Wildlife Friendly Gardening for Natural Pest Control

Saturday, April 11^th from 11 am to 1 pm 
Village Green Perennial Nursery
10223 26^th Ave. SW
Seattle, WA 98146
 Join the Garden Hotline and Village Green Perennial Nursery for a workshop on Wildlife Friendly Gardening for Natural Pest Control!  $20 person
The beauty of songbirds, butterflies, and beneficial insects is ample reason to create a wildlife-friendly garden, but there’s so much more to the picture!  When you provide good habitat for birds and beneficial insects, they will in turn provide you with natural pest and weed control, increasing your garden’s health while decreasing your maintenance time. This workshop will teach you about the plants and design techniques that attract these delightful creatures to visit and live in your garden. We will also cover problematic wildlife and how to manage them in the garden. A Village Green Perennial Nursery garden tour and a chance to pick up some great wildlife friendly plants to take home for your own garden is included. Informational brochures will be available.

The Garden Hotline is managed by Seattle Tilth and sponsored by Seattle Public Utilities, the Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County, the Saving Water Partnership and Cascade Water Alliance and the RainWise program of Seattle and King County.

Vacation home West Seattle

                                          Welcome to

'Tall Cedars cottage' at Village Green

                                               https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/784061

   

Do you have Family coming to town and need a place for them to stay?

Do you want to have a 'friends weekend' and do some black smithing, pottery or learn about beekeeping? Want to Organize a retreat? Let's talk!

This Cozy Farm style house is situated on 2 acres of woods and gorgeous organic gardens...home to chickens, ducks, honeybees owls and plenty of birds. Wood stove, some hardwood floors, 2 large bedrooms with queen beds, 1 medium size bedroom with twin/dorm bunk beds, washer/dryer, 1 bathroom, and street parking. Nestled below the giant cedar trees this 3 bedroom offers charm and lush park-like grounds for rest and relaxation ~ A true organic gardener's delight and 'get away from it' all kind of retreat!

Where else can you stay in West Seattle and visit chickens, ducks and honeybees?

3 Bedrooms

1. Dragonfly room overlooks the front gardens, (2 twin beds)

2. Moss rose room with a view of the roses and chickens, (full sized be)

3. Birds nest room, with a view of the cedars from the bed, like being in a tree house (queen bed)

                                             

                  

Rental of the grounds is not included. Separate fees apply. Please inquire. Hourly Rates for daytime/evening workshops are available, please inquire. Available for Retreats, educational workshops, meditation space, cooking classes, herbal classes, vacation rental. . .what do you want to host here?

                                   https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/784061

                                                                                        

                                        

                                               *Backyard Wildlife Habitat Certified*

Vera can also help you plan and host your Wedding, take photos or host a private event. Gardens can accommodate 50-75 guests. However weddings and events are a Separate rental/reservation and you need to ask for more information.

 

                                Vera is Ordained and can perform weddings

Unique in that we are a working urban farm and educational resource to our community.

                                                

Did you know ??? I teach pottery, black smithing and many other lost skills workshops in addition to gardening, permaculture and beekeeping.

                                          

Antique rose simple syrup

Antique rose simple syrup

Made from ancient (historical old roses) rose petals grown organically here on the property.

Can be used in many different ways…


*Sparkling waters flavored to taste (talking rain)
For non alcohol spritzers…
2 tbsp syrup in a 12-14 oz glass
ice
10 oz sparkling water
dash of fresh lemon or lime juice
stir, taste, adjust
add a fresh leaf of herb of choice-flower petals add a nice touch

 
Enjoy!

*Proseco and syrup to taste

*Herbal tea sweetener

*Sweetener for herbal tea popsicles

*Sorbet

*Ice cream

*Flavored ice cubes


For more information on how to make this syrup, please see my website instructional video:
http://villagegreenpn.com/2012/09/17/lemon-verbena-simple-syrup/

Research some old roses: What makes an old rose an old rose?


http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/I/bo3618985.html

http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/105962in.html

Wedding Venue, Event space West Seattle

Do you have a special event to plan? Do you need a beautiful natural space to plan a retreat, play music, host a workshop, hold a garden club meeting or serve a catered meal? We have the space. 

