Save the Date!

Our 2nd Annual

Mount Baker

Summer Festival

Sunday, June 23, 2024

3299 Hunter Blvd. S, Seattle, WA 98144
10am - 5pm

(The Mount Baker Garden Tour

will return in 2025)

Our FREE Family & Friends Event has Expanded to Include:

Children’s activities such as a bouncy house, pony rides & face painting

Art from 50+ local artisans

Live music all day including from the awarding winning Roman Goron Jazz Trio

Food vendors including an ice cream truck

Join our celebration in the heart of Mount Baker along Hunter Boulevard between Hanford and Horton! (3299 Hunter Blvd. S, Seattle, WA 98144)

No tickets required.

The Mount Baker Garden Tour is every other year: it will return in Summer 2025.

*The artisans below are from 2023; new updates will follow soon, so please check back regularly!

Meet The Musicians

  • The Roman Goron Jazz Trio

    Performing at approximately 10:30 - 11:30am, Sunday, June 23

    The Roman Goron Jazz Trio is an award-winning ensemble featuring Roman Goron, an 18-year old French-Filipino-American jazz pianist and composer. Roman's Jazz Trio combines the swinging sound of contemporary jazz with the subtle influences of modern and experimental styles To find them on Instagram go to @namorogmusic.

  • Miles and Karina

    Performing 11:45am-12:45 pm, Sunday, June 23

    “Miles and Karina” are David Miles Keenan and Nova Karina Devonie from Seattle. After touring as members of the local western swingabilly group Ranch Romance in the early 90’s, they kept on swinging and twanging together as a duo, playing concerts, clubs and festivals. Since 2008, they have also been performing their original scores live to silent films. Hear them in action by clicking here! (Photo credit: Mark White)

  • jean mann

    Performing 1pm-2pm, Sunday, June 23

    jean mann is a Seattle-based alt-folk indie-pop singer songwriter, known for her powerfully intimate live performance, whether solo or as a duo with multi-instrumentalist music partner Bill Corral. In addition to her eight full-length albums, jean has headlined at Pacific Northwest festivals, played iconic rooms such as Yoshi's Lounge in San Francisco, the Tractor Tavern in Seattle, and CBGB's in New York. Listen to her music here and check her out on Instagram @jeanmann! (Photo credit: Michelle Smith-Lewis.)

  • Steven Fletcher

    Performing 2:15-4:30 pm, Sunday, June 23

    Steven Fletcher is a Seattle-based singer/songwriter/guitarist. He performs solo and with The Dogtones, a busy Seattle cover band. Steven's original music has been featured in Young Rock (NBC), The Graduate (50th-anniversary re-release), FIFA World Cup Live, 2018 Soccer World Cup, FBC PBC Weigh-in, and The Young and the Restless. Listen to some of Steven’s music here. (Photo credit: Tony Pinto.)

Meet the Artisans*

  • Watercolors from the Wild Garden

    Catherine James is a botanical watercolor artist based in Redmond, Wa. See more of her work here, read her bio here, and see her on Instagram here.

  • Artcycled Mosaics

    Artcycled Mosaics create unique, handcrafted mosaic garden art and jewelry created primarily from recycled china. To see more of their work go here.

  • Hoppy's Garden Art

    These hand-crafted ornamental copper lawn art pieces are also fully-functional sprinklers and add a dimensional decorative beauty to your garden. Learn more here.

  • Gretchen Siegrist Clay

    Gretchen Siegrist is a Resident Artist at Seward Park Clay Studio where she builds both functional and decorative ceramic work. Her work leans heavily on themes of nature in an upside-down, industrialized world. To see more of her art go here or visit her Instagram.

  • April Ferry Watercolors

    Artist April Ferry produces paintings both plein air, and in the studio. The work is always influenced by the will and unpredictable nature of the paint. See more of April Ferry’s watercolors on Instagram here.

  • Present Day Tarot

    Curious festival goers are invited to get their tarot cards read by Yetta Snow of Present Day Tarot. Swing by Yetta's booth for 10-minute readings, gift certificates, and discounts on upcoming classes. See her website or her Instagram.

  • Tom Costantini Art

    Tom Costantini does watercolor, ink and architectural drawings, often with vintage cars. See his more of his art here and follow him on Instagram.

