We're having a holiday fundraiser sale! We're going to set up tents right in the parking lot for easy access too! Come stock up on holiday gifts and goodies from the garden and our talented volunteers! This sale will have jams, jellies, pickles, sauces, salsas, herb salts, gin kits, herbal skin care, and jewelry. All proceeds go to support garden programs and projects next season! Join us! There's lots of free parking in the school lot. The address is 614 SW 120th St. Burien, WA. or search for the Shark Garden.

Volunteers will be needed to help with this event for set up, helping folks shop, and take down. Volunteers get to shop early before the sale starts!

Join us for a couple hours to get away from the election politics! We’re going to be working on some fall clean up in the food bank gardens, processing tomatoes, planting cover crops, and not talking about politics! Come get some fresh air and join community. :) If you’d like some green tomatoes, bring a container to take some home! We’re going to be getting a donation of about 50 pounds of them around 11 am!

Jake Harris from Stone Soup Gardens will be back to talk about fall mushroom foraging and growing your own mushrooms at home with a variety of methods. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-class-farming-foraging-mushrooms-tickets-1035393278167?aff=oddtdtcreator

Garden expert Jessi Bloom will give us an introduction to Permaculture and explain how you can use its principals in your own garden. This class will be an introduction to the principles of Permaculture, a philosophy that combines perennial food crops with design systems that benefit both people and the environment.

Jessi Bloom is a best-selling author, award-winning ecological landscape designer, and speaker. She is the owner of N.W. Bloom EcoLogical Services, based near Seattle, which is known as an innovator and leader in the field of Permaculture, sustainable landscape design, construction and land management.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-class-perma-what-designing-your-own-permaculture-paradise-tickets-1024308031897?aff=oddtdtcreator  

Join us for some family fun pressing apple cider from our orchard. We’ll pick the apples, sort them and wash them for the food bank, and then make cider with the ones that aren’t quite perfect. We have a new hand crank cider press that folks can take turns on. You can also bring apples from home to press and containers to take some cider home in. Join us!

Join other volunteers from the Time Bank to work in the garden. There will be weeding and mulching to do, most likely in the Fig Forest and Berry Patch areas. Grace Still will be leading this party, so sign in with her when you arrive. 😊

Curious about fermented foods? In one of our most popular classes, Chef David Glass will teach us some fermenting basics in this cooking demonstration class. We’ll look at a basic sauerkraut, a salsa, and some fermented veggies. We’ll get to taste a variety of ferments as well. Chef Glass is currently one of the chefs for the Seattle Sounders. He previously worked at our restaurant partner Eden Hill Restaurant and a variety of other amazing fine dining restaurants. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-class-fermentation-101-with-chef-david-glass-tickets-1004857845867

Learn how to winterize your garden this fall, so that your spring garden is easier to deal with. Sustainable gardening expert Ladd Smith will teach us tips and tricks on how to prepare for winter. Ladd is one of the owners of In Harmony Sustainable Landscapes in Kent, a leader in eco-friendly garden design. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-class-winterizing-your-garden-with-ladd-smith-tickets-1004856572057

Learn how to make some healing herbal teas from your garden. Nicole Telkes from Bastyr University will be teaching us this class. Nicole runs the garden at the university for their herbal medicine programs. Participants will have a chance to bring some tea home with them. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-class-medicinal-herbal-teas-with-nicole-telkes-tickets-1004854706477

Our annual fundraiser bake sale and open house. Join us for gourmet goodies from the garden, from jams and jellies from our vast berry collection to herb salts and baked goods. Help support our programs and get some early holiday shopping in!

Volunteers are need to make things for the sale, help set up and take down, and help folks shop. Contact us to help out!

Canning 101 with certified expert Floy Ziegler: Learn the basics of water bath canning and the safety information you need to know to do it right. Check out the gear you'll need, some good safety rules, and see how to get started. Floy will explain what you need to know to help preserve your harvest for your family. Floy is WSU certified in food safety and canning and is a regular volunteer with the county 4-H team. She'll talk to us about water bath canning, pressure canning and other food preservation methods. Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-class-canning-101-tickets-978736917467?aff=oddtdtcreator

In this volunteer work party, we’ll be starting to get the garden and products ready for our Sept. 7th Fall Open House & Fundraiser Bake Sale. This will likely include some weeding and tidying up, but also making some of the herb salts, teas, and signage for the sale. We may also be putting labels on jam jars etc. Join us!

Chef David Glass returns to teach us how to make some of our own sauces from the garden… a marinara, a pesto sauce, and aioli. He’ll be demonstrating the recipes along with pasta, and we get to taste them. Chef Glass is currently one of the chefs for the Seattle Sounders. He previously worked at our restaurant partner Eden Hill and a variety of other excellent fine dining places. Register here: : https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-class-diy-pasta-sauce-with-chef-david-glass-tickets-991252943237?aff=oddtdtcreator

: Did you know that 40% of all food in the US is wasted, 133 billion pounds, worth 180 billion annually. Globally that number skyrockets to 1.3 billion tons. Learn to eat more of the food you've got, find more uses for the waste we have, and turn more resources into value that you might have realized was possible with instructor Adam New-Waterson. This class will cover properly handling food, eating more of the plant, prepping & freezing, dehydrating things before they spoil, making a stock bag, saving your fats to make soap, and even making toothpaste. Save money, food, and the environment! Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-class-tips-tricks-to-avoid-food-waste-tickets-978728813227?aff=oddtdtcreator

