IN THE NEWS!
The Seattle Times. The Chef-Farmer shows us how to eat, from the ground
up Kurt Timmermeister's "Growing a Farmer: How I Learned to Live off the
Land" is a testament to the challenges and joys of building and operating a
small farm on an island in Puget Sound. (February 5, 2011)
The Seattle Times. Vashon Island farms make for a fresh and tasty day trip
(July 21, 2010)
Vashon, Washington on Wikipedia.
Vashon Beachcomber. Nancy's School of Fiber Arts opens on Vashon
(February 10, 2010) Fiber Arts Sew Beautiful Magazine - Feb '10 Issue
The Seattle Times. Sea Breeze Farm raises veal the 'real' way — in
pastures (August 30, 2009)
Pacific NW Magazine. Vashon Island tour will show gardeners' skill and
hard work (June 14, 2009)
Vashon Beachcomber. Vashon Tile Guild's Goal to Transform the Town of
Vashon with Art! (April 2009)
Tacoma News Tribune. "Viva Vashon Island: It’s time you hopped on
the ferry and discovered what the locals know: Vashon is an island paradise."
(August 1, 2008) (includes great photos!)
Sunset Magazine. "Hop a Ferry to Vashon Island" (Summer 2008)
Seattle Times. "Spend a Day on Vashon!" (January 2008)
New York Times. "Flourishing in Puget Sound With a Counterculture
Past" (February 3, 2006)
An 11-minute video about some great places to visit on Vashon!
Promoting Sustainability
The Small-Mart Revolution
It's All in the Compost!
A Small Island with a BIG Vision!
DOWNLOAD A MAP!
Island Farms
Island Parks
Go horseback riding!
Kayak Launch Areas
Go for a swim/ Get a workout!
Bike Maps for Vashon Island
Rent a Bike-Get it delivered to MiKo's
Map of Public Parks, Open Land and Recreational Activities
VashonMap.com An interactive map with icons that come to life!
(Note: takes awhile to download.)
NOT TO BE MISSED!
What's Special about Vashon-Maury Islands?
How to Get Here from There
Island Events
Take a Scenic Flight Over Vashon with Pilot George P. Kirkish
What Happening on Vashon-Maury Island?
VIGAVashon.org Buy direct. Buy local. Support Vashon Farms.
Vashon Farmers' Market is open Saturdays from 10am-3pm during the
summer season. **Shop at the many Farm Stands throughout the island to buy
direct.
Sustainable Vashon a learning and action network
Sustainable Tourism on Vashon Island low impact, culturally
sensitive and community oriented activities, programs and
accommodations
Vashon Lavender Lavender Farm Festival, ways to pick & purchase
lavender.
VashonPages.com
VashonArt.com
VashonFilmSociety.org
VashonBeachcomber.com Long-established local newspaper
publishes weekly on Wednesdays.
VashonLoop.com An alternative publication publishes bi-monthly to
inform and amuse... to provoke thinking and activism.
Nirvana Indian Restaurant Three times a charm! Our third Indian
restaurant on island is the best! South Indian cuisine. Tell Rohit:
"Karen from MiKo's sent you." New expanded menu. Don't miss the
dosas! (Closed Mondays)
Express Cuisine Gourmet menu. Intimate seating. (Wed - Sat)
Fish Bowl Farm Experience the beauty and connection with horses
through riding! Take a lesson during your stay on Vashon Island.
Heavenly Gaits Trailmaster Julie will tailor your horseback ride on
her ultra-smooth gaited Spotted Saddle horses to your custom
desires. Rides start at $50 per rider for 90 minutes, the giggles and
rediscovering horseback riding heaven are no extra cost!
EXPLORE, TASTE & BUY LOCALLY MADE WINES
(click here for a Seattle Times video)
Sea Breeze Farm Wine available to purchase at their retail
shop & restaurant, La Boucherie.
Lunch: 12 noon-2 pm Fridays and Saturdays only
Dinner: 5:30 pm-10:30 pm Fridays & Saturdays only
Palouse Winery Tastings Saturdays & Sundays, 2-5 pm,
year round, and by appointment
Vashon Winery Tastings by appointment, and OPEN 2-5 pm
Saturdays, April 1 - October 1 only.
