West Seattle Nursery at 5275 California Avenue S.W. held it's 27th annual Spring open house on April 10th. The breezy but bright day brought hundreds of people to the scene to enjoy free appetizers, espressso and hear speakers on gardening, sustainability and permaculture.


Michael Ryan, Dean of South Seattle Community College’s Horticulture Department talked about SSCC’s new Permaculture Department and showed how to optimize sustainability in your garden

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Karen Connelly of Squareganics.com spoke about the Square Foot Gardening Method which enables a high yield of vegetables and flowers from a very limited space.

West Seattle Nursery's Connie Wurm gave a presentation on how to Raise Chickens in the City and had some chickens on hand for the purpose. Lee Ried of Coop du Jour showed off her custom made chicken coops and Joe Grienauer from Emerald City Orchids showed how to grow orchids.

Also on hand for the event were the West Seattle Wildlife Habitat Project, Sustainable West Seattle, and West Seattle Cool Moms there to talk about community building projects.