Work parties are scheduled to do work at Kirke Park, like weeding in the garden.
Please join us on Saturday, August 30, 9am to Noon. It’s time to rip out more of ever-present morning glory and do some general clean-up.
Thank you for helping keep our park beautiful!
Bring gloves and garden tools if you can (we’ll have some to loan if you need to borrow). Coffee and treats provided.
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Join us! It’s time to spruce things up for Spring. Help us tidy some of the ornamental plants around the lawn and tackle perennial weeds (morning glory, buttercup, etc.) along the perimeter of the park.
Thank you for helping keep our park beautiful!
Sunday, April 6
9am to Noon
Please bring gloves and garden tools if you can (we’ll have some to loan if you need to borrow).
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Let’s get the park all spiffy for Spring! We’ll cut back some of the ornamental plants around the lawn and tackle perennial weeds (morning glory, buttercup, etc.) along the perimeter of the park.
Thank you for helping keep our park beautiful!
Sunday, March 24
9am to Noon
Please bring gloves and garden tools if you can (we’ll have some to loan if you need to borrow).
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Are you craving an opportunity to get your hands in the dirt? Socialize with other gardeners? Support the Ballard Food Bank? Or are you/do you have a high schooler who needs to accrue service hours to fulfill graduation requirements?
Volunteer in the Giving Garden! The Giving Garden at Kirke’s P-Patch grows herbs for the Food Bank in Ballard, and needs help on harvest days. Duties will include harvesting and packaging herbs and/or delivering harvested items to the Food Bank (which can be done by car — or by bike!). It’ll be fun and easy (if you’re a gardening newbie, the Giving Garden manager will show you what to do), and your help will be greatly appreciated! Many hands make light work, as the saying goes.
Harvest days are Thursdays, 9 to 10 am throughout the summer, beginning July 20. You don’t have to make a long term commitment or RSVP — just come when you can. See you there!
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This Friends of Kirke Park Work Party will get the park all spiffy for the Sustainable Ballard Edible Garden Tour on June 24, which begins here at Kirke. We’ll also get the playground area in good shape for the busy summer season. Some perennial weeds (morning glory, buttercup, etc.) are trying to get a foothold along the perimeter of the park, so we’ll tackle those as well. Thank you for helping keep our park beautiful!
Sunday, June 11
9am to Noon
Please bring gloves and garden tools if you can (we’ll have some to loan if you need to borrow).
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In anticipation of Spring, we’re planning a Kirke Park work party on Sunday, March 19, 9am to noon (rescheduled from April 26, due to super cold weather — brrr!). We’ll focus on weeding around the playground, big lawn, and perimeter. Bring weeding tools if you have any, but we’ve got loaners if you don’t. Hope to see you there!
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Curious about how to prune fruit trees? City Fruit volunteers will prune our fruit trees on Friday, January 20, from 1pm to about 4pm — and we’re all invited to watch and learn. Join us!
Fri. Jan. 20, 1-4pm: Fruit Tree Pruning Demo Read More »
9am to Noon.
In preparation for Kirke Park’s 10th Anniversary celebration, we are hoping to spiff up the picnic area on the north end of the park, weed around the playground area, and spread some wood chips. We’d love to have some help!
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