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Upcoming events schedule
EVENT
Natural Yard Care - Growing Herbs Naturally
King County Library - Woodmont
26809 Pacific Highway S | Des Moines, WA 98198
July 6, 2025
11:30 a.m to 1:00 p.m.
Learn from Garden Hotline experts how to choose the best herbs to grow. Explore annual, biennial and perennial varieties. Talk about best growing conditions, soil choices and pot sizes. Then plant some seeds for you to take home!
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Natural Yard Care - Summer Gardens: Sustainable Pest + Waterwise Garden Management
King County Library - Fairwood
17009 140th Ave SE | Renton, WA 98058
July 8, 2025
6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Join the Garden Hotline experts to learn about safe and healthy pest management and sustainable watering practices this summer and activities that you can also enjoy in the process! Take home some mulch samples and flower packets for the garden, too.
EVENT
Wastemobile - Snoqualmie
Cascade View Elementary
34816 SE Ridge St | Snoqualmie, WA 98065
July 11-13, 2025
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., daily
The Wastemobile travels to communities throughout King County to provide hazardous waste disposal for residents and eligible businesses. There is no fee for hazardous waste disposal. Please check the Wastemobile page for a list of accepted items, limits, and restrictions.
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Natural Yard Care - Pollinators + Beneficial Insects (High Point)
Seattle Public Library - High Point Branch and Common Gardens
3411 SW Raymond Street | Seattle, WA 98126
July 13, 2025
10:00 a.m to 12:00 p.m.
Meet Garden Hotline educators and garden experts who will teach you how to identify good bugs from bad ones, how they help keep the aphids away, and who is pollinating your flowers in the garden so you can get fruit or save seed. Take a walk to the West Seattle Bee Garden at the High Point Commons and take home flowers from the garden.
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Natural Yard Care - Pollinators + Beneficial Insects (Skyway)
King County Library - Skyway
12601 76th Avenue S | Seattle, WA 98178
July 16, 2025
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Most insects have some beneficial effect, helping to manage plant-eating pests or pollinating flowering plants. Learn how to attract them to your garden.
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Wastemobile - Redmond
The Home Depot
17777 NE 76th Street | Redmond, WA 98042
July 18-20
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., daily
The Wastemobile travels to communities throughout King County to provide hazardous waste disposal for residents and eligible businesses. There is no fee for hazardous waste disposal. Please check the Wastemobile page for a list of accepted items, limits, and restrictions.