Bellingham Farmers Market: Saturdays 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Depot Market Square, through mid-December. See bellinghamfarmers.org. Focus on Farming and Focus on Forestry Conference: Wednesday, Nov. 1. Local and national farmers, researchers and experts share ideas. 24 workshop classes in six industry tracks, keynote speakers, lunch and more. For registration and conference details,
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Sewing Bootcamp: Saturdays, Sept. 2 and 9. Get familiar with the care and use of your sewing machine and solving basic sewing problems, take accurate body measurements and learn to fit items to your own aesthetic and body type, and more with Instructor Brigitte Parra. Take away a short guide and reference list to assist
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25th Annual Art by the Bay Arts Festival: Friday through Sunday, July 7-9. A fine arts and live music festival, now in its 25th year, the Art by the Bay Festival includes more than 100 juried artists and craftspeople from around the Northwest, plants and garden art, and gourmet food. Free admission, free parking, free
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Puget Sound Jr. Livestock Show: Thursday, June 1 through Saturday, June 3. Open to all 4-H and FFA members who’d like to exhibit, sell or market swine, goat, sheep or steer. Skagit County Fairgrounds, Mount Vernon. For more information, visit www.pugetsoundjuniorlivestock.org. Blast from the Past Festival: Friday through Sunday, June 2-4. This local Sedro-Woolley
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Artwood Gallery in May: Each month Artwood showcases a particular artist or category of work. Jim Hume will present his aptly-named Foot Stools; Michael Flaherty has a wall cabinet involving a section of Douglas Fir; David Gray’s contributions are a new cabinet, along with his popular Mutiny Bay chair; and Karen Healy will show an
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Skagit Valley Tulip Festival: Month-long festival celebrating tulips and the Skagit Valley. Visitors can stop by Tulip Town and RoozenGaarde to see fields in bloom. Admission is $7 per person, with children 5 and under free. Parking is free at both facilities. For tulip locations and special events throughout the month, see tulipfestival.org. 10th
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La Conner Daffodil Festival: Month-long festival celebrating the beauty of locally grown daffodils and community events including the Dandy Daffodil Tweed Ride and 52nd Annual Smelt Derby hosted by the Rotary Club of La Conner. For details, and to see the Daffodil Bloom Map to know where fields are blooming, visit www.lovelaconner.com. Growing Tree
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Artwood Gallery in February: Each month Artwood showcases a particular artist or category of work. Featured for February are the collages of Francy Blumhagen: framed art featuring such themes as herons and owls, both colorful and subdued, delightfully rendered in mixed media. Also small tables made by Gary Leake of highly decorative and unusual woods
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NVHC Display Cabinet: Gooding Shingle Company: Marv Fullner displays photos and artifacts from the mill started by his great uncle Edward W. Gooding in 1922. Located east of Glen Echo, the mill operated until 1918. On display until the end of December. Everson Library, 104 Kirsch Drive, (360) 966-5100. Birchwood Garden Club’s November Meeting:
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BURLINGTON – The Burlington Chamber of Commerce and Burlington Parks and Recreation Dept presents their annual Harvest Festival & Pumpkin Pitch on Saturday, Sept. 24 at the Skagit River Park in Burlington. Activities include medieval type machines hurling pumpkins through the air, zucchini car races, pumpkin painting contest and lots of kids activities. Admission and
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