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.

September 15^th, Container Gardening and Fall Veggie Gardening – Lisa Taylor at Bellevue Nursery 11:00 am -12:00pm

October 3^rd, Native Plants: Attracting Birds, Butterflies, Bumblebees & More! – Peggy Campbell over Zoom 7:00pm – 8:30pm

October 10^th, Edible Perennials for Pacific Northwest Gardens – Lisa Taylor over Zoom 7:00pm – 8:30pm

October 14^th, How to Celebrate Autumn in your Landscape – Marianne Binetti at Squak Mountain Nursery,10:00am – 11:00am

October 17^th, Weeds: love ’em, hate ’em, or eat ’em! – Jessi Bloom over Zoom 7:00pm – 8:30pm

October 24^th, Binetti’s Best Plants for Lazy Gardeners – plus what not to do in your garden! – Marianne Binetti over Zoom 7:00pm – 8:30pm

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

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.

September 22, 2023 – Walk and Talk at Gully Garden, Tukwila with Lisa Taylor 11:00am -12:00pm

October 6, 2023 – Walk and Talk in the Beaver Lake Preserve, Sammamish with Jessi Bloom, 11:00am -12:00pm

Cascade offers free irrigation assessments for large properties like parks, school grounds, commercial, multifamily, and homeowner associations.

Download the application here.

• 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

Climate

• Drought Monitor
• NOAA Precipitation Outlook