Point Defiance Garden Festival is Sunday in Tacoma

The second Point Defiance Garden Festival will cover broad territory in home gardening. The event also will double as a fundraiser for the Japanese Garden at Point Defiance.

Here are details:

When: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday.

Where: Point Defiance Park.

Cost: Entry is free.

Info: metroparkstacoma.org/fallgardenfest.

Fundraiser: Funds raised from vendor sales will go to the redesign of the Japanese Garden at the park.

Lectures: John Valentine, a WSU Extension master gardener volunteer, will speak at 10 a.m. about organic pest control. At 11 a.m., he’ll talk about growing food year-round. At noon, WSU soil scientist Craig Cogger will talk about organic soil amendments. At 1 p.m., Dana Bressette will speak about edible native plants. At 2 p.m., garden designer Mark Bourne will talk about Japanese gardens. At 3 p.m., Lisa Lindholm from Gardensphere will talk about keeping backyard chickens.

Garden marketplace: Arts, crafts and plant vendors will set up outside the pagoda with plants, garden arts and tools. Inside the pagoda, find community and gardening organizations.

Food: In conjunction with the garden festival, Metro Parks Tacoma will sponsor a food truck gathering with Mobile Food Command Center, the food truck from X Group Restaurants (owners of Masa, Asado, Choripan and Engine House No. 9). Also serving will be Tacoma-based Vietnamese food truck, VietNom Nom. It’s All Good Coffee will serve espresso, and Ben and Jerry’s will scoop ice cream.

This story was originally published September 19, 2015 at 7:19 AM with the headline "Point Defiance Garden Festival is Sunday in Tacoma."