Village Green Perennial Nursery is a beautiful urban garden on a 2-acre woodland setting with tall trees, giant Rhododendrons, ancient rose bushes, a pond and winding trails leading you through the garden. The front garden is a lovely place to take pictures or hold an intimate wedding ceremony. There are numerous other spaces available for holding classes, workshops, and other events. Located in White Center, Village Green provides an enchanting, natural refuge from the city.


Want to book an event at Village Green? Please provide us with the following information so that we may efficiently respond to your event inquiry.

      

http://villagegreenpn.com/services/rentals/

 

Slowing down, enjoying the view

Mason bee boxes

I love the smell of coffee in the morning and a piping hot Quiche coming out of the oven.
  Nothing makes me feel more in touch with life than slowing down and cooking something really delicious, eating from some of my handmade plates and drinking from hand crafted mugs.
 Today, I decided to use my Heirloom china from the aunt I was named after to take a step even further into an intimate part of myself  and my history. I invited some guests over to share that kind of day with me and wanted to make sure it was extra special and memorable, so, naturally I made a theme out of it, by incorporating freshly harvested honey to each item on the menu.

To get a feel of what it's like to live here, and spend time in my space, the table was set up out on the deck, overlooking the bees and my gardens and nursery. Watching them is a favorite past time, with a cup of tea, and a moment of quiet. The meditative work of a hive can calm me down in a very short time.

Being the kind of hostess I am, one who wants to go all out, giving guests a REALLY special treat... I started the meal with fresh wine grapes grown in my neighbors gardens, fresh cracked honey glazed walnuts, and warm honey butter scones with homemade strawberry jam. These are no ordinary scones. Buttery, slightly sweetened by the honey, flaky, drizzled with even more honey, they simply melt in your mouth.

     

 Having fresh eggs from our 11 laying hens means we are never short on eggs, and quiche is a favorite here. Today there were 2, the first was a rich caramelized onion and mushroom, the second a red pepper, onion and feta. Perfect crust, flaky and lightly browned.
  A salad of butter lettuce, mission figs, goat cheese and walnuts drizzled with honey, fresh from the hives was served as an accompaniment, light and flavorful.

    

Being here is like stepping back in time, slow food is the term given to food grown and prepared in this manner. There's a feeling of a simpler life, less hectic, perhaps like being on one of the islands. This does not feel like the city.

                        

Simple syrup made of lemon verbena and honey perfectly blended with sparkling water reminds me that summer has only just been here, not long ago.

                                             

 
       The day was filled with  friendly warm and comfortable conversation,. Exactly what I crave.

Village Green honey

Vacation Rental, West Seattle

Airbnb House

 

Farm To Table dinner Aug 31st West Seattle

                                                                      Tickets HERE

Save the Date!
 August 31st 6pm-9pm  Farm to table dinner.

Village Green is having a very special night in the gardens.
Dine in the lush gardens of Village Green Perennial Nursery
A 2 acre urban oasis.
Wander through mature Fir trees, White Paper birch and mature perennial gardens.
A bird, butterfly and bee sanctuary. This Garden has been wildlife certified for 10yrs.
See 5 live beehives, organic vegetable gardens, chickens and ducks.
We are teaming up with the best local foodies in West Seattle, and the best Floral designer we know and love, Debra Prinzing.
The Swinery is cooking a whole hog!
Eat Local, Bakery Nouveau, Macrina Bakery, Beer Junction, PLUS great music from Rabbit Stew!

                                        
This one is Adults only. Think DATE night!

                                                             How can you go wrong?

'Keeping bees in towns and cities' by Luke Dixon

Today-I received a gift.

 A book. Did I order this book? I have no memory of it...but my memory is getting worse...

 

Over a year ago I received and email from a gentleman inquiring about my bees and beekeeping.

I told him what I could and didn't know what to expect. He said he was writing a book. I felt honored to be asked about my experience...but here it is-in writing! We are in the book!

page 142.

 

 

What a pleasant surprise!

Author:

Luke Dixon

Thank you!