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Tomato Fest at Sky on Saturday - bring your own

Monday, August 27, 2012

Skylight tomatoes
Photo courtesy Sky Nursery
Saturday September 1, 2012 
10am – 5pm

Tomato Fest

Join Sky’s tomato-growing staff for a day of tomato tasting, tomato competitions, and the sharing of tomato lore.  
  • What’s the best way to ripen tomatoes once the fall rains start?  
  • What’s the best recipe for fried green tomatoes and green tomato chutney?  

We’ll be sharing information on these questions and more.  

Sky staff will be bringing in our favorite varieties; bring yours for taste-testing for bragging rights, and to enter in our competitions:
  • biggest tomato (girth) 
  • heaviest tomato
  • funniest-looking tomato 

Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Avenue North, Shoreline, WA 98133 206-548-4851  

   

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Sky seminar: Growing fall vegetables

Wednesday, August 15, 2012



Saturday August 18th     11am – 12:30pm

Growing Fall Vegetables      Emily Wilkins

Take time out from harvesting your tomatoes to plan for abundance after the fall rains set in!  Now is actually the time to plant everything from arugula to turnips for your fall salads, stir-fries, and stews.  Emily will go over what to plant, how to care for seedlings in summer’s heat, and when to expect a bountiful harvest from your plantings now. 

Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Avenue North, Shoreline, WA 98133 206-548-4851     


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Artists in Action at Sky Nursery

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Saturday July 28th and Sunday July 29th  11am – 5pm

Artists in Action at Sky Nursery

Northwest Artists in Action is a group of accomplished fine artists who love to create and display their art in public.  The unique feature of the group is that each artist will be creating an art project on site.  This gives you a chance to see a painting being created in real time and the opportunity to discuss the art with the artist.  Each artist specializes in one or more of the fine arts media - oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastel, or pencil.  Stop by and admire a variety of paintings and sketches in progress, plus a display of finished original art available for purchase. 
Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave N Shoreline WA 98133 206-546-4851 


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Hummingbird Gardens seminar at Sky July 14

Sunday, July 8, 2012



Saturday July 14th, 11am to 12:30pm, Joe Abken will speak on Hummingbird Gardens

Hummingbirds are among the most entertaining creatures to watch, with their catchy colors, their speed, their uncanny ability to hover, and their feisty personalities.  Luring them to your garden will provide you with hours of entertainment.  Fortunately, the plants they love best are people-pleasers too!  Let Joe tell you how to plant a garden as attractive to hummers as to humans. 

Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave N Shoreline WA 98133 206-546-4851 


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Artists in Action at Sky Nursery July 28-29

Thursday, July 5, 2012


Saturday July 28th and Sunday July 29th  11 am to 5 pm

Artists in Action at Sky Nursery

Northwest Artists in Action is a group of accomplished fine artists who love to create and display their art in public.  The unique feature of the group is that each artist will be creating an art project on site.  This gives you a chance to see a painting being created in real time and the opportunity to discuss the art with the artist.  Each artist specializes in one or more of the fine arts media - oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastel, or pencil.  Stop by and admire a variety of paintings and sketches in progress, plus a display of finished original art available for purchase. 

Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave N Shoreline WA 98133 206-546-4851 

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Sky seminar: Growing grafted tomatoes

Monday, June 11, 2012



Saturday June 16th                    3:00 P.M – 4:00 P.M.
Growing Grafted Tomatoes    Ron McCabe of Ezra’s Organics 

As with fruit trees, grafting a high-quality fruit producer on a carefully-selected rootstock can produce a plant with the fruit flavor of the top graft and the vigor, disease resistance, and productivity of the rootstock.  One of our customers last year tried two plants of the same variety side by side; the grafted one grew three times the size of the conventional one, with a corresponding increase in production, and a longer harvest season to boot.  Ron will tell you how to take advantage of your grafted tomatoes’ potential to maximize your harvest. 

Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave N Shoreline WA 98133 206-546-4851 


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Summer seminars and events at Sky Nursery

Monday, June 4, 2012

Corrected day for Turtle Show 06-05-2012 2:33PM

Sky Nursery Summer Events 2012

Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave N. Shoreline WA 98133 206-546-4851. Directions for best entrance and parking.


Saturday June 9th                      11 A.M – 12:30 P.M.
Smart Watering: Drip Irrigation                      Charlie Shull

Save water—save money—save time!  A properly designed drip irrigation system allows you to deliver water directly to your plants’ root zones with the turn of a switch or a timer.  Plus it can help protect your plants from leaf splashes, over & under-watering, and some diseases!  Let Charlie show you how to design and install a system that meets your needs and budget. 

