resources
We are blessed to be part of a growing community of passionate earth stewards. The following is a list of local resources and their contact information. If you need tools, materials, knowledge, or a helping hand in order to design, build or grow your ecological oasis at home, this resource page will help you.
PLants
Head, Hands & Heart Nursery / Carnation, WA / (425) 444-7773 - Master plantsman, Chris Homanics, offers diverse and large selection of fruit and nut trees, vines, herbs, ground covers, and unique perennial vegetables from a knowledgable plant breeder.
Flower World / Maltby, WA - One of the largest nurseries on the west coast. Great selection of all plants, including fruit trees and herb and vegetable starts.
The Grange / Duvall, WA - Incredible selection of local herb and vegetable starts, grown by local farmers and gardeners, offered only around Mother's Day weekend, on the patio of the restaurant.
Johann’s Nursery / Buckley, WA - A large selection of unique and field tested perennial edible plants.
Agrarian Sharing Network - A decentralized, collaborative network focused on distributing plant diversity to friends and neighbors and creating a shareable reproducible model for others to implement. They offer plant swaps, fruit tree and scion wood exchanges, fruit tree grafting workshops and more.
Bastry University Gardens / Kenmore, WA - The school hosts an annual plant sale with a large variety of culinary and medicinal herb starts. Explore the gardens and get inspired!
water
Ace Hardware / Duvall, WA - Local and affordable options for basic irrigation supplies like timers, hoses and rotary sprinklers.
Site One / Woodinville, WA - Wholesale distributor of irrigation supplies along with other gardening, farming, greenhouse, landscape lighting supplies and more.
Rain Dog Designs / Gig Harbor, WA - Rainwater catchment, stormwater management, and greywater systems. David of Rain Dog Designs, and Jeff Davis of The Duvall Food Forest collaborate to provide design, consultation, and implementation services. They can purchase rain tanks at wholesale prices as well.
Horizon / Bellevue, WA - Wholesale pricing on irrigation and landscaping supplies.
soil
Cedar Grove Composting / Woodinville, WA - Bulk soil, compost and mulch available for pick up or delivery.
King Conservation District - Offers free soil testing services and related resources to King County residents. For example, the Manure Match program connects gardeners to free sources of composted animal manures
waste
Uncle Jim’s Worm Farm - Composting worms and composting systems to purchase online.
Mulch
Chip Drop - Free wood chip mulch and wood rounds delivered to most homes.
TOOLs
Pete Gillis / Duvall, WA / He offers knife and tool sharpening services, which is invaluable if you don't want to do it yourself. He is sometimes stationed at The Duvall Farmers Market.
Upcycle Forges / Duvall, WA / Do you need a garden tool that doesn't exist yet? Do you want a custom harvesting knife that you'll use forever. Local blacksmith and craftsman, Lucas, will help you out. Knife making classes available too.
DESIGN, BUILD AND MAINTAIN
Mark Edwards with Services Ally Tree Care / Duvall, WA / (206)794-2537 - A local and ethical tree removal, trimming and care service. They offer land and clearing and grading services also, to help you build your dream garden.
Jeff Davis with Integrated Ecological Design - Commercial and residential ecological-conscious landscape design and installation services, including native, ornamental, food, and/or herb gardens, fruit and nut orchards, rain gardens and rainwater catchments systems, earthworks for water resiliency, mulch/compost installation, one-time cleanups and blackberry removal, split rail fencing installation, paver patios and more.
education
The Duvall Food Forest / Duvall, WA - A local hub for gaining experience, skills, resources, and information on regenerative earth stewardship practices. We also offer landscape design, build, and install services.
The Tending Alive Project / Duvall, WA - Katie Vincent is available to help you create a regenerative landscape of food, medicine and ecological vitality through garden consultations, classes, and more.
Jason Padvorac / Maltby, WA - A local teacher on the topic of food forests.
Wildness Within / Duvall, WA - Rachael Witt offers plant based education and remedies, especially related to herbs, including private and group classes, mentorships and 9-month intensives.
Wildnerness Awareness School / Duvall, WA - This school is a beacon of transformative and educational experiences, offering many plant related one day, weekend, and 9-month courses.
Hawthorn Farm / Woodinville, WA - A local permaculture teaching farmd offers farm and nature based educational programming, fresh food for purchase, and the occasional community event and/or pop-up farm stand.
This resource page is constantly building and improving. Please, contact us if you have a resource that you think would benefit our community.