Upcoming events
Halloween at The Green
We’ll be ghoulin’ it up at the green serving spooky looks and spooky drinks along with hot tomato soup and grilled cheese sandos!
Harvest Party - Celebrating 25 Years!
Join us for a fun afternoon of harvest festival fun and celebrating 25 years of VIGA and raising funds for 25 more! Activities for all ages.
MEAL WITH ADMISSION HAS SOLD OUT! BUT DISCOUNT TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE TO JOIN IN ON THE FUN!
hay rides
apple flinging
apple pressing
yard games
music!
farm animals from Ghost Owl Farms
live drawing through storytelling: A VIGA timeline. Artist Michelle Lassaline from You As An Animal.
bevy garden
dinner featuring locally grown food.
silent auction fundraiser
raffle prizes including
Fernhorn Bakery Bread Subscription
$150 Ruby Brink Giftcard,
Farm to Table Dinner for up to 6 catered by Matt Dillon (provided by Christopher & Jen Roberts Spring/Summer 2025)
Adult Admission: $25
Kids under 12: $15
No meal included tickets:
Adult Admission: $10
Kids under 12: $5
Kids under 3: Free!
Ciderfest
VIGA will be pressing apples with the fruit club, celebrating the fruit harvest!
Pizza Party for Food Access Partnership
Join us September 22, 2024 at the beautiful La Biondo Farm and Kitchen for a Pizza Party that will benefit VIGA's Food Access Partnership!
Music by Tim Couldn’t Make It!
Raffle!
Fun!!!
$60 includes wood-fired pizza, salad, dessert and beverages.
Sunday, September 22, 2024
4:00pm - 7:00pm
Address: 20602 111th Ave SW Vashon, WA 98070
Raffle Tickets $10/ea
Fernhorn Bakery Bread Subscription
A Fernhorn Bakery bread subscription includes a handmade loaf of bread from nutrient-dense, identity-preserved WA state grown and milled grains that are slow fermented for high digestibility, each week for 10 weeks. Valued at $80.
Bouquet subscription from Forest Garden Farm
Four seasons of flowers from Vashon’s own Forest Garden Farm. Includes four floral arrangements, for pickup or delivery on island, timing tbd. From spring tulips to fall chrysanthemums; from summer dahlias to winter lunaria you or your loved one will have the joy and beauty of locally grown, organic flowers to inspire you through whatever the next year brings. $200 value.
Saturday or Sunday brunch for 10 at La Biondo Farm
A local, seasonal meal including main dish, salad and a sweet bread, juice and coffee. Served under the oak tree or on the back patio. Indoor seating if weather is dreadful. Available April - October 2025, $450 value.
Escape to the Ocean
Two nights in our beach cabin on the Long Beach Peninsula in Ocean Park, Washington. 3 bedrooms (2 with queen beds and 1 twin) and 2 bathrooms, full kitchen, huge fireplace one block from the ocean. Bikes, clamming gear, puzzles and games. Work out dates with owner, valued at $450.
Farming in Community: Provo Farm
We will be touring the greenhouse tomatoes and their watering system. As well as the vineyard and the outside growing areas and their watering systems.
Address: 20171 87th Ave SW. Parking is down driveway or at the end of it by the road. It may get a little tight depending on how many people show up.
Japanfest
VIGA will be serving refreshments and craft cocktails at the Japanfest Spirit Garden!
Farming in Community: Wild Dreams Farm
September is seed cleaning season!
There will be various seed crops to thresh- separate the seed from the chaff - and a demo of the Winnow Wizard seed cleaning tool that blows the chaff from the seed in an amazing and efficient way. We can talk about all things seed growing while we work with our hands!
Address 13129 SW 248th Street, Please park on the grass outside the gate or pull in the gate. Please do not park on the side of the road on 248th. Overflow if needed will be out on Wax Orchard Rd.
Farming in Community: Sweet Alyssum
We’ll be focusing on hops harvest at Sweet Alyssum, hops harvest is very chill, just sitting and plucking, so it could be mindlessly done while we hang out and chat. We need MANY hands for hops harvest, so we’re going to invite friends/family/community and make it a little event.