Saturday June 16th                    11 A.M – 12:30 P.M.
My Rhody’s Too Big, Too Leggy, or Too Ugly (and what can be done about it) 
Cass Turnbull of Plant Amnesty

The Northwest's 'signature plant' is the rhododendron. It is also one of the hardest to prune. Find out what can and can't be done to fix an unsatisfactory rhododendron situation. This 1-2 hr slideshow covers dead wooding, maintenance pruning, transplanting, arborizing, radical renovation, and 'nicking the buds'.

Saturday June 23rd                   11 A.M – 12:30 P.M.
Aquatic Plants                         Joe Abken

Whether you have a single ceramic water pot or a series of cascading ponds, the right water plants are both lovely and functional, helping to keep your water clean and oxygenated.  Joe will tell you about oxygenators, floaters, marginals… flowers from water lilies to iris… vertical accents from rushes to cattails… and that’s only a few.  How to choose the right plants for different conditions, how to plant them, how to take care of them… Everything you need to know to keep your water feature alive with beauty. 

Sunday August 12th                10 A.M – 4:00 P.M.
Seattle Turtle and Tortoise Club Show

Come meet the turtles!  The Seattle Turtle and Tortoise Club will be hosting live turtles, including native, endangered, and invasive species.  Learn about conservation, rescue, and how these little guys could live in your own garden or pond. 

Saturday August 25th and Sunday August 26th  All Day
Puget Sound Dahlia Society Show

Check out this eye-catching display of beautiful and unusual dahlia varieties.  Many are offered exclusively by the Puget Sound Dahlia Society. 




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Sky Nursery Junior Gardener Class: Clay seed ball - register in advance

Monday, April 2, 2012


Sunday, April 22nd 1 pm – 2 pm
Junior Gardener Class: Clay Seed Ball

Come and make a clay seed ball that you can take home. Toss the seed ball onto the ground where you want the seeds to grow. The rain will “melt” the clay and disperse your seeds. Watch the seeds grow into colorful flowers.

Please register and pay in advance. Cost is $5 cash or check. Please note that this class starts at 1 pm (to overlap with the adult seed-starting class).

Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave N Shoreline W 98133 206-546-4851

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Sky Nursery: Care and pruning of clematis

Saturday, March 31, 2012


Saturday, April 7 1 P.M. – 2:30 P.M.
The Care and Pruning of Clematis,              Laura Watson

Add dimension and color to your garden by growing beautiful blooming clematis. Laura Watson has been gleefully growing clematis everywhere for over 20 years-in trees and shrubs, scrambling over perennials, and on fences, trellises, and arbors. She currently has 100 clematis and counting. Laura will enlighten you about the joys of clematis, how to choose one, and how to care for them through her slide show presentation. She will also be available at the clematis sales area after the talk to answer questions. 
Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave N. Shoreline, WA 98133 206-546-4851 

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Apr 1 Sky Nursery seminar: Small fruits, big harvest

Monday, March 26, 2012

Sunday, April 1 1 pm – 2:30 pm

Small Fruits, Big Harvests: Berries and Vines for the Northwest Dr. Michael Dossett

Even the smallest yard or patio can grow mouthwatering fresh fruit—and those blessed with larger yards can, with a little care, enjoy an abundant and varied harvest.

Michael Dossett, former Seattleite and Sky employee, now works for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (the Canadian version of the USDA) breeding new berry varieties.

He’ll go over variety selection, site selection, planting, and care to maximize your production of raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, grapes, and hardy kiwis.

Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave N Shoreline W 98133 206-546-4851



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Sky Nursery: All about edibles - exclusive tips from local growers

Wednesday, February 22, 2012


Sunday, February 26, 2012 1 pm – 2:30 pm

All about Edibles: Exclusive Tips from Local Growers

Join local professional vegetable and herb growers with over sixty years combined experience growing starter plants and vegetables, berries, and herbs for market.
  • Rent’s Due Ranch has been providing PCC with some of their finest local organic produce—luscious strawberries, broccoli, onions, squash—since 1990—and has been providing Sky’s tables with organic veggie starts for half a decade.
  • White Picket Gardens grows common and unusual herbs as starter plants and for the fresh market, including 40 varieties of lavender.
  • Windy Meadows Nursery pioneered the use of coco-coir based, sustainable, organic potting media, and grows organic vegetable starts, annuals, and perennials.

