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🌱 Patch AM: Want to dine, bid, and support Shoreline’s Kruckeberg Botanic Garden?
Coming up: Help Eastern WA Fire victims ART SUPPLIES DRIVE on the Shoreline Patch calendar
Cheers Shoreline! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Want to dine, bid, and support Shoreline's Kruckeberg Botanic Garden?
- How a Shoreline offer figured into a lawn ornament's strange journey
- Curious how many Metro stops Shoreline really has?
Also on today's calendar: Help Eastern WA Fire victims ART SUPPLIES DRIVE and 7 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the tree say when Spring arrived? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Clouds giving way to some sun, with a high of 69 and low of 54 degrees.
- Saturday: A passing shower, temps: high: 68, low: 54.
- Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high of 67 and low of 54 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Garden Party Auction 2026 for Kruckeberg September 26, 2026 (shorelineareanews.com) — A major fundraiser for Kruckeberg Botanic Garden is coming to the Innis Arden Clubhouse in Shoreline on Saturday, September 26, 2026, from 5–9 p.m. Neighbors can enjoy dinner, wine, and live and silent auctions while supporting the preservation and free public access of this beloved Shoreline garden destination. 
• No late fees at these Free Blockbuster boxes (heraldnet.com) — Shoreline gets a brief cameo in a quirky feature about Free Blockbuster boxes popping up around Everett and Edmonds, where neighbors trade DVDs and VHS tapes for free. The columnist also revisits Coco, a notorious lawn ornament, sharing how offers—including one from a Shoreline resident—poured in before Coco finally found a new home in Lake Stevens.
• Seattle Transit Trivia Answers (seattletransitblog.com) — Transit fans can see how Shoreline stacks up in Seattle Transit Trivia results, where Shoreline is noted as having 222 King County Metro bus stops in Fall 2025—more than Bothell or Issaquah. The answer key also shares ridership stats, historic routes, and quirky details about ferries, Link light rail, and buses across the region for anyone who loves local transit data.
📸 Around Shoreline
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Shoreline
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★ Featured events ★
- Help Eastern WA Fire victims ART SUPPLIES DRIVE →
Crown Bees - Solitary Bees, Houses & Supplies, 17721 132nd Ave NE, Woodinville
11:00 am
Tuesday September 1
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Other local events
- Lacey Class
Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Ovation at Oak Tree, Lacey, 9027 Bowthorpe St SE, Lacey, United States
10:00 am - Nursing Assistant-Certified (NAC) Information Session
Shoreline Community College
3:00 pm - West Seattle Class (Branch class)
Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Fauntleroy Church, 9140 California Ave SW, Seattle, United States
7:00 pm - Tacoma Class
Royal Scottish Country Dance Society St. Luke's Memorial Episcopal Church, 3615 N. Gove Street, Tacoma, 98407, United States
7:00 pm - Fort Worden Dance Practice
Royal Scottish Country Dance Society WA
7:00 pm - On-Campus Orientation
Shoreline Community College 4102
9:30 am - Nursing Program Admission Information Meeting
Shoreline Community College
11:00 am - Phinney Class (Branch class)
Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Phinney Neighborhood Center, 6532 Phinney Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98103, United States
1:00 pm - Rainbow Bingo →
Shoreline Lake Forest Park Senior Activity Center, Lake Forest Park
7:00 pm
Saturday August 29
Tuesday September 1
Wednesday September 2
Thursday September 3
Friday September 11
📣 Shoreline Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Kenmore Afternoon Book Group
Kenmore Library 6531 NE 181st Street, Kenmore, WA 98028
2:00 pm - Back to School BBQ
Madrona K-8 School Edmonds, WA 98026
4:00 pm - Music at Third Place Commons Lake Forest Park →
Third Place Commons, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park
7:00 pm - Bluegrass jam and concert →
Copperworks Distilling - Kenmore, 7324 NE 175th St, Kenmore
2:30 pm
Friday August 28
Sunday August 30
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Milky Way and a Perseid Meteor over Mount Rainier (Tipsoo Lake, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA;
8/12/2026 at 2:09 AM) Mount Rainier rises in silhouette beneath a breathtaking night sky, its snow-covered peak faintly illuminated. The Milky Way… (Nextdoor Parkwood) - I've been on photo trip after photo trip for ages, so am way behind on editing and posting.
Here's a few from my latest trip. Shot info: 1. 94% waxing moon rising above Naches Peak, Aug 24 at 9:18 pm. silhouetted are abies grandis, aka… (Nextdoor Richmond Highlands)
🗞 Nearby News
Lake Forest Park
- Seattle's best kid-friendly coffee shops (seattleschild.com)
- Huskies Host No. 3 Portland For All-PNW Clash (gohuskies.com)
Kenmore
- CERT Basic Training free course begins September 23, 2026 (shorelineareanews.com)
- GCSAA: Assistant superintendents chosen for 9th EXCEL Leadership Program (firstcallgolf.com)
- No. 11 Washington Hosts In-State Foe Gonzaga Thursday Night In Seattle (gohuskies.com)
Bothell
- Briefs: Bellingham T-Mobile store expected to close; rock shop opens in Fairhaven (cascadiadaily.com)
Ok Shoreline! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: What a re-leaf! (Thank you Flo G. for sending it in!)
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