This Week
Home Composting Classes – in-person OR online! – Apr 18th, 19th or 22nd
Join your fellow Jefferson County citizens for an engaging interactive workshop with instruction on how to create and maintain a healthy compost system with food and yard waste. Create compost to amend your soil, retain moisture, provide essential nutrients for your plants, & MORE! Workshop cost is $25. Participants will receive a $125 Earth Machine compost bin. One per household, please. Participants must attend the full workshop to receive their compost bin. Additional family members and/or friends may attend at no charge with one paid registration. Available only to Jefferson County residents who have not attended a previous compost class with us. Note that the Saturday, April 29th filled up fast, so a new Earth Day class has been added. Register for one class below through Brown Paper Tickets. For more information, email Laura Tucker or call 360-379-4491. Time: 7-8:30 PM, Tuesday, April 18th | Location: Online via Zoom; register for this class here
Time: 10:30 AM-Noon, Wednesday, April 19th | Location: Online via Zoom; register for this class here
Time: 10-11:30 AM; on EARTH DAY! Saturday, April 22nd | Location: in person at FinnRiver Cidery in Chimacum register for this class here.
Friends of Fort Flagler Edible and Medicinal Plants – Fri, Apr 21st
Did you know Douglas-fir makes a tasty tea, and cottonwood can ease your aching back? Come take a walk at Fort Flagler with a local herbalist and discover how people and plants help each other thrive. Northwest herbalist J.T. delights in connecting people with plants and watching them fall in love. She gathers herbs from mountain to city to sea and has taught hundreds of students how to identify edible and medicinal plants. J.T. likes to mix it up, incorporating her European and Chinese heritage in her herbal approaches. Wherever you find her, a class with J.T. offers practical, joyful knowledge for all your outdoor adventures.Register here.
Time: 2 PM | Location: Meet at Interpretive Trail at Fort Flagler State Park
Wild Church Port Townsend – Sat, Apr 22nd *New*
Join guide Katy Taylor to gather in and with creation with other folks and with the other beings on this earth. Sponsored by Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, this exercise in reverence and respect for Earth occurs on 4th Saturdays. Participants meet in circle, share words, songs, and practices, and then wander in silence before reconvening to share experiences. Please dress for the weather. Children in the care of adults are welcome. If wandering is not accessible, remaining in the circle under the Doug Fir is an option, too. Bring a chair, a warm drink, and maybe even a lap blanket! Info and directions here. To oin the Wild Church email list contact Katy.
Time: 10-11:30 AM | Location: Fort Townsend State Park
Earth Day Beach Cleanup – Sat, Apr 22nd
Port Townsend Marine Science Center will be hosting cleanups at multiple locations. Your first stop is to check in at either the Museum Portico at Fort Worden State Park or Chimacum Corner Farmstand. From these locations, they will send folks out to local beaches to collect debris!
Volunteers collect and sort debris as well as contribute data on their findings to the Ocean Conservancy’s international database. Find more details on their webpage. The first 100 participants will receive a $5 gift card to the PT Food Coop and a $1 off any item coupon at the Keg and I.
Contact: Mandi Johnson
Time: 9 AM – 1 PM | Location: See above
Introduction to Mindfulness Practice- Sat, Apr 22nd
A 2-hour class will introduce you to the benefits of, and the techniques for developing a mindfulness practice for your well-being. The class will also give you a taste of the upcoming 5-hour silent meditation retreat on May 21st, as well as the “gold-standard” 26-hour course, “Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction”/MBSR which will be offered in September 2023. More information and registration information here, or call 360-316-6544.
Time: 2 – 4 PM | Location: Meet at 427 Washington St, Port Townsend
Scotch Broom Removal – Sat, Apr 22nd
Friends of Fort Flagler is organizing a park clean up. Help restore the natural beauty at Fort Flagler State Park by removing invasive plant species. The Park will be giving free day passes to any volunteer who does not have a state park pass. Volunteers should bring their own tools, water, masks, and gloves and will be directed to a specific site. Friends of Fort Flagler is a non-profit organization dedicated to the restoring, preserving and protecting the natural and historic resources of Fort Flagler State Park. Please support this state park by becoming a member, volunteering or donating to our organization. More info here. Register here.