This is your chance to grill JoanE of Rent’s Due, Kristi of White Picket, and Dr. Scott of Windy Meadows to find their organic and sustainable solutions for maximizing edible production. Bring your questions about heirloom varieties, sustainable growing, and biodynamic and organic growing tips!

Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave N Shoreline W 98133 206-546-4851 



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Sky Nursery: Prune-a-thon - confess your gardening sins to Father Weedo Sarducci

Tuesday, February 21, 2012


Saturday, February 25, 2012      9 am – 4 pm

PRUNE-A-THON: A PLANT AMNESTY BENEFIT

Join Plant Amnesty and Sky Nursery for a full day of free pruning demonstrations, slideshows, seminars, and fun. Confess your gardening sins to Father Weedo Sarducci! 

Get a free 15-minute gardening consultation…. Come to learn and stay to buy—a portion of the Sky’s sales that day will be donated to Plant Amnesty to support their educational programs. 

Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave N Shoreline W 98133 206-546-4851 



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Sky Nursery: Rose selection, planting and health

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Sunday, February 19, 2012 1 pm – 2:30 pm

Rose Selection, Planting, and Health with Deborah Boyer

Join Debo Boyer, Sky Nursery’s rose buyer, for an afternoon of “Roses 101.” She will be covering this year’s new introductions, her favorites among the returning roses, how Sky rates our roses on disease resistance, fragrance, etc…. in short, everything you need to know to choose the perfect rose for you. She’ll also cover planting your roses and keeping diseases and insects at bay.
Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave N Shoreline W 98133 206-546-4851



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Sky Nursery: Fruit tree grafting

Tuesday, February 14, 2012


Saturday, February 18, 2012 10 am – 11:30 am

Fruit Tree Grafting- Theory
Bill Davis, Western Washington Fruit Research Foundation, and Dan Vorhis

Learn the theory of fruit tree grafting! Why do we graft, how do we graft, what are the different types of grafts and why use one rather than another…? How do you pick the perfect rootstock and scionwood? (Er—what’s rootstock and scionwood?) What tools and materials do you need? How do you care for your newly-grafted tree? 
Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave N Shoreline W 98133 206-546-4851 


Saturday, February 18, 2012 11:30 am – 1 pm

Fruit Tree Grafting- Lab with Bill Davis and Dan Vorhis

Now that you’re an expert on the theory, here’s your chance to apply your new knowledge under the tutelage of experts. You can purchase grafting supplies on site, as well as rootstock and scionwood for a variety of fruit trees. Take home your own baby fruit tree! Each year Bill and Dan try to bring in interesting heritage apple and other scion wood for grafting that are not typically available in commercially-grown trees. You’ll be hooked! 
Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave N Shoreline W 98133 206-546-4851 


If you plan to participate in (not just watch) the lab portion, please preregister by emailing or by calling 206-546-4851. We need to order supplies for the hands-on participants.


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Photo by Lee Lageschulte: It's spring at Sky Nursery

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Sky Nursery
Photo by Lee Lageschulte



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Sky Nursery: Terrarium Design

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Saturday, February 11, 2012
11 am – 12:30 pm

Terrarium Design with Mary Ann Greco

Terrariums can be as small as a salt shaker or as large as you’re willing to maintain (a conservatory can be thought of as a mega-terrarium). The only limit is your imagination! 

Create a mini desert with cacti and succulents—or a temperate landscape—or a slice of rainforest… Mary Ann will talk about how to choose complementary plants, how to keep your plants to scale, and how to put it all together. 

Plus, attendees will get a coupon good on 20% off all 2” foliage plants for making their own. 

Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave N Shoreline W 98133 206-546-4851 



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Sky Nursery; Hydroponics and Vegetable Garden Design

Thursday, January 26, 2012



Saturday, January 28th 11 am – 12:30 pm
Introduction to Hydroponics Tim Calvert of Hydrofarm

Have you ever dreamed of gardening without weeding…? How about maximizing productivity in a small space? Hydroponics is more than growing plants “in water”: it’s the science and art of controlling all your gardening inputs (water, nutrients, temperature, light, even atmospheric gases) to get your plants growing at their absolute ultimate potential—for speed of growth, volume of harvest, and yes, even nutrient content and flavor. Whether you want to grow exotics that don’t flourish locally, or harvest luscious tomatoes in winter, a hydroponics system can be the way to go. Hydrofarm has been the industry’s leader since 1977, pioneering hydroponics for both mega greenhouse operations and for homeowners with limited space and resources. Let Tim introduce you to this growing field! Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave N Shoreline W 98133 206-546-4851

