Events

Community Starts Swap Hosted by Wenatchee River Institute Thursday, May 25th from 5-6:30pm at E. Lorene Young Community Garden Join WRI and the Cascade Garden Club for a free Community Starts Swap! All are welcome. If you have starts to swap, bring them and we will have tables set up for your plants. If you do not have starts, come on down to see what is available to go home with! More info: https://wenatcheeriverinstitute.org/event-calendar.html/event/2023/05/25/community-starts-swap/378476

This event is hosted by the Chelan Douglas Land Trust Date Sat, 05/27/2023 Time 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM Location Horse Lake Reserve Trailhead Want to improve the success of our native grass restoration? Want to fit in an upper body workout before your hike or bike ride? Become a Weed Warrior - Invasive Grass Assassin! We will meet on Wednesdays, weekly, until about mid-June. (This one is on Saturday!) Stop by for as long as you want to help […]

Got questions about plants or pests in your garden? Come join our weekly plant clinic at your local extension office! Live - in person - on Wednesdays from 1-4 pm. Our WSU Master Gardener diagnosis team is available to help identify problems with plants or pests and recommend solutions to manage them in your garden. Please bring a sample, photos, and as much information as you can with you to your visit. Read more information about our clinic services on […]

This event is hosted by the Chelan Douglas Land Trust Date Wed, 05/31/2023 Time 5:30pm-7:30pm Location Lower Sleepy Hollow Preserve Are you looking for a hands-on way to positively impact our lands in just two hours? Do you like to get outside in the company of other like-minded folks? Consider signing up to join the Chelan-Douglas Land Trust for our Weed Warrior knapweed pulls this spring! What & Where? - A weed hand-pulling volunteer project at our newly acquired Lower Sleepy […]

This event is hosted by the Chelan Douglas Land Trust Date Thu, 06/01/2023 Time 8:30 AM - 11:00 AM Location Horse Lake Reserve Trailhead Want to improve the success of our native grass restoration? Want to fit in an upper body workout before your hike or bike ride? Become a Weed Warrior - Invasive Grass Assassin! We will meet on Wednesdays, weekly, until about mid-June. Stop by for as long as you want to help CDLT staff hoe weeds in […]

This event is hosted by the Wenatchee River Institute Noxious Weed ID Training Friday, June 2nd from 9-10am @ WRI Join WRI and Jenna Medlar from the Chelan County Noxious Weed Control Board for a FREE Noxious Weed ID Training. You'll walk around the WRI campus and learn how to identify common noxious weeds of the area. Please register to let us know you are coming. There is an optional weeding work party to follow. Register: https://wenatcheeriverinstitute.org/event-calendar.html/event/2023/06/02/noxious-weed-id-training-and-work-party/435029

This event is hosted by Evergreen Trails To register or for more information click here. We had such a fun time last year that we are continuing the tradition of TWO DAYS of Echo Valley in 2023. There will be a 1-mile kid’s race, 10K, half-marathon, and 50K. Echo Valley remains an excellent race choice for many. The 1-mile kid’s race, camping, and location make it ideal for families, while the 50k is a great course for a first-time 50K […]

The Girls on the Run season is finishing up this month of May. We invite the Wenatchee valley to celebrate alongside us! This 5k will be a non-competitive fun run to celebrate our Girls on the Run and Heart & Sole participants. Family and community members are encouraged to sign up as well. Funds from this race allow CVCH to offer financial aid for girls to join their program. This years Primary Sponsor is Coordinated Care! 3 N Worthen St, […]

Date Tue, 06/06/2023 Time 5:30pm-7:30pm Location Lower Sleepy Hollow Preserve This event is hosted by the Chelan Douglas Land Trust Are you looking for a hands-on way to positively impact our lands in just two hours? Do you like to get outside in the company of other like-minded folks? Consider signing up to join the Chelan-Douglas Land Trust for our Weed Warrior knapweed pulls this spring! What & Where? - A weed hand-pulling volunteer project at our newly acquired Lower Sleepy […]

Date Wed, 06/07/2023 Time 9:00am-11:00am Location Lower Sleepy Hollow Preserve This event is hosted by the Chelan Douglas Land Trust Are you looking for a hands-on way to positively impact our lands in just two hours? Do you like to get outside in the company of other like-minded folks? Consider signing up to join the Chelan-Douglas Land Trust for our Weed Warrior knapweed pulls this spring! What & Where? - A weed hand-pulling volunteer project at our newly acquired Lower Sleepy […]

Red Barn Event: Sowing Seeds, Growing Hope with Victor Yemba This event is hosted by the Wenatchee River Institute Wednesday, June 7th from 7-8pm in WRI’s Red Barn OR via Zoom Join us for an evening with Victor Yemba from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Although lush with resources, the country’s people live in poverty. Yemba joined an organization called “Slow Food” to promote sustainable agriculture on a community level. Over 5 years, he helped create 50 schools and community gardens. […]