A special opportunity to learn from Heronswood Garden’s Assistant Director Riz Reyes. He will give us a tour of the late summer garden that will inspire a cut flower arrangement you will learn how to create and take home with you. Find ideas and inspiration from the lush woodland and native gardens, exuberant perennial borders and formal gardens and learn about what holds up as a cut flower. Riz will demonstrate basic arrangement techniques and mechanics using simple materials and tools. Then you will assemble your own small, hand-tied bouquet to take home. All supplies are provided, including locally grown flowers and materials gathered from the garden. No previous experience is necessary – novice flower enthusiasts are encouraged to register.

Instructor’s Bio:  

Riz is a Filipino-American horticulturist and floral design educator through his venture, RHR Horticulture & Landwave Gardens. He has been gardening, designing and inspiring for over 20 years in the Seattle area. After earning his bachelor of science degree in environmental horticulture and urban forestry from UW, he was a gardener at the Center for Urban Horticulture for eight years and the gardens manager at McMenamin’s Anderson School for six. The American Gardener lauded Riz as “one of American horticulture’s rising stars.” His children’s book, “GROW: A family guide to plants and how to grow them,” was published in 2022.

$60 of each registrant’s fee will be donated to Heronswood Garden.