PowellsWood Garden blends the enchantment of a curated, English-style garden with the untamed allure of a Pacific Northwest forest. The cultivated 3-acre garden is filled with over 1000 plant species and is a portal to a 37-acre nature preserve rich with native plants and wildlife. Gardener Damon Gardyne will lead us on a tour and share the garden’s history and sustainability ethos, plants of interest, gardening tips and some of its new developments.

Guide’s Bio:

Damon Gardyne has worked in horticulture for 22 years and joined PowellsWood in 2019. He is currently restoring a stream, designing a children’s garden and updating two tropical display gardens. He studied Japanese pruning with Masa Mizuno at Clackamas College in Oregon and at the Kubota Garden in Seattle.

“You’ll feel like you’re in Sissinghurst Garden when you visit this classic English-style garden made up of gorgeous garden rooms. Each section is separated by hedges and contains colorful mixed borders of perennials and specimen trees and shrubs.”  

— Ciscoe Morris, garden expert, speaker and author (Courtesy of Puget Sound Public Gardens)