Events

Wenatchee River Institute Presents-Learn how to grow your own mushrooms on logs, in containers, and in garden beds at this interactive workshop. Our instructor, Seth Beu, has years of experience growing mushrooms for restaurants with his business Primordia Farms. He's spent countless hours hanging out with various fungi in the forests and instructing workshops just like this one. Seth will bring this knowledge, and knowledge gained form Dr. Elaine Ingham's intensive Soil Food Web & Microscope course, to instructing you […]

Streaming link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxzU5Je-X3M&list=PLjATQxBXvvgXSiC_qr24e5jmPS-LyJ5T9&index=2 This is a partnered event with the Wenatchee Valley chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society. Doors open at 6:30pm for a community social with beer and wine available for purchase. The presentation will start at 7:00pm. Pollinator networks involve 88% of all flowering plants, at least a million insect species, about a thousand birds, hundreds of lizards and more than a hundred mammals. There are many ways that plants have evolved to attract specific pollinators to […]

When: Mar 19, 2025 from 6:00pm- 7:15pm Where: Online Instructor: Gina Roberti Class Tuition: $10.00 Bird migrations have fascinated humans since the beginning of time but what do we really know about the epic journeys of migrating birds? How do birds find their way? How do they navigate the many obstacles and challenges of migration? How do their tiny bodies endure and sustain these exhausting flights? Perhaps most perplexing of all, how do baby birds migrate thousands of miles to […]

Wenatchee River Institute Presents- This event is hosted at Ground Control in Wenatchee. Come join Wenatchee River Institute for Science On Tap! This casual, free event is a great opportunity to gather, socialize, and learn about an exciting science topic from a member of our community. No prior science knowledge necessary! Speakers will give a talk on their latest research or a science topic they are passionate about, with some time afterwards for discussion or Q&A. Presentations start at 7pm […]