Summer is for enjoying the garden. Join Bess Bronstein and Richie Steffen as they share tips and ideas for streamlining summer garden care. Learn what you have to do and when to do it and still have time for a nap in the hammock. Bess and Richie have years of experience in garden maintenance from small city gardens to large lots with acreage and know the plants that make a garden beautiful and not a headache.

Speaker(s) Bio:

Bess Bronstein is an ISA Certified Arborist, educator and horticultural consultant based on the Kitsap Peninsula in Kingston, Washington. She has 35 years experience in arboriculture, landscape management and garden design. Bess was an instructor for the Edmonds College horticulture program for 28 years, with a focus on courses in pruning and tree care, plant identification, plant pests and diagnosis, and soils. She frequently teaches public and professional arboriculture and horticulture courses throughout the Puget Sound and supports ongoing education in sustainable landscape management practices and tree care.

Richie Steffen, former president and board member of NHS, is enthusiastic about, or more accurately, obsessed with, plants. He is the Executive Director for the Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden where he oversees the Garden, its rare plant collections, and the Miller Garden’s primary educational program Great Plant Picks. A noted author, photographer and lecturer, Richie’s work is regularly featured in the NHS newsletter, GardenNotes, as well as Fine Gardening magazine. He is also co-author with Sue Olsen of The Plant Lover’s Guide to Ferns. His photography has been featured in numerous publications including several books and national magazines. In his spare time, he gardens with his husband, Rick, on their ten-acre property in Kingston.

Recording will be available for 4 weeks.