FREE Community Garden Exchange & Chili Cook Off

Schedule

Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 10:00 am

UTC-07:00

Location

17721 Smokey Point Blvd, Arlington, WA, United States, Washington 98223 | Arlington, WA

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๐ŸŒป Community Garden Exchange & Chili Cook-Off ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ
Saturday April 18 | 10:00 AM โ€“ 1:00 PM
FREE Community Event
๐’๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž โ€” ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ!
Join us for a fun, welcoming, and completely FREE community event where you can swap garden goodies, learn something new, and taste some amazing homemade chili.
๐ŸŒบ ๐†๐š๐ซ๐๐ž๐ง ๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž
Swap items like:
โ€ข Seeds
โ€ข Plant starts
โ€ข Tubers & bulbs
โ€ข Houseplants
โ€ข Garden tools & supplies
โ€ข Pots & containers
โ€ข Extra compost or soil amendments
No items to swap? No problem!
>Weโ€™ll have a free giveaway table โ€” everyone is welcome.
โžก๏ธ Please bring your own buckets, boxes, or bags to carry home your treasures.

๏ธ๐Ÿฒ ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ค-๐Ž๐Ÿ๐Ÿ
Think your chili is the best in town?
Bring a batch to share and enter it into our friendly competition!
Attendees will taste and vote.
>> Prize awarded to the crowd favorite!
>> Please have your chili here by 11am for judging!!!!
(If youโ€™re not cooking โ€” come ready for a tasting and help us judge!)

โœ”๏ธ ๐“๐ฎ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‹๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ
Want to multiply your dahlia tubers but don't know where to start?
Weโ€™ll offer live dahlia tuber dividing demonstrations once every hour during the event. Learn how to split and replant for a bigger, better garden this season!
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This is a relaxed, come-and-go event.
Invite a friend, meet fellow gardeners, swap stories, and celebrate spring with us!
Let us know if you have any questions -OR- if you'll be bringing Chili!!! Email [email protected] to enter.
We canโ€™t wait to see what everyone brings!
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17721 Smokey Point Blvd, Arlington, WA, United States, Washington 98223

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