  • Two Birds in a Pod

    Two Birds in a Pod creates unique and one of a kind products inspired by the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest. Their fully functional birdhouses are built using reclaimed wood, driftwood, tree branches, twigs, rocks, natural moss, fungi, and lichen that are responsibly harvested and naturally preserved. To see their website, go here or go to their Instagram here.

  • Zukuri Designs

    Zukuri Designs makes handmade handbags and accessories that are simple, elegant, and distinctive. For more info, see their site on Etsy.

  • Mercury Boutique

    Inspired by her grandmother and her passion for color, Nancy Mansell created Mercury Boutique. She specializes in travel bags, hand sewn with extreme attention to detail and designed to last. To see more of her work go to her Etsy site.

  • Paula's Soaps

    Paula’s Soaps has been in Columbia City for 37 years, and Paula has been making soap here for most of that time. Her line up of products now includes shower melts, bath soaking salts, salves and body butters, and along with her bar and liquid soaps, they are all natural, chemical free products that provide gentle respectful care for your skin. Visit her website: http://www.paulassoap.com.

  • Hannah Salia Art

    Hannah Salia is passionate about the forests and seas that surround us, and her paintings reflect her appreciation for the renewal of spirit that comes from exploring these places. To see more of her painting, go to her website here or to her Instagram.

  • Skagit Woodworking

    John Vranesh is a Seattle resident with a woodworking shop in Anacortes, specializing in charcuterie/cutting/sushi boards, keepsake boxes and cedar garden furniture. Most pieces are made from repurposed hardwoods or milled from fallen trees. All works are hand made and one of a kind.

  • Carolyn Doe

    Carolyn Doe started working with batik on silk fabric over thirty years ago and batik has since become her voice. She started exploring palette knife and oils in 2014 and it has become another way of expression for her. In her mixed media pieces, she combines Ecoprinting on silk fabric with palette knife and oils. Her works are currently in galleries and private collections across the U.S., as well as in several countries, including Antarctica. See her art on her website here and on her Instagram here. (Batik on silk pictured: Poppies for Zane II)

  • Melted Porcelain

    Melted Porcelain is a line of colorful porcelain jewelry for all, made by Malia Peoples, a Native Hawaiian artist working in porcelain, colored glass powder & liquid gold. Learn more at her website here or on Instagram here.

  • Ocean Sky Lab

    The Ocean Sky Lab Gallery Shop offers fine art photography prints, cards, and paper goods using gallery quality archival materials that are locally and sustainably sourced, when possible. See more at their website and Instagram

  • Spark & Thread

    Spark&Thread is a unique art boutique that sells handcrafted items for your home, including: metal work, recreated furniture, ceramics, and 2D and 3D art. Visit their website or Instagram.

  • Driftwood Creations

    Driftwood Creations was founded by artists Steve and Carol Bryant who use recycled and new metal, found glass and driftwood to make truly unique and whimsical pieces of garden art, including: metal sculptures, glass flowers, benches, birdhouses and bird feeders. Inventory is continuously changing, and the studio is open by appointment. For more information see their website.

  • Medusarielle Art

    Medusarielle Art was founded by Arielle Labra, a multidisciplinary artist who creates everything from artisan journals and sketch books to drawings, paintings and tattoos. “I’m captivated by what we take for granted, how aspects of our lives and planet are overlooked by the full immersion of our routines: our day to day lives stuck just looking forward and forgetting to admire our surroundings," says Arielle. To see Arielle's work, visit their website or their Instagrams: @medustattoo and @medus.book.binding.

  • Mae Botanicals

    Mae Botanicals is handcrafted botanical skincare that calls in the magic of ritual. Founded by Dr. Kari Logan, a Naturopathic Doctor and herbalist, Mae Botanicals makes organic, local, and sustainable products to help deepen your relationship with yourself, plants, and the natural world. From seedling to shipping, every element of Mae Botanicals is designed to help you Find Your Ritual. Dr. Kari grows or sustainably wildcrafts every plant she uses, building caring relationships you can feel in each oil, salve, and body butter she makes. Her website is here and her Instagram is here.

  • Cafe Che Che

    Cafe Che Che is a woman-owned, small batch, specialty coffee roasting operation located in south Seattle. Founder Lisa Petke first started roasting coffee for friends and family in a hot air popper in her backyard. She upgraded to a beautiful little drum roaster and started Cafe Che Che at the onset of the pandemic in order to deliver fresh, delicious and ethically and sustainably grown and sourced coffee to the community during the lockdown. Today, Cafe Che Che roasts coffee for local delivery and you can find her at various street fairs and events. For more information visit her website or Instagram.