Sunday, January 29th 1 pm – 2:30 pm
Vegetable Garden Design Brad Halm and Colin McCrate of the Seattle Urban Farm Company

Want to grow food in your yard this season? Join the owners of the Seattle Urban Farm Company as they guide you through designing your own "backyard farm". They'll discuss how to find the best spot on your property for a vegetable garden, how to lay out the space for maximum production and ease of use, the best materials to build your garden from, and how to get your soil into condition to grow top quality organic vegetables. Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave N Shoreline W 98133 206-546-4851

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Sky Nursery: Fruit tree pruning lecture and lab on Saturday

Friday, January 20, 2012

Saturday, January 21st 11 am – Noon
Fruit Tree Pruning: Lecture with Dan Vorhis

This class is for folks who want just the pruning and training portion of Vorhis’s fruit tree care seminar - prune for fruitfulness; when to prune; tool selection and care; proper pruning of various kinds of fruit trees and fruiting vines. Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave. N Shoreline, WA 98133 206-546-4851 

Saturday, January 21st Noon – 1 pm
Fruit Tree Pruning: Lab with Dan Vorhis

Following the classroom presentation, it will be time for hands-on pruning and questions. You’re welcome just to watch, but invited to take pruners in hand yourself. Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave. N Shoreline, WA 98133 206-546-4851 



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Sky Nursery holiday events: Santa at Sky on Saturday November 26

Friday, November 25, 2011


Sky Nursery Holiday Events 2011
Events are free and open to the public without pre-registration except where noted otherwise.
Sky Nursery 
18528 Aurora Ave N. 
Shoreline, WA 98133 
206-546-4851 

Every day through Christmas Eve (12/24):
Hopelink Food Bank Donation Drop-off

Honor the spirit of the season by remembering our neighbors with less. Please bring in canned or other nonperishable food items for Hopelink, our community food bank.


Through December 17th 10 A.M – 4:00 P.M.
Local Craft Vendors

Every Saturday, Sky will be hosting local craft artists and artisans in our covered greenhouse. Support local craftspeople and do your holiday gift and decoration shopping in comfort!


Saturday, November 26th
Santa at Sky! 12 P.M. – 3:00 P.M.

He’s making a list… come make sure you’re on the right one! Santa will be at Sky with a holiday backdrop—bring your camera! Star 101.5 FM Live Broadcast… 12-2 …Meet Jen Pirak from the Kent and Alan show.

Saturday, December 3rd 11:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M.
Holiday Festivities

Get in the Holiday Spirit! Free refreshments. Kid's make a birdfeeder. Holiday music throughout the day. Spirit 105.3 FM Special Broadcast - 11-1. Meet Sarah Taylor from the Tom and Sarah show. Have your family photo taken for free in front of our festive holiday backdrop! Details @ Sky Nursery.com. 


Saturday, December 10th 11:00 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.
Radio Disney Enchanted Holiday Party

Junior Gardeners and friends, join the Radio Disney Road Crew for a holiday party! Show off your singing talent in “Beauty and the Beast” karaoke… Plant a paperwhite for winter fragrance with Sky’s own Junior Gardeners team…. Enter to win a family 4-pack of tickets to February’s LIVE performance of “Beauty and the Beast” at the Paramount Theatre. Enjoy music, dancing, games, and refreshments. And please remember to bring a canned food donation for Hopelink, our community food bank.


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Sky Nursery: Tool Talk and Chicken Care, Saturday and Sunday

Monday, October 10, 2011

Saturday October 15 11 am – 12:30 pm

Tool Talk 
Keith Dekker

You’ve heard “Right plant—right place”? How about, right tool—right job! The proper tools can make all the difference for successful and easy pruning, weeding, and other gardening tasks. Longtime pruning expert and landscaping professional Keith Dekker will tell you how to select the right tools for your various tasks, and how to maintain them once you have them. He will show off his personal favorites as well as a representative selection of Sky’s extensive offerings. 

Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave N. Shoreline WA 206-546-4851 
Photo shows staff pick "diggit" for sale at Sky.

New! Sunday, October 16 1 pm – 2:30 pm

Fall and Winter Chicken Care 
Diana Ambauen-Meade of Scratch and Peck

Join the founder of Scratch and Peck, the Northwest’s locally produced organic animal feed company, to learn how to keep your birds happy and healthy through our winters. 
Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave N. Shoreline WA 206-546-4851 


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