with advice from King County at NW Flower & Garden Show Annual show, Feb. 3-7 in Seattle, includes easy tips on creating a beautiful yard
Learn simple tricks for making your yard the best on the block with practical and affordable natural advice from King County at this year’s Northwest Flower and Garden Show, running now through Feb. 7 at the Washington Convention Center in Seattle.
King County’s educational booth is promoting sustainable backyard gardens, including native plants that require little watering and harmful chemicals and provide great habitat for a variety of wildlife.
Learn how easy it is to care for your yard and gardens in a way that’s good for people, pets and the environment.
King County’s booth features:
* Free copies of the brochure, “Five Steps to Natural Yard Care;”
* A chance for King County residents to register to win 10 cubic yards of GroCo – a naturally composted mixture of three parts sawdust and one part biosolids. Samples and information about GroCo, contest details and entry forms are available at the booth;
* “Grow Smart/Grow Safe” – A consumer guide to lawn and garden products; and
* “Healthy Home Companion Guides” – Learn ways to prevent and eliminate tracking toxins into your house for a safer, healthier home.
Tom Watson, King County EcoConsumer, will be giving a talk – “Taking It to the Street: Creating edible parking strips” – on Saturday, Feb. 6, from 7-7:45 p.m. in the Hood Room.
Using photos and props, Watson will engage the audience in an interactive presentation with great tips on growing your own fresh vegetables in the usually unused grassy parking strip in front of your home.
Watson’s advice is especially timely for Seattle residents, as City of Seattle just last summer eased restrictions on this type of gardening. From lettuce to herbs, tomatoes to blueberries, city residents can now “take it to the street!”