  • Christy's Garden

    Christy’s Garden farms are located in Snohomish and Monroe. They provide fresh farm flowers and beautiful flower arrangements festivals and markets throughout Seattle.

  • Nina Paul Design

    Nina Paul is a design firm working in multiple materials and unique processes. Founders and Industrial Designers, Christina Buchenau-Elliot and Dirk Elliot, are drawn to the mastery of the complex. They create and sell porcelain, ceramics and other handmade items for the home, drawing on Alpine lifestyle, vintage farm and ranch elements. You can see their products and more details at their website here or Instagram.

  • Freeborn Metal Art

    Andy and Heidi Hill are the owners and artists of Freeborn Metal Art. Inspired by our beautiful Pacific North West, they design, create and weld all of their handcrafted home and garden metal art. You can find them on Instagram here.

  • A Very Vintage Market

    Angie Mordy owns A Very Vintage Market, which sells vintage and garden items. She has been selling for over 12 years and also manages a pop up market. Very Vintage has a booth at all of the big shows, including the Great Junk Hunt, Farm Chicks and The Northwest Flower and Garden Show. See more at her website.

  • Tin Mini's

    Emily Wamsley is a Seattle-based tin collage artist who upcycles tin containers to create beautiful miniature still lifes. You can find her on Instagram @emily_wamsley or at www.emilywamsley.com.

  • June Lindsey

    June Lindsey is a ceramicist whose current work is inspired by the artifacts, pottery techniques and vessel shapes of the Native American Indians of the Four Corners area. Her fascination with the ruins and petroglyphs of the Anasazi led to research and classes with Pueblo potters. In her pieces, she attempts to evoke a feeling of cliffs, rocks and deserts of the Southwest while incorporating designs based on ancient drawings. Her intention is not to duplicate the art of any culture but to be influenced by it and to add to her aesthetic to that history.

  • Andre Glass Jewelry

    Andre Glass Jewelry is created from hand blown glass tubes. Their beads are individually hand cut from the tube and fire polished to finish the ends. The beads are then combined with all sterling silver beads and findings to create colorful and long lasting jewelry. Learn more here.

  • Scarabajo

    Atenas Morales, a botanical artist specializing in botanical printing and natural dyeing, founded the brand Scarabajo to sell her creations — clothing, accessories, home decor and stationary goods. Her unique, one-of-a-kind pieces are created using botanical materials sustainably collected from the Pacific North West and Atenas's hometown in Mexico. The brand's name, Scarabajo, means "beetle" in Spanish, the small but mighty creatures that play a vital role in the ecosystem. To see more of her work go to her website or her Instagram.

  • Renee's Creation

    Renee Look, a printmaker making artwork with linoleum block prints, focuses on sustainability by printing on reclaimed materials and framing prints in recycled frames. You can find her on Instagram or more information here.

  • Arni Adler

    Painter Arni Adler will show 12” square abstract paintings, as well as painted 2” blocks (hanging from a hula hoop) and fanciful 3D clay figures. "My abstract work springs from the imagination, which includes references to recognizable things, tho’ not intentionally. Some may refer to landscapes, but most try to thwart associations to 'real' things," says Arni. "My wooden blocks use up leftover palette paint and depict funny stories with fanciful figures. Some of these types of figures I also create in 3D, using air drying clay on tongue depressors." To see more of Arni's abstract paintings go to Instagram.

Food & Refreshments

  • Bright Spot

    Bright Spot , a new cafe located right on Mount Rainier Drive S, will have a booth at the Summer Festival and will be selling iced coffee, iced peach tea, lemonade, croissants, spinach & feta croissants, chocolate croissants, pear croissants, sprinkle cookies and chocolate chip cookies.

  • El Pingüino Cachetón

    Pingüino Cachetón is a small Mexican food truck and catering business started by David Lopez, native of Mexico City Mexico. When David was a young boy, his grandmother lovingly taught him how to cook. Since then, he has brought his love of food and cooking to his family and friends in the Pacific Northwest. Come see them at the Summer Festival and get some tacos, tortas, tamales, burritos, or authentic Mexican!

  • Fun Times Ice Cream

    Fun Times Ice Cream will be at the Summer Festival from 10 am to 4 pm selling a range of delicious ice cream!

Join us to celebrate beautiful gardens, art and community!

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