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URL:https://experiencetacoma.com/events/blueberries-blues/
SUMMARY:Blueberries & Blues
DESCRIPTION:Harvest Pierce County and Metro Parks Tacoma\, and Charlotte's 
 Blueberry Park Action Group are hosting our second annual Blueberries &amp
 \; Blues celebration! There will be games and a lawn concert with live mus
 ic - and Celebrity Cake Studio's Cake Mobile Food Truck will have blueberr
 y vanilla cupcakes free for the first 150 visitors! After that\, they will
  have other flavors and treats for sale.\n\nExtra points if you wear blue 
 to show your love for Charlotte's Blueberry Park\, and all things blue!\n\
 nAmazing musician and Tacoma local Stephanie Anne Johnson will be playing 
 two sets\, one around 4pm\, and one around 6pm in the Blueberry Park lawn 
 - so bring your blankets and lawn chairs to hear some great local talent!\
 n\nCh...eck out what the Charlotte's Blueberry Park Action Group has been 
 up to over the past year\, including designing a community garden: http://
 www.piercecountycd.org/blog.aspx?iid=94\n\nAbout Charlott'es Blueberry Par
 k (from the Metro Parks Tacoma website):\nA commercial blueberry and hazel
 nut farm in 1929\, volunteers now help maintain several thousand blueberry
  bushes that can be picked July through September each year.\nThis neighbo
 rhood park covers 20 acres and is owned by Metro Parks Tacoma. More than 1
 0 of the park's acres are wetlands and cannot be disturbed.\n\nAbout the C
 harlotte's Blueberry Park Action Group:\nThis group is for those who are i
 nterested in volunteering to make Charlotte's Blueberry Park and the fores
 ted land around it a safe\, well-loved\, and well-used place for the commu
 nity to gather. Together\, we discuss ideas\, solutions\, and ways we can 
 come together to help our neighborhood thrive.\nWe meet the first Tuesday 
 of the month at Grace Missionary Baptist Church - all are invited!\n\nBLUE
 BERRY PICKING\nSince the Blueberry Park Project started in 1999\, more tha
 n 3\,372 bushes have been trimmed to ground level and are now producing fr
 uit. Five varieties of blueberries grow in the park. Picking season runs f
 rom July through September each year (dependent on weather). Metro Parks d
 oes not use any pesticides or fertilizers on the blueberry plants\, they a
 re grown naturally. There is no fee to pick the blueberries which are firs
 t-come-first-serve during picking season.\n\nPhoto credit: JeffersonMok.co
 m\n
CATEGORIES:Entertaining,Family Friendly,Free,Tasty
LOCATION:Blueberry Park\, 7417 E D St\, Tacoma\, United States
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