Soos Creek Botanical Garden and Heritage Center joins Kent’s 125th anniversary celebration

Soos Creek Botanical Garden and Heritage Center helps celebrate the city of Kent's 125th anniversary with historical displays, music and an art walk on Saturday, Aug. 15.

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  • Monday, July 27, 2015 6:58pm
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Phil and Vivian Williams

Phil and Vivian Williams

For the Reporter

Soos Creek Botanical Garden and Heritage Center helps celebrate the city of Kent’s 125th anniversary with historical displays, music and an art walk on Saturday, Aug. 15.

The public can visit the center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to see a horse buggy used in the late 1800s, view photos and maps of the Upper Soos Creek Plateau from 1890 to 1940 and see antiques used by the pioneers in home and work.

Michael C. Evans tells traditional Native American Stories at 10 a.m. A 34-foot Blue Heron Canoe will be on display near the pond all day.

Phil and Vivian Williams, of the Washington Old Time Fiddlers Association, performs at 11 a.m. for some toe-tapping fiddle and banjo music, interspersed with stories and history dating back to the mid 1800s.

Gary Stroutsos, master of the Native American Flute, plays at 1 p.m., transporting listeners to a time before settlers arrived.

Enjoy painters, photographers, potters and jewelry artisans, displaying and selling their work at the Garden’s Art Walk.

The public also can stroll the 23-acre garden and see sculptures on display from Green River College. Visit the Demonstration Vegetable Garden. Hike down to Soos Creek and look for the many Eagle Scout projects along the way.

Admission is free.

Soos Creek Botanical Garden and Heritage Center is at 29308 132nd Ave. SE, Auburn.

For more information, visit www.sooscreekbotanicalgarden.org.


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