OS Winery
Andrew Will Winery
SUPPORT RESTAURATEURS & CAFÉS WHO
SUPPORT VASHON FARMS
Island Farms
Café Luna (coffee, tea, lunch, wine, live music)
Espress Cuisine (Dinners only Wed - Sat)
Sea Breeze Farm's La Boucherie (Brunch, dinner, retail store)
The Coffee Roasterie & Minglement (Active roasterie, organic
groceries, café with hot breakfast & lunch options, and the best coffee
on the island! LIVE music and table service (soup, chilli, salads,
wraps, etc. and wine & beer service, Friday
evenings)
La Biondo Farm & Kitchen (Classes, brunches, farm stand)
Quartermaster Inn & Restaurant in Burton (Winter Hours: Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday DINNER only, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.)
Vashon Tea Shop (tea, coffee, cold and warm snacks, soups)
PURE (Organic Cafe & Juice Bar, Dedicated Gluten- Free/Vegan
OPEN Sat Mon Tues Wed 11-7, Sun 11-3 CLOSED Thurs and Fri)
COMMUNITY NEWS & INFORMATION - 24/7
Church of Great Rain, Vashon’s popular comedy/music/variety
show plays at Open Space for Arts & Community and is later
rebroadcast on Voice of Vashon's Channel 21.
Community Links via VashonBeachcomber.com
News & links to community organizations 24/7
Voice of Vashon 1650 AM, Emergency Broadcast System is a partner
with Vashon Be Prepared and the Vashon Park District when an
island emergency or disaster strikes! Voice of Vashon is participatory
media, and in addition to hosting VoV, 1650 AM, 24/7, you can listen
to music and original programming on the web at www.
VoiceofVashon.org or watch us on Comcast Channel 21 on your TV.
The Seattle Times. The Chef-Farmer shows us how to eat, from the ground
up Kurt Timmermeister's "Growing a Farmer: How I Learned to Live off the
Land" is a testament to the challenges and joys of building and operating a
small farm on an island in Puget Sound. (February 5, 2011)
The Seattle Times. Vashon Island farms make for a fresh and tasty day trip
(July 21, 2010)
Vashon, Washington on Wikipedia.
Vashon Beachcomber. Nancy's School of Fiber Arts opens on Vashon
(February 10, 2010) Fiber Arts Sew Beautiful Magazine - Feb '10 Issue
The Seattle Times. Sea Breeze Farm raises veal the 'real' way — in
pastures (August 30, 2009)
Pacific NW Magazine. Vashon Island tour will show gardeners' skill and
hard work (June 14, 2009)
Vashon Beachcomber. Vashon Tile Guild's Goal to Transform the Town of
Vashon with Art! (April 2009)
Tacoma News Tribune. "Viva Vashon Island: It’s time you hopped on
the ferry and discovered what the locals know: Vashon is an island paradise."
(August 1, 2008) (includes great photos!)
Sunset Magazine. "Hop a Ferry to Vashon Island" (Summer 2008)
Seattle Times. "Spend a Day on Vashon!" (January 2008)
New York Times. "Flourishing in Puget Sound With a Counterculture
Past" (February 3, 2006)
An 11-minute video about some great places to visit on Vashon!
Promoting Sustainability
The Small-Mart Revolution
It's All in the Compost!
A Small Island with a BIG Vision!
DOWNLOAD A MAP!
Island Farms
Island Parks
Go horseback riding!
Kayak Launch Areas
Go for a swim/ Get a workout!
Bike Maps for Vashon Island
Rent a Bike-Get it delivered to MiKo's
Map of Public Parks, Open Land and Recreational Activities
VashonMap.com An interactive map with icons that come to life!
(Note: takes awhile to download.)
NOT TO BE MISSED!
What's Special about Vashon-Maury Islands?
How to Get Here from There
Island Events
Take a Scenic Flight Over Vashon with Pilot George P. Kirkish
What Happening on Vashon-Maury Island?
VIGAVashon.org Buy direct. Buy local. Support Vashon Farms.
Vashon Farmers' Market is open Saturdays from 10am-3pm during the
summer season. **Shop at the many Farm Stands throughout the island to buy
direct.
