Saturday, October 4th, 2025
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
South Union Grange Hall (10030 Tilley Rd SW #860, Olympia, WA 98512)
Come join Thurston Conservation District and friends as we celebrate the harvest. This family-friendly event will feature:
- Pie baking contest (see below for more information about how to compete!)
- Cider pressing – Bring your apples and bottles to make juice!
- Soil test drop-off & information booth – Bring your soil sample!
- Native Bulb & Seed Sale Pick-up
- Knife and tool sharpening vendor
- Workshops throughout the day
- Kids arts & craft activities
- Food vendors!
- Live music!
- Information booths
- Workshops
Check out the specifics below!
Workshop Schedule
Join us for educational workshops throughout the day!
All workshops will be held inside the grange building and no pre-registration is required.
Tool Sharpening Vendor
Bring cash or check to get your tools sharpened before putting them away for the winter! Sharp Right Sharpening Service will have their mobile unit set up and prepared to sharpen the following:
Knives:
– Up to 6″: $5.50
– 6-8″: $6.50
– 8-10″: $8.50
– Over 12″: $15
– Serrated: $9.50
– Alaskan Ulu Knife: $5
Household items:
– Paper cutters up to 16″: $12
– Paper cutters 16-20″: $15
– Paper cutters over 20″: $20
– Pizza Wheels: $5
– Scissors: $8.50
– Pinking shears: $12
Gardening & Landscaping:
Shovels, trowels, edgers: $5
Hori-horis: $10
Hand pruners and loppers: $5.75
Grass/hedge shears: $8.75
18″ machetes: $4.75
22″ machetes: $6.75
Axes, mauls, and wedges: $5.50
Mower blades: $8.75
Mending Station with Lacey Maker’s Space
Bring your items in need of mending! Volunteers from the Lacey Maker’s Space will be present to help with quick fixes that take 20 minutes or less. Examples include:
- Re-attaching buttons
- Darning small holes with embroidery
- Fixing simple jammed zipper fixes
- Retrieving pesky drawstrings
- Simple patches
- Jewelry repair
Pie Baking Contest
Time to practice your pie-baking skills! Contestants are invited to compete in the annual TCD Harvest Fest Pie Contest. Entries must be submitted by 11am, Oct. 4th at the TCD Harvest Festival located at the South Union Grange Hall. Judging will occur at noon followed by award announcements. Categories include:
Fruit pies (two-crust or one)
Custard & nut pies
Savory pies
Youth entries (14 and under)
Allergy-free pies (i.e. gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free, etc.)
Contestants must include a copy of their recipe.
Native Bulb & Seed Sale Pick up
If you placed a pre-order at our Native Bulb & Seed Sale your order will be available to pick up at the Harvest Festival! Pre-orders are currently open through September 15th
Please keep in mind that our Native Bulb & Seed sale is pre-order only. Bulbs and seeds will not be available to purchase at the Harvest Festival.
Community Cider Pressing
Another fun component of our Harvest Festival will be the opportunity for community members to bring their apples to press into cider. We will have a kid-friendly press and all the sanitation and preparatory materials for you to use throughout the day. Please bring clean and sanitized bottles for filling or purchase TCD custom half-gallon growlers on site.
Questions about our Harvest Festival?
Nora Carman-White
Communications & Education Director
nwhite@thurstoncd.com
You can also use our contact form.