Quimper Grange #720
1219 Corona St
Port Townsend WA 98368
360-531-0326
quimpergrange.org
Connect ~ Learn ~ Benefit
Grange motto: "In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity."
February 2026
Regular Grange Events
check Calendar for updates
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Sundays, 1 pm & Mondays, 6 pm - Line Dance Classes
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1st Tuesday, 5 pm - Ukuleles Unite
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Wed, Feb 11, 18, 25 - 6 pm - Dance Balkan
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Thurs, Feb 12, 5 pm - Death Cafe
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Sat, Feb 21, 7:15 pm - PT Community Dance
Special Events
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Tues, Feb 10 - Food for Thought -"Sustainable Spoonfuls: Turning Food Waste into Climate Solutions" with Laura Tucker & Keith Dixon
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Sat, Feb 21, 10 - 5 - WA Farmer's Flood Aid Fundraiser
Save The Dates!
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Sunday, March 1, 3:30-4:30 pm- Food for Thought - A Look Into the Kah Tai Preserve (special time)
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Tool Maintenance Clinic March 14 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
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Thurs, March 12, 7:00 pm- Kristian Bugge & Ruthie Dornfeld Traditional Nordic music, American Old Time & More
SPECIAL THANKS TO SEQUIM PRAIRIE GRANGE!
Last September the Sequim Prairie Grange invited us to their wonderful Dessert Auction and shared the profits with all participating Granges equally, netting us over $740!
Thank you Sequim Prairie!
https://www.grange.org/sequimprairiewa1108/
WA Farmlands Trust Flood Relief
After
Before
Weeding Certificates
Dance Classes
Canned Salmon, Homegrown Cornbread Mix and more from Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe
Three dozen oysters from Midnight Oyster Co
Spectacular Spider Plant
Vintage Yoyo quilting sets circa 1930-1940s
... and more coming!
SILENT AUCTION ITEMS
Line Dance Classes
Beginning - No Experience Necessary
Drop-ins Welcome
Every Sunday at 1:00 pm
90 minute class
$10 Suggested Donation
Intermediate - One should have some
line dance experience before attending.
Every Monday at 6:00 pm
90 minute class
$10 Suggested Donation
For more info: 360-302-0188
Ukuleles Unite!
Happy Hour:
Open Mic & Singalong
First Tuesday
Happy Hour is open to the public on the first Tuesday of the month starting at 5:00 pm. Enjoy listening and singing along with us. The relaxed atmosphere encourages beginners to advanced groups and individuals to perform. Bring your musical instruments and play along with us. We suggest a small donation to help pay the rent.
Guidelines: Sign up upon arrival if you wish to perform. Solo performers are allowed one song and one singalong song. Groups can perform up to three songs, with one designated as a singalong. Bring singalong music for projection.
For more info visit: ukulelesunite.com or George Yount at 360-477-5788 • gyount@olypen.com
Sustainable Spoonfuls:
Turning Food Waste Into Climate Solutions
Tuesday • February 10th • 6:30-7:30 pm
Presented by Laura Tucker and Keith Dixon
This interactive class explores the critical link between our diets and climate change. Participants will learn how different foods contribute to greenhouse gas
emissions. You will also gain practical, actionable strategies for adopting a more
sustainable “food print”.
Topics include the impacts of composting food waste, various animal versus
plant-based products, the role of food waste in the climate crisis, and the
benefits of eating locally and seasonally. The class empowers us to make
conscious dietary choices that are better for both personal health and the planet.
●Laura is the Education and Outreach Specialist for Jefferson County Public Works where she has been teaching home composting classes for 10 years and is a professional consultant in STEM education.
●Keith is a curious decomposer and founder of Return To Earth Community Compost. He started Return To Earth in 2024 as a way to build community resilience and help close the food waste recycling loop. https://www.rtecompost.org/.
This free series offered by Quimper Grange #720, examines "all things food & growing” in our area. For over 100 years, this Grange has supported the Jefferson County community through public programming, concerts, dance, rental space, and a 7,000 ft² volunteer Food Bank Garden which donates produce to help mitigate food insecurity. Doors open at 6:15 pm.
Dance Balkan
Wednesdays
(except the 1st Wednesday of each month)
February 11, 18, 25
6:00 - 8:00 pm
No partner needed
Evenings start with mellow dances & progress to intermediate. Dances from Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria and more.
Fast paced & fun!
Richard & Susi Watson host • by donation
Death Cafe
Thursday, February 12
5:15-6:30 pm (doors open at 5)
A Death Cafe is a group-directed discussion of death with no agenda, objectives, or themes. It is not a grief support or counseling session, but rather a safe place to bring your curiosity about death.
All are welcome!
In keeping with Death Cafe tradition, tea and cake will be served.
PT Community Dance
Saturday, February 21st
Dancing from 7:30 to 10:00 pm
Doors open at 7:15 pm
Morna Leonard will be calling and music is by The Celerators. Joe Fulton, (formerly The Tallboys) will be fiddling out rollicking dance tunes, joined by banjoist Charles Espey and guitarist Eleanor Hall. We are so lucky to have these four for February.
The Port Townsend Community Dance is inspired by traditional kitchen and barn dances and features a mixture of traditional sets, always danced to live music along with a dance caller. All experience levels are welcome; all dances are taught! Come alone, with a friend, with a partner, with the family – or with the whole village!
Admission is $10 per person/$20 per family; however, no one will be turned away at the door. Please bring your own personal water bottle and consider arriving on foot or by bicycle if possible!
Garden Notes
February 2026
We gathered on this fabulous January day to send a note of thanks to Jefferson Community Foundation who has generously funded Food Bank Growers once again, of which Quimper Grange Food Bank Garden is a member.
This was also Derek's last day at the garden (he's the tall guy in the back). We all gathered to sing him a silly song and give him well-wishes for his new job at OWL 360, a place for youth to 'hang out' and receive important services. Derek will be amazing at his new job! www.owl360.org.
After installing more LED grow lights, our greenhouse operations are really picking up! Jan & Feb are the time to start alliums (onions, leeks, etc), now we're about to start many more plants in February. See our Garden tab to learn about GroVeg, our new program, and what our growing scheme will look like.
The harvest has been great this month. After harvest tomorrow, we'll have donated over 60 pounds of produce to the food bank for January - over half of that greens including pea shoots, salad mix, braising mix, microgreens, and pac choi. The other half is our carrot donation, from which we should be able to donate for three more weeks.
"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant."
Anne Bradstreet