Flowers and Foliage are nice to have, but fragrance can take your garden to the next level. Fragrance invokes memories and places making your garden an emotional refuge filled with personal connections. Learn about some of the best plants for fragrance, many selected as Great Plant Picks (www.greatplantpicks.org) for their durability in the garden.

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. GPP is committed to building a comprehensive palette of, and sharing information about, outstanding reliable plants for maritime Pacific Northwest gardens.

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.