Spring Seed Swap and Garden Book Event

Spring Seed Swap and Garden Book Event at Filson!

Let’s kick off the gardening season with a good old-fashioned seed swap! Willi Galloway is launching the 2nd edition of her organic vegetable gardening book Grow Cook Eat! To help celebrate, Filson is hosting Willi and a group of local garden writers, cookbook authors, and artists for a fun, laid-back community event where people can come together to talk gardening, swap seeds, discover something new to grow, and share their love for foraging, cultivating beautiful food and flowers, and being outside!

Where: Filson Flagship Store, 1741 1st Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98134

When: Saturday, March 22nd from 1:00pm to 4:00pm

What you can expect:

• Fun swag bags for the first 50 people, plus a chance to win an awesome door prize, including merchandise from Filson, signed books from our authors, a spring garden seed kit from small local seed farms, and more!
• Washington State Seed Library Network is hosting the seed swap! Find and try some new-to-you varieties of vegetables and flowers! If you have seeds to share, bring them!
• Gardener Willi Galloway is launching the new edition of her organic vegetable gardening book, Grow Cook Eat: A Food Lover’s Guide to Vegetable Gardening. Get a copy and hand stamp some seed packets at Willi’s table.
• Artist Sarah Simon (the Mint Gardener and author of My Gardening Journal: A Weekly Tracker and Log Book) will be signing books and doing a live painting demo!
• Food writer Ashley Rodriguez (whose latest book is Field Notes from a Fungi Forager) will be signing books, chatting about mushrooms, and serving up small bites of food!
• Debra Prinzing, author and founder of Slow Flowers Society will be demonstrating how to put together local, seasonal flowers into a beautiful arrangement.
• Gardener and artist Lorene Edwards Forkner (author of Color In and Out of the Garden) who will be signing books and chatting with folks about developing a practice of noticing the depth and variety of color in the natural world.
• Tilth Alliance will be on hand to share information about their local gardening classes and summer camps, plus all the amazing work they do in the Seattle community to help build a better food future!

Filson is hosting this great event in their beautiful SoDo flagship store! You can explore their spring clothing, including their brand new women’s line. We can’t wait to see you there! Have questions? Email [email protected].

Please note: RSVP-ing helps us plan for how many people to expect, but don’t worry! You will not need the free ticket for entry and you are welcome to bring along friends.

Host or Publisher Willi Galloway