Natural Yard Care - City of Issaquah Sustainability Fair

Event description

The City of Issaquah will hold the 3rd Annual Sustainability Fair on Saturday, April 26, 2025 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Pickering Barn. This event offers community members sustainability resources and ways to participate in demos, tours, electric vehicle displays, and touch-a-trucks.

Learn more from the City of Issaquah. 
Below is a sampling of what's in store:

• Natural Yard Care advice from Garden Hotline - join garden experts to hear more about gardening without chemicals and ask your questions about all things yards, lawns, and gardens
• Farmers Market Preview - shop one week early with our vendors and enjoy all the spring produce!
• E-Bike display and test rides offered by Gerks - check out your new ride and take it for a quick spin along the trail.
• Sock mending class offered by Recology- bring in your well-worn socks and learn how to fix them like a pro!
• Participate in the City Nature Challenge and GeoCaching Projects- get outside to learn about the local environment and climate action in Issaquah.
• Clothing swap - bring your lightly used, clean clothing and take home a new wardrobe.
• Live demos - including waste reduction and safer alternatives to hazardous cleaning products,
• Recycle your used batteries and lightbulbs  - Recology will collect household batteries and fluorescent tubes and bulbs from Issaquah residents.
• Register to participate in our new Solarize Eastside Program - learn more about solar and qualify for a discount!
• Visit with local nonprofit and governmental organizations - learn about resources for sustainability and how to take action in your daily life.
• Learn about the Snoqualmie Tribe’s Ancestral Lands Movement and restoration efforts.
• Sign up for local outdoor opportunities, including the Green Issaquah program.
• Student initiative booths - learn about all the cool programs and projects students are running to help our planet!
• Collect "passport" stamps from browsing areas of the Fair

Thank you to our confirmed vendors: 300 Trees, 333 Hillside, Abundant Living Landscapes, Cascade Water Alliance, Cougar Mountain Zoo, Energy Smart Eastside, Friends of Issaquah Salmon Hatchery FISH, Friends of Lake Sammamish State Park, Garden Hotline, Hall Studio Designs, Issaquah Alps Trails Club, Issaquah Ice Cream Trike, Jacuzzi Bath Remodel, John L. Scott Issaquah, King County Food: Too Good to Waste Program, King County Metro, Kiwanis Club of Issaquah, Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust, People for Climate Action – Issaquah Chapter, Seattle ReCreative, Snoqualmie Indian Tribe, Solterra Solar, Sugargloom, Suncatcher Forest School, Puget Sound Energy. Puget Sound Solar, Renewal by Andersen, Walls of Books Washington, The White Lotus Life, Wolf Camp & School of Natural Science, and World Class Services.

The following City/student booths will also attend: City of Issaquah - Emergency Management, Parks, Public Works, and Sustainability; Gerks Ski and Bike; Gibson Ek High School/City of Issaquah- Geocaching; Interact; Mermaid Luna, Sustainability Ambassadors; Sustainability Sports.