Protecting the PNW’s waters: Making learning about salmon and science fun
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Less than 10 minutes away from EvCC, the “Wondrous Watersheds” surfaced at Imagine Children’s Museum on Nov. 8
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Vegetable garden beds installed for Edmonds Boys & Girls Club
/The Snohomish Conservation District (SCD) and Verdant Health Commission have teamed up to help teach kids at the Edmonds Boys & Girls Club how to grow their own food. The partnership’s Harvest at Home program is designed to increase access to edible gardening and fresh produce for South Snohomish County residents.
Pictured: SCD staff Pete Slanina (left) and David Feldman (right) assemble garden beds. Photo by Claire McClean, MyEdmondsNews.com
New community garden in Lynnwood part of broader effort to make fresh produce accessible
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People got their hands dirty at the Sea Mar Medical Clinic in Lynnwood recently for a healthy and delicious cause: installing a community garden.
The garden is part of Harvest at Home, a program created by the Snohomish Conservation District (SCD) and Verdant Health Commission. It is designed to increase access to edible gardening and fresh produce for South Snohomish County residents, especially for those with financial limitations.
Read MoreVertical gardening puts fresh, healthful produce within reach | The Seattle Times
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With increasing food costs, rising demand (by up to 36%) at local food banks and funding to these banks and food pantries being threatened under the new administration, food self-sufficiency is turning into less of an ideal and more into an essential choice for many. It makes sense that gardening at home will continue to make its way into the spotlight. As residents explore options for cultivating their own food, vertical gardening — an innovative method of growing plants on vertical structures — proves ideal for people with limited space and those with limited mobility or reach, too.
Read MoreSnohomish Conservation District and Verdant Health Commission to Launch Harvest at Home, a Free Community Gardening Program
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In response to rising food costs and an increase in demand for food at local food banks, Snohomish Conservation District is partnering with Verdant Health Commission to pilot Harvest at Home, a free program to increase access to food gardening for residents of South Snohomish County.
Read MoreA Washington Cohousing Project Could Help Preserve Farmland
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It’s a rare sunny day in January, and about a dozen people gather on a farm in Snohomish County, Washington. The farmer, Brett Aiello of Reconnecting Roots Farm, wants to suppress the weeds around some newly planted fruit trees without disturbing the soil, and he’s enlisted some help.
The people in the field work together to sheet mulch the patch of land — some lay sections of clean cardboard, others cart wheelbarrows of bark chips across the field, carefully layering the chips onto the old boxes… Boehnlein says they’ve worked extensively with the Snohomish Conservation District. In one instance, the Snohomish Conservation District received a grant to explore agroforestry as a solution to farming wet ground.
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