Sustainable Vashon a learning and action network
Sustainable Tourism on Vashon Island low impact, culturally
sensitive and community oriented activities, programs and
accommodations
Vashon Lavender Lavender Farm Festival, ways to pick & purchase
lavender.
VashonPages.com
VashonArt.com
VashonFilmSociety.org
VashonBeachcomber.com Long-established local newspaper
publishes weekly on Wednesdays.
VashonLoop.com An alternative publication publishes bi-monthly to
inform and amuse... to provoke thinking and activism.
Nirvana Indian Restaurant Three times a charm! Our third Indian
restaurant on island is the best! South Indian cuisine. Tell Rohit:
"Karen from MiKo's sent you." New expanded menu. Don't miss the
dosas! (Closed Mondays)
Express Cuisine Gourmet menu. Intimate seating. (Wed - Sat)
Fish Bowl Farm Experience the beauty and connection with horses
through riding! Take a lesson during your stay on Vashon Island.
Heavenly Gaits Trailmaster Julie will tailor your horseback ride on
her ultra-smooth gaited Spotted Saddle horses to your custom
desires. Rides start at $50 per rider for 90 minutes, the giggles and
rediscovering horseback riding heaven are no extra cost!
EXPLORE, TASTE & BUY LOCALLY MADE WINES
(click here for a Seattle Times video)
Sea Breeze Farm Wine available to purchase at their retail
shop & restaurant, La Boucherie.
Lunch: 12 noon-2 pm Fridays and Saturdays only
Dinner: 5:30 pm-10:30 pm Fridays & Saturdays only
Palouse Winery Tastings Saturdays & Sundays, 2-5 pm,
year round, and by appointment
Vashon Winery Tastings by appointment, and OPEN 2-5 pm
Saturdays, April 1 - October 1 only.
OS Winery
Andrew Will Winery
SUPPORT RESTAURATEURS & CAFÉS WHO
SUPPORT VASHON FARMS
Island Farms
Café Luna (coffee, tea, lunch, wine, live music)
Espress Cuisine (Dinners only Wed - Sat)
Sea Breeze Farm's La Boucherie (Brunch, dinner, retail store)
The Coffee Roasterie & Minglement (Active roasterie, organic
groceries, café with hot breakfast & lunch options, and the best coffee
on the island! LIVE music and table service (soup, chilli, salads,
wraps, etc. and wine & beer service, Friday
evenings)
La Biondo Farm & Kitchen (Classes, brunches, farm stand)
Quartermaster Inn & Restaurant in Burton (Winter Hours: Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday DINNER only, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.)
Vashon Tea Shop (tea, coffee, cold and warm snacks, soups)
PURE (Organic Cafe & Juice Bar, Dedicated Gluten- Free/Vegan
OPEN Sat Mon Tues Wed 11-7, Sun 11-3 CLOSED Thurs and Fri)
COMMUNITY NEWS & INFORMATION - 24/7
Church of Great Rain, Vashon’s popular comedy/music/variety
show plays at Open Space for Arts & Community and is later
rebroadcast on Voice of Vashon's Channel 21.
Community Links via VashonBeachcomber.com
News & links to community organizations 24/7
Voice of Vashon 1650 AM, Emergency Broadcast System is a partner
with Vashon Be Prepared and the Vashon Park District when an
island emergency or disaster strikes! Voice of Vashon is participatory
media, and in addition to hosting VoV, 1650 AM, 24/7, you can listen
to music and original programming on the web at www.
VoiceofVashon.org or watch us on Comcast Channel 21 on your TV.
Call: (206) 679-1389
| "I love the way you partner with has to offer. You have made this place very special! " - Vince & Susan, Seattle, WA |
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Flight over Mt. Rainier, November 2009 with Pilot (and wine maker)
George Kirkish, taking a MiKo's guest for an "up close and personal
view of our region's majestic mountain!" - Photo by John Jackson, Australia
George Kirkish, taking a MiKo's guest for an "up close and personal
view of our region's majestic mountain!" - Photo by John Jackson, Australia
- Photo by Barry Wong, Seattle Times
Click HERE for directions to the infamous "Bike in the Tree"!
To see a VIDEO of The Bike in the Tree, click HERE!
To see a VIDEO of The Bike in the Tree, click HERE!
La Biondo Farm
