Join us for NHS Members Day at Heronswood to celebrate this local treasure!

The garden is open and FREE to NHS members all day and we have a number of events planned. This is a day to meet and mingle with fellow NHS members in one of our region’s world-class gardens. You are welcome to bring a non-NHS member friend (additional attendees pay the regular admission fee of $10)

Tour the Garden. Join Heronswood Director Dr. Ross Bayton and Assistant Director Riz Reyes for a 45-minute Heronswood Highlights tour. Tours are available at 11 AM, 12 PM, and 2 PM.

Gather in the Traveler’s Garden Plaza at 1 PM for a ceremony with Tribal members Matt Ives and Kelly Sullivan. NHS Board Member and Vice President Tanya DeMarsh-Dodson will present a gift from NHS to the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe.

Windcliff plants will be available for sale.

We encourage you to bring your own lunch. Drinks and cookies will be provided by NHS. Please register if you plan to attend so we can get an accurate count for refreshments.

For the past two years, Heronswood has conducted a major fundraiser to build a state-of-the-art greenhouse. Now in the final stages of this campaign, Heronswood welcomes donations of any amount you feel comfortable giving. Every contribution helps fund this much-needed infrastructure. With a minimum donation of $25, you will receive a plant from the garden. Donations will be accepted at the garden by Heronswood Staff.

You can learn more about the need for this greenhouse through this video.

More on Heronswood …

In 2012, the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe purchased Heronswood at auction, and the rebirth and revealing of the now overgrown landscape began. Though many of the original plants that comprised the garden were lost during the period of neglect, many important collections have been recovered, while an exciting inventory of new plants recently collected by Hinkley’s ongoing plant exploration—from China, Vietnam, Chile, Myanmar, New Zealand and Tasmania—are already settled into their new home. The current staff of Heronswood Garden and the managing Port Gamble S’Klallam Foundation, not wishing to simply recreate a monument to the past, are committed to making a new Heronswood with a greater polish and botanical wonderment than its original fore bearer.

“The Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe purchased Heronswood in an effort to diversify business, develop sustainable tourism and preserve natural areas that can bring people together and teach about the natural world. The tribe is proud of the work of Dan Hinkley and the incredible collection of plants he has brought to the garden. Garden areas, artwork and programming have been developed to celebrate tribal culture and help connect tribal members to the land. We are proud to share Heronswood with the public and welcome our guests with true S’Klallam hospitality.”

Kelly Sullivan, Executive Director, Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe

Heronswood History, Quotes and Image Courtesy of Puget Sounds Public Gardens…