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Gardening with Children: Creating Success and Sustainability

Are you and the kids in your life getting spring fever for gardening?

Start off the growing season with this hands-on workshop, chock-full of information on how to have success in a children’s garden or p-patch plot.

Tour the Magnuson Children’s Garden and P-Patch, and learn about practical and imaginative design, tips on doing planting and maintenance with children, hands-on activities, songs, games and more.

Come away with inspiration and information that will help your garden provide fun and successful learning experiences about growing plants, plus all the wonderful insects, birds, and other creatures that form a community within the garden.

WHEN:
Saturday, March 19
9:30am-12:00noon

WHERE:
Magnuson Children’s Garden and P-Patch
@ The “Brig” building (#406- inside Magnuson Park)
6344 N.E. 74th Street Seattle, WA. 98115 

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE:
9:30  Sign in and refreshments in the Brig building lobby
10:00-12noon  Hands-on- workshop in the lobby and out in the garden

A FREE 2011 Youth Resource Binder  & seeds will be given out to workshop participants upon arrival.

RSVP:
First Come, First Served!
Only 25 spots available.

Send reply to- Kenya.Fredie@Seattle.Gov 206.733.9243 by March 1st, 2011.

WANT TO VOLUNTEER?:

Help with setting up & cleaning up- please email Kenya.Fredie@Seattle.Gov if interested.