Upcoming Events

Interested in volunteering for an event? Visit our volunteering page to learn more.

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Rangeland “Paint & Learn” Event

September 20, 2025
12-4pm
RSVP for location, space limited

Learn about local rangeland and pasture management with TCD and WSU Extension while painting, drawing, or otherwise artistically depicting local farm life. This event is in celebration of the International Year of Rangeland and Pastoralists, and all are welcome.

Join a guided painting class or choose your own subject and medium. Participants are encouraged to bring their own art supplies – a limited amount will be provided.

Completed pieces will be welcomed for display at the TCD Harvest Festival.
Rsvp to Nora at nwhite@thurstoncd.com for location and details.

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Cover Crop Demonstration

September 28, 2025
10 – 2 PM
Medicine Creek Community Garden
847 Old Pacific Hwy SE, Olympia WA

Learn about the benefits of cover crops for your soil at this cover crop demonstration on September 28th.

Questions? Email Tina at twagner@thurstoncd.com.

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Harvest Festival

October 4, 2025
10 AM – 3 PM
South Union Grange
10030 Tilley Rd S, Olympia, WA 98512

Join Thurston Conservation District and friends as we celebrate the harvest.

This family-friendly event will feature workshops, pie baking and scare crow contests, kids craft activities, apple pressing, farming and gardening information, live music, free face painting, lunch and coffee vendors, and pick up for our Fall Bulb and Seed Sale! Find more details and information here.

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Orca Recovery Day

October 18, 2025
10 AM – 2 PM
Squaxin Park
2600 E Bay Dr NE, Olympia, WA 98506

Save the date! Join the City of Olympia and TCD as we commit to an annual day of action to connect people to the Puget Sound and the critically endangered South Resident orcas. This event will be just one of dozens of events around the Salish Sea as Conservation Districts and other organizations across Washington, Oregon, California, and even Canada comes together for a regional day of action.

Register for Orca Recovery Day here.

Find ORD events near you at betterground.org

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Hands-on Hedgerow Demonstration Workshop

October 25th , 2025
9:00 am – 3:30 pm
Broadfields Farm (Littlerock, Wa)

Join us for the fifth hands-on workshop in this “Discover Hedgerows!” series with our ongoing educational partners, Native Plant Salvage Foundation, WSU Thurston County Extension, and our landowner demonstration-site partners, Broadfields Farm.

In this workshop, we’ll explore how the design of this hedgerow will meet multiple goals, including expanding wildlife habitat, enhancing livestock health and productivity, and water-quality protection. We’ll learn techniques for excluding livestock from our waterways and other off-limits spaces using specific plant placement and the right species of native & waterwise trees and shrubs, and hear more about agroforestry from our special noontime speaker!

Register here!

Questions? Contact Kiana Sinner, ksinner@thurstoncd.com

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Calendar

Check our calendar regularly to find events we’re hosting or participating in, community partner events, and our regular public board meetings. To learn more about posted events, RSVP to a TCD hosted event, or have your event added to our calendar, contact: Nora Carman-White, nwhite@thurstoncd.com or 360-999-3727.

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