Curious about the Asian vegetables that you see in the grocery, but not sure what they are or how to use them? In this class we’ll learn about a bunch of them with our instructors Dao and Alex. Their expertise comes from Vietnamese and Chinese/Taiwanese cultural backgrounds, so they can give us their perspective on some of these interesting crops. There are many regions and cultures in Asia, so we’ll focus on their knowledge and experiences. We’ll be tasting some of the veggies and try a recipe made with them. Gain some confidence in shopping for some of these tasty veggies and maybe grow some of them yourself! Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-class-intro-to-asian-vegetables-tickets-978725543447

Learn how to make your own organic skin products with garden herbs! Our guest instructor is Adam New Waterson, a member of our Education Committee, Master Gardener, and all around renaissance man. Adam will show us how to infuse oils with garden herbs. We'll then describe how to use those oils in a variety of products before making an "everything" balm together. Everyone who attends will take home their own balm that they can customize with dried herbs grown onsite at Shark Garden. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-class-make-your-own-herbal-skincare-products-tickets-978697860647?aff=oddtdtcreator

The garden is the host site for the Burien Solar Punk Festival, an event put on by Key Tech Labs. For more information about this event please visit their website here: https://www.theburiensolarpunkfestival.org/ There will be vendors from eco-friendly local businesses, a mini jobs fair, food, music and an outdoor movie starting at 8pm. The movie is Space Sweepers, a Korean space western that is about PG-13ish (?) with adult language and some cyborg gun violence. The Shark Garden will have a table set up from 12 - 4pm in the garden to sell items to fund raise for the garden.

Learn how to make your yard pollinator and wildlife friendly with Ladd Smith. Ladd runs a local sustainable landscaping business: In Harmony Sustainable Landscapes, based in Kent. In Harmony was one of the first businesses in the Puget Sound to focus on eco-friendly garden designs and sustainable practices. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-class-attracting-bees-butterflies-birds-to-your-garden-tickets-952820500767?aff=oddtdtcreator

Learn how to make your own Vietnamese fresh rolls at home with your fresh garden veggies and herbs! Tam Nguyen from the White Center CDA will be our instructor and you’ll get to taste your work as we learn about Vietnamese ingredients and techniques. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-class-diy-vietnamese-fresh-rolls-tickets-952808765667?aff=oddtdtcreator

Make Your Own Mayo, Dressings, & Marinades with Chef Alyssa Lisle. Join us for a cooking demonstration class with Chef Alyssa Lisle. She'll be showing us how to make our own salad dressings, marinades, and mayo with some focus on ingredients you can also grow yourself. Learn the perfect ratios for a house made tomato vinaigrette, build a green goddess emulsified dressing, make a delicious Italian marinade for your meats and veggies. Also see how easy it is to make your own mayo. We'll be watching and tasting during this class. Check out the event page to learn more about Alyssa’s amazing career and register here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-class-diy-salad-dressings-marinades-mayo-tickets-944550364567

In this family friendly class, we’ll be making sun prints with plants. These sun prints use a special cyanotype coated paper to capture the shapes of the plants in white on the blue background of the paper. The sun activates the paper. Each family will be able to take home some of their creations too! Our instructor is Adam New-Waterson a member of our Education Committee, Master Gardener, and all around renaissance man. We’ll have supplies for 25 people in this class, so please register your kids too or let us know how many are coming. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-class-making-sun-prints-tickets-951750480307?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join us to learn about using native plants in your garden. Madeline Cooper from King Conservation District will be coming to teach all about the benefits of using native plants in your landscape, from saving water to attracting wildlife.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-class-gardening-with-native-plants-tickets-951746528487?aff=oddtdtcreator

Got shade? Our special guest Marianne Binetti will teach us about how to still create a great garden in the shade. Marianne writes a syndicated gardening column that runs in over a dozen newspapers each week including the The Tacoma News Tribune (Sundays) and The Daily Olympian (Saturdays). She has also written or co-written 10 gardening books including "Easy Answers for Great Gardens" and her latest book "Edible Gardening for Washington and Oregon" She lectures and gives seminars on a variety of topics, has appeared on HGTV and hosts radio and TV programs. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-class-shade-gardening-with-marianne-binetti-tickets-944565921097?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join us to learn three salsas from Northern Mexico! Our instructor is Elsa Benavides and her family’s business was open for 30 years in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico making salsas, agua frescas, carne asada, and more! She’s going to show us how to make Salsa Verde with pico de gallo en avocado, Salsa tatemada en Molcajete, and Salsa Macha. We’ll be watching and tasting. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-class-mexican-salsas-101-tickets-933989526817?aff=oddtdtcreator

Special Guest Speaker Marianne Binetti joins us to teach Dos and Don’ts of Container Gardening. Marianne writes a syndicated gardening column that runs in over a dozen newspapers each week including the The Tacoma News Tribune (Sundays) and The Daily Olympian (Saturdays). She has also written or co-written 10 gardening books including "Easy Answers for Great Gardens" and her latest book "Edible Gardening for Washington and Oregon" She lectures and gives seminars on a variety of topics, has appeared on HGTV and hosts radio and TV programs.

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-class-dos-and-donts-of-container-gardening-with-marianne-benetti-tickets-933986186827?aff=oddtdtcreator

Curious if beekeeping is right for you? Get an introduction to what is involved with our friendly local beekeepers Gabby & Devin of Above and Below Bee & Garden Services. They’ll cover bee basics, gear, and resources that you might need. No bees will be present during the class. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/free-class-intro-to-beekeeping-tickets-933984341307?aff=oddtdtcreator