Home, Health & Hearth   

Improve your well-being through immersion in Nature. This experience will guide you through a sequence of open-ended invitations to slow down, and use your senses to interact with the natural world. There is no expectation for what participants should experience or receive, though reduced stress is common, as well as improved creativity, a sense of calm and stillness while also feeling more alive. This is not a hike or meditation, but best described as a slow meander of less than a mile. This experience is ideal for persons older than 12, and who are comfortable traveling on uneven, unpaved terrain; though with notice, we can easily adapt for anyone with more limited mobility (fatigue, uneven gait, use of walker or cane). The class will take place in Boeing Creek Park, North entrance, at 528 NW 175th Street, Shoreline.  

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This class is part of a series with expert gardener, landscape designer and water ecologist Kathy Anderson. She has extensive experience in site assessments and rain garden designs for residential properties, and is a hands-on consultant through her business, Bountiful Landscapes. All levels of interest and skills welcome. Supplies included.

LEARN TO WEAVE ON A TABLE TOP LOOM - In just one class you'll weave a couple of cotton washcloths on a tabletop, rigid heddle loom. It covers all the weaving basics: loom set-up, color changes and finishing. Once you learn to weave, the possibilities are endless including scarves, pillow covers, towels, curtains and cloth for sewing. Weaving supplies and handouts are included. Or bring your own assembled working rigid heddle loom with a 7.5 or 8 dent heddle. Some walking is required.For students 15+ and adults of all ages. Some walking around a table required. 

STUDENT REQUIRED SUPPLIES

Students required to bring a scissor (to cut yarn), a pen and these specific yarns:

• 3 balls (100 yards each) of cotton yarn Lily’s Sugar ‘N Cream at either Joann’s or Michael’s
• Select colors that work well for stripes and plaids and no more than one variegated color

Pressing Flowers

A fun class for anyone who loves art and the environment!  Extend the beauty of every season by learning to press leaves & flowers! Find and preserve the beautiful treasures in your yard and use these unique elements in card-making and other crafting. Includes lots of hands-on activities! Children 10+ welcome with supervision. All flowers, botanical materials and art supplies included.

 

Kathy Anderson is a life-long entrepreneur and innovative designer. Her formal education as a Water Ecologist is the lens through which she pursues her passion of creating foodscapes and drought-tolerant landscapes. Kathy shows how microclimates and on-site resources are used to create abundantly beautiful environments where you love to live! She has extensive experience in site assessments and rain garden designs for residential properties. Kathy is an installation contractor and hands-on consultant through her business, Bountiful Landscapes.

In this workshop you will learn strategies to lower your property taxes so you can age in place or downsize with grace.  Materials provided.