Doors open at 6:00PM.

6:00 – 6:30PM Meet and Mingle with Fellow NHS Members.

Light Refreshments will be provided.

Annual Meeting will Start at 6:30PM.

Directors and Officers will be elected at this meeting. In case you are unable to attend in person and are interested in voting, please obtain the fillable PDF ballot using one of the links below, follow the instructions inside, and submit the ballot.

This meeting and lecture are free and open to all members, but due to the capacity of NHS Hall at the Center for Urban Horticulture, attendance will be limited to 180 attendees, and registration is required.

This year, the Annual Lecture will be presented by Evan Meyer, the new President and CEO of Bloedel Reserve. Please join us in welcoming Evan to our PNW community. Lecture details are below.

This is an in-person-only lecture. There will be no recording.

Human Nature – Horticulture and the Environment

Lecture Description:

Evan will present on his experience advocating for a horticultural movement that extends beauty with environmentalism, sustainability, and biodiversity conservation.

Speaker Bio:

Evan Meyer is the newly appointed President & CEO at the Bloedel Reserve in Bainbridge Island. He was previously the Executive Director at Theodore Payne Foundation, a nonprofit native plant nursery and educational center in Los Angeles. Earlier in his career, he held positions at UCLA Botanical Garden, California Botanic Garden, Harvard University Herbaria, the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University and the Native Plant Trust. Evan’s professional interest lies in the undefined intersections between the cultural and natural worlds.

2024 NHS Ballot

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Images courtesy of Richie Steffen’s Plant of the Week.