Growing history
The Friends of Fort Vancouver National Historic Site will host a Heritage Garden Party from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the Fort Vancouver Heritage Garden, 1001 E. Fifth St. Meet volunteer gardeners, learn about the historical plants and purchase seeds. See volunteers in period costumes, buy a cookbook with authentic Hudson’s Bay Company recipes and enjoy a wine and beer garden. To learn more, visit friendsfortvancouver.org.
Flower power
Dandelion Teahouse and Apothecary is hosting a block party from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday in downtown Vancouver. The street will be closed to traffic at 109 W. Seventh St. for everyone to enjoy live music, food from Six Shooter Bar, tea, tarot readings and a doggy fashion show at 5 p.m. Admission is free. For details, visit www.facebook.com/dandelionteahouseapothecary. To register your dog for the fashion show, email kat@dandelionteahouse.com.
Light it up
The ReLit Upcycled Lighting Festival features lamps made from blenders, percolators, juicers and other household items unable to be fixed by Repair Clark County volunteers. Lamps will be displayed in downtown Vancouver business windows until Sept. 3 and then at Columbia Springs, 12208 S.E. Evergreen Highway, Vancouver, until Sept. 10. An online auction, ending at 5 p.m. Sept. 10, will allow people to bid on the lamps. Download a map for a self-guided lamp tour and get auction details at www.columbiasprings.org/relit.
Walk the walk
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site invites visitors ages 10 and up to learn about 1880s history during a free walking tour of the Vancouver Barracks led by Curator Meagan Huff at 9:30 a.m. Friday and Saturday, meeting at the Hathaway Parking Lot at the intersection of Hathaway Road and Fort Vancouver Way. Tours will last about 45 minutes on mostly paved paths. Registration is required by calling 360-816-6230. Learn more at go.nps.gov/yxlws4.
