barn Nursery, 11:00
Putting Your Garden to Bed!
Cascade Gardener Presents Lisa Taylor (brownpapertickets.com)
October 11, Jessi Bloom, Gray Barn Nursery, 11:00
Turf Out!
Cascade Gardener Presents Jessi Bloom In-Person at Gray Barn Nursery (brownpapertickets.com)
November 5, Marianne Binetti over Zoom! 7:00pm
Pops of Color in Your Garden
Cascade Gardener Presents Marianne Binetti over Zoom! (brownpapertickets.com)
November 12, Lisa Taylor over Zoom! 7:00 pm
Garden Planning for Year Around Edibles
Cascade Gardener Presents Lisa Taylor (brownpapertickets.com)
November 19, Peggy Campbell over Zoom! 7:00 pm
Native Plants
Cascade Gardener Presents Peggy Campbell over Zoom! (brownpapertickets.com)
November 26, Nita-Jo Rountree over Zoom! 7:00 pm
90 Plants you Didn’t Know You Needed!
Cascade Gardener Presents Nita-Jo Rountree! (brownpapertickets.com)
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.
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
Sept 13, Lisa Taylor, Walk and Talk at Marymoor Community Gardens, 11:00am
Cascade Gardener Presents Lisa Taylor (brownpapertickets.com)
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
- Establishing Plants to Withstand Summer’s Dry Season
- Favorite Gardening Tools
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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