Backyard Wildlife Festival

The Backyard Wildlife Festival  is a  free, all-day event to educate and inspire people to welcome wildlife – such as birds and butterflies – into their backyards, gardens and communities!  The event features presentations from local experts, along with a variety of educational exhibitors, arts & craft vendors, speakers, and native plant sales.  Don’t leave  kids at home, there is plenty to keep the entire family entertained and excited, like the Kids Garden Party area.   This year’s schedule includes:

10:00 am:  Backyard Wildlife Festival & Marketplace opens
10:00 am:  Kid’s  Garden Party Begins
10:00 am:  Bird Tour with Rainier  Audubon
11:00 am: Backyard Composting for  Healthy Soil by Rowan Maya Lang
12:00 pm: Planting for Pollinators,  Give Beauty and Bees a Chance by  Marianne Binetti
1:30pm: Garden Talk with Ciscoe

This event is always held on the second Saturday in May at the Tukwila Community Center. For  more information on the event follow us on Facebook.    www.facebook.com/BYWildlife

Interested in vending or running an educational booth  for 2017, sign up today:   Vendor Applications

Also on May 13th are two special park dedication events, the City of Tukwila will celebrate the Duwamish Gardens Project and  Phase II of Duwamish Hill Preserve.    The Duwamish Gardens  Project  dedication will begin at 9:00 a.m. and is located at 11269 East Marginal Way in Tukwila; at 10:00 am the dedication  for Duwamish Hill Preserve  Phase II will begin – located a short walk  across the street from Duwamish Gardens.    A free shuttle will be offered, departing from the Tukwila Community Center (TCC) beginning at 8:15 am and will operate through 11:15 am.   Return to TCC for the Backyard  Wildlife Festival to enjoy speakers, food, shopping and more.