Hey neighbors. October opens with something genuinely new: the Ching Garden, a food forest two years in the making, opens to the public on Saturday. Next weekend brings the plant sale and the cider crush.

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Ching Garden Grand Opening and Volunteer Celebration · Sat Oct 3 · 10am-2pm · 16034 Greenwood Ave N, Shoreline · All ages · Free Shoreline’s new food forest and giving garden opens to the public, with fruit trees, berries and native plants to explore and taste along wood-chip paths. Paths aren’t ADA accessible yet, so leave the stroller in the car. Details →​

Friday

Teen Art Club: Embroidery @ Richmond Highlands Recreation Center · Fri Oct 2 · 4-6pm · 16554 Fremont Ave N, Shoreline · Teens October is Fiber Arts Month at the Teen Center: embroidery this week, then Over the Garden Wall crafts (Oct 9), Halloween needle felting (Oct 16) and a Halloween party (Oct 30); closed Oct 23. Questions to Layne at lperkins@shorelinewa.gov. Details →​

This Weekend

Monster Mad Dash 5K @ Lake Ballinger · Sat Oct 3 · Runners 9am, walkers and strollers 9:15am · 23000 Lakeview Dr, Mountlake Terrace · All ages · $10 ages 0-12, $20 teens, $45 adults (from Oct 2) A costumed 5K around Lake Ballinger with a pet and participant costume contest, benefiting Edmonds School District students. Packet pickup Fri 4-7pm or race morning 8-9am. Register →​

Edmonds Museum Summer Market · Sat Oct 3 · 9am-2pm · 118 5th Ave N, Edmonds · All ages The Edmonds Historical Museum’s Saturday market downtown, an easy pairing with a walk to the waterfront. Details →​

Shoreline Farmers Market · Sat Oct 3 · 10am-2pm · BikeLink Shoreline Park & Ride, 192nd and Aurora · All ages · Free Fall produce, live music and the PoP Kids Club. Saturdays through Oct 31. Details →​

Giving Together Fundraiser: Brats! @ Town & Country Market Shoreline · Sat Oct 3 · 12-4pm · 15505 Westminster Way N, Shoreline · All ages A sausage cookout benefiting local causes, easy to fold into a Saturday errand run. Details →​

Paramount Park Stargazing with the Seattle Astronomical Society · Sat Oct 3 · 7-11pm · Paramount Park, 15300 8th Ave NE, Shoreline · All ages · Free Volunteer astronomers set up telescopes and binoculars for the public (host: Bill O’Neil); dress warmly and bring a camping chair, blanket, hot drink and binoculars if you have them. Weather cancellations are posted by 4pm that day. Details →​

Lake Forest Park Farmers Market · Sun Oct 4 · 10am-2pm · 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park · All ages · Free Sundays at Town Center. Only two markets left after this one. Details →​

Northwest Sharpening Services @ Sky Nursery · Sun Oct 4 · 10am-2pm · 18528 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline · $4 per tool, cash or check Drop off garden tools and kitchen knives before pruning season. Details →​

Next Week

Kruckeberg Fall Plant Sale · Thu Oct 8-Sun Oct 11 · Kruckeberg Botanic Garden, Shoreline · All ages Native plants, ferns and woodland perennials, plus a garden worth wandering while you shop. Runs a second weekend Oct 15-18. Details →​

Teen Art Club: Over the Garden Wall Crafts and Watch Party @ Richmond Highlands Recreation Center · Fri Oct 9 · 4-6pm · 16554 Fremont Ave N, Shoreline · Teens Fall crafts plus a screening of the cozy-spooky animated miniseries, part of the Teen Center’s Fiber Arts Month. Details →​

Community Threads @ Shoreline Tool Library · Sat Oct 10 · 12-3pm · 16610 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline · All ages · Free Bring a mending project or something to make; tools and help on hand. Details →​

Community Cider Crush @ North City Commons · Sun Oct 11 · 10am-1pm · 185th St and 10th Ave NE, Shoreline · All ages · Drop-in Urbanist Shoreline and the North City Neighborhood Association press and pasteurize cider on site, with music. Bring apples from your tree if you have one. Details →​

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