Wreath-making reservations are now open! Please visit our wreath-making page to learn more and reserve your spot!
During weekly work parties, small groups of volunteers help to prepare and maintain annual and perennial garden beds, tend to fruit trees, harvest produce, weed and mulch gardens at the Good Shepherd Center.
We’re thrilled to welcome you back for our annual Holiday Open House at West Seattle Nursery! This year we will have free dog portraits with Element 79 Photography , a garden pest management presentation with Chelsea, a wreath-making demonstration, and a pinecone bird feeder craft for kids!
Celebrate the beauty of fall with a hands-on planting experience! Join us at West Seattle Nursery for a special Pot Your Own Fall Annuals event. We'll provide everything you need: plants, soil, and a plastic terracotta pot.
Green Seattle Day is happening on Saturday, October 25 and is an opportunity for community members to join local organizations in restoring Seattle's parks. This is a family-friendly, citywide planting event and no experience is necessary. Snacks, tools, and gloves provided on site.
We will be closing early at 5:00 PM on Thursday, October 23. Thank you for your understanding!
We're renting a cider press from City Fruit and pressing a fresh batch using a case of their apples! A member from City Fruit will be onsite to answer questions and share how you can get involved! Suggested donation to City Fruit: $5 per person
Ready to get your hands dirty and grow something delicious? Join us for a hands-on class where you’ll learn how to make your own oyster mushroom growing kit and take it home with you!
Thank you to everyone who came out to our sold-out back-to-back oyster mushroom kit workshop! We already can’t wait for Connie to teach another one next year!
We will be closed on September 30 for our annual inventory process. Normal business hours will resume on October 1.Thank you for your understanding!
Whether you're a new gardener or looking to sharpen your landscaping skills, this free class will teach you what you need to know to grow and maintain thriving trees and shrubs. All attendees will receive 10% off their purchases for the day. Find more info here!
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Join us for the Art Walk on Thursday, September 11th, from 5-8 PM. Carmen’s latest painting series, Smoke Show - inspired by Smoketrees - will be on display from September 11 through October 11.
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Zucchini 500 at the West Seattle Farmers Market! It was an honor to see kids with their large zucchinis they grew from seed from the Growing Gardeners Club!
Thank you to everyone and Tilth Alliance for coming out for this class! It was so informative and we all learned so much.
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Our highly anticipated tent sale is here, now through September 21!
Growing Moss is a selection of new paintings by West Seattle artist Macki Stratton. These works are a nod to Macki's ongoing pursuits of growing a shade garden and a tiny human.
We're excited to welcome the Washington Bee Atlas for a special tabling event! Their mission is to identify and map Washington’s wild bees, and they're looking for volunteers to help make it happen.
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Work parties at BFF are led by core volunteers who assist in caretaking on-site. The tasks for each work party vary based on the needs of the teams at the Beacon Food Forest. Visit their website here for more information!
Join us at West Seattle Nursery for a King County Master Gardener Clinic on Sunday, July 13th from 10 AM - 2 PM. It's your chance to get expert advice and answers to all your gardening queries!
West Seattle Nursery will be featuring art from Lynsey Boyle.
Join Trees for Seattle and Dirt Corps for their third tree care skill share and volunteer work party at Meadowbrook Pond!
Thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth at the MOCA Festival! It was fun hosting gardening activities for kids!
Father’s Day is June 15th, and we’re celebrating by offering 30% off all fruit trees (except citrus and olives) on Friday, June 13th, through the end of the month.
Schmitz Preserve Park walk with Sue Nicol hosted by Plant Amnesty. Purchase tickets here!
Got questions about gardening? Join us at West Seattle Nursery for a King County Master Gardener Clinic on June 7th from 10 A.M. - 2 P.M. It’s your chance to get expert advice and answers to all your gardening queries!
Stop by the nursery this month to view (and purchase!) the stunning artwork submitted for the West Seattle Garden Tour art contest. There is also a silent auction for the winning piece.
The Annual Peony Festival will be taking place on May 17th & 18th! All performances will be on May 17, Saturday but there will be arts and crafts on both days!
Join Beacon Food Forest for their Monthly 3rd Saturday Work Party at BFF! In addition to digging, planting, weeding, and building connections with the land and one another, there will be accessible art activities and a community potluck lunch.