Address 17628 94th Ave SW, but don't pull in on 94th (gravel street with houses on it). Instead pull in at the farm stand sign off of Bank Road. You can drive back and park on the grass parking area nosed up to the deer fence. Hopyard is way at the back of the property, so if you're late, we're probably back there.
Farming in Community: Northbourne Farm
The farm visit will cover the history of the farm with a tour of the property and have a draft horse demonstration.
Parking: across street across from the Northbourne Farm sign is a really nice flat area off the road.
July Night Market
Join us on First Fridays for fun at the Village Green! Vendors, music, and a Thirsty Garden serving beer, wine, and signature mock/cocktails featuring local ingredients.
Farming in Community: Gracie's Greens
Gracie's Greens is a small scale diverse veggie farm now in its 5th season. Farmer Zoe will share how she's chosen tools that work for her scale and abilities, life/farm boundaries, and maximizing bed space by intercropping, relay cropping, and fast bed flips. The farm is located at 8707 216th St. SW, parking on the street.
Farming in Community: Venison Valley
Venison Valley Farm is a Grade A dairy operated by Kelsey and Ben Killian. They rotationally graze their small herd of cows year round and produce milk, yogurt, cheese and more. They'll talk about starting smart and common pitfalls to avoid when starting a farm. They'll also discuss the ins and outs of grazing dairy and meat animals on Vashon and how to manage pastures. The tour will conclude with a glimpse at the evening milking session. The farm is located off 192nd st (the street by Mom's deli), you'll see the farmstand sign at the beginning of the driveway, please park along 192nd st.
Farming in Community: Plum Forest Farm
Plum Forest farm is a diverse vegetable, fruit and livestock farm now in its 26th season. They will be talking about building and maintaining soil health for future generations through crop rotation practices, on-farm composting and annual and perennial cover crops.
The farm is located at 20020 107th Ave SW (between Cemetery Road and 204th). Please park on the road.
Mukai Renovation Meeting
Calling all members of Vashon's food and farming community!
Join for an info session and discussion about the planned Food Hub inside Mukai's historic Barreling Plant featuring:
A commercial kitchen
Grain mill
Food preservation equipment
Freezer space
Shared farming equipment
Friends of Mukai and VIGA need your input, feedback, and best ideas. Please come.
Light snacks and childcare provided.
Grain Growing Workshop
To find out more about including grain as one of your crops attend this info session with local grain growers and Steve Lyon WSU’s Bread Lab plant breeder.
Food Access Partnership Pizza Party - Sept 17, 2023 - SOLD OUT!
Purchase Tickets here by Sept 13: https://donorbox.org/events/484812
Vashon Cohousing Farm & Garden Potluck Picnic
Suggested Donation - $25 per person - Donate Here
VIGA, in partnership with Tilth Alliance, will host the Vashon Farm & Garden Picnic on Sunday, July 23rd, Noon to 3:00 PM, to raise scholarship funds for Vashon farmers to attend this year's Tilth Conference in Port Townsend. The event will start at Noon with a tour of Vashon Cohousing's composting project, followed by a potluck lunch starting at 1:00 PM. Bring a dish, beverages, or flowers to share with friends and neighbors. After lunch soil scientist Nate Stacey, Tilth Farm Program Director, will report on statewide agriculture programs.
Location: Vashon Cohousing - 10421 SW Bank Rd, Vashon, WA 98070
Strawberry Festival Booze Garden
In addition to the Saturday Market the Village Green will be taken over by a booze garden for the festival weekend. We will be serving vodka strawberry lemonades, margaritas, gin/vodka tonics, beer, wine, cider, and other non-alcoholic refreshments along with pretzels from Fernhorn Bakery. There will also be a kids booth with face-painting, arts and crafts, and other fun games for the young ones. All funds raised from the event will go to supporting VIGAs programs.
Saturday 11-9 & Sunday 12-6