Time: 9 AM – 1 PM | Location: Fort Flagler State Park
Medicinal Herb Micro-Farming Workshop – Sat, Apr 22nd
This hands-on workshop by Friends of the Trees Botanicals will show participants how to get into small-scale medicinal herb production. The instructor is Michael Pilarski and the fee is $90. Questions? Contact Michael or at 360-643-9178.
Register here.
Time: 10 AM to 4 PM | Location: Friends of the Trees Library, 10644 Rhody Dr., Port Hadlock, and Finnriver Farm in Chimacum.
NOSC Earth Day Mulching Work Party – Sat, Apr 22nd
Are you hoping to spend this Earth Day doing something that will have a lasting impact on our local environment? Join the North Olympic Salmon Coalition for a fun, family-friendly, community-filled day of mulching (and possibly some planting) on the scenic Dungeness River, April 22nd from 10am-2pm. NOSC’s dedicated volunteers and Washington Conservation Corps Crew have planted nearly 7,000 trees and shrubs for the revegetation efforts at the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s new side channel this winter. The Caldero side channel provides nearly 1000 feet of critical off channel habitat for salmon, giving them a quiet escape from the main channel and during high flows. Help restore crucial river-side forest habitat this Earth Day! Details and RSVP here.
Time 10 AM – 2 PM | Location: Meeting address upon registration.
Poison Hemlock Pull at Blue Heron Middle School – Sat, Apr 22nd *New*
Celebrate Earth Day by helping remove an invasive and toxic plant from Blue Heron Middle School Grounds. We will be bagging the plants for proper disposal. Please wear long pants and long sleeves. Bring gloves and hand tools if possible – some will be provided. Kids welcome with adult supervision. Questions? Email Sophie DeGroot of Jefferson County’s Noxious Weed Control Board or call (360) 316-9332
Time: 10 AM – 1 PM. | Location: Blue Heron Middle School, 3939 San Juan Ave
The ReCyclery Open House – Sunday, Apr 23rd
The ReCyclery, your non-profit community bike hub, is reopening after a winter of reorganization! Join us at our open house as we share with our community our refreshed space, reimagined mission and vision, strategic plan, governance, and ways to get involved. We will be raffling off a tandem bike just in time for summer and screen printing our new logo (BYO t-shirt)! There will be a casual group ride from The ReCyclery to Fort Worden to follow. For more information please email info@ptrecyclery.org or visit the event webpage.
Time: 12 PM – 3 PM | Location: The Recyclery, 1925 Blaine St, PT
Earth Day Beach Clean Up – Sun, Apr 23rd
Protecting Puget Sound from trash and winter debris begins with each of us! As waste continually pollutes our parks, waterways, and beaches, Friends of Fort Flagler provides the opportunity for you to help protect and restore the environment we all call home. Friends of Fort Flagler is organizing a park clean up.. The Park will be giving free day passes to any volunteer who does not have a state park pass. Minors must be accompanied by an adult. They do not allow unsupervised minors to participate in a beach clean-up alone. Fort Flagler State Park will provide some supplies such as buckets, pickers, and gloves. Registration.
Friends of Fort Flagler is a non-profit organization dedicated to the restoring, preserving and protecting the natural and historic resources of Fort Flagler State Park. Please support our state park by becoming a member, volunteering or donating to our organization. Learn more at Friends of Fort Flagler.
Time: 9 AM – 1 PM | Location: Fort Flagler
Port Townsend Plant Walk: Traditional and Modern Uses of Wild Plants – Sun, Apr 23
Led by Michael Pilarski. Join a local expert toexamine the plants along the beach and in the adjoining bluffs and forest. Contact Michael or at 360-643-9178. Register at Skeeter.Eventbrite.com $50.
Time: 1 – 5 PM | Location: Fort Worden; meet at the Beach Campground Shelter.
Local 20/20 Health and Wellness – no April Meeting
The April Health and Wellness meeting that would normally be held on April 17th has been canceled. If you missed the March 20 Citizens for Healthcare Access meeting on Medicare Privatization, you can get the notes from Angela. This Local 20/20 Action group will resume their normal 3rd Monday of the month meeting schedule on Monday, May 15 at 6:30 PM via Zoom.
For the full set of announcements, including Upcoming Events, Recurring Events, Community Notices, Community Resources, and Resilience Readings, see here.
