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Snip & Stroll at the Kubota Garden with Don Brooks

Join Don Brooks, former head gardener at Kubota Garden, on a tour of this stunning 20-acre Japanese American garden and historic landmark. Don will tell the story of Fujitara Kubota, the Japanese immigrant whose vision and hard work transformed undesirable logged off swampland into a tranquil urban oasis with multiple pools, waterfalls, stone features and an extensive variety of plants. Along the way, Don will demonstrate aesthetic pruning techniques on several conifers and Japanese maples. Come enjoy the beauty and history of this unique garden sanctuary.

Don Brooks grew up in the mountains of NE Washington state among trees and sawmills. After moving to Seattle, he began his horticultural life in the Edmonds Community College program. A summer as a seasonal worker in the Carl English Gardens at Ballard Locks convinced him that public gardening was the way to go. A few years later, he began a 32-year career with the Seattle Parks Department, with the last 30 of those at Kubota Garden. Don continues to passionately love gardening, both at his personal garden and at numerous others, when he isn’t in the mountains skiing, hiking and climbing.

LIMIT: 18 (MAXIMUM 2 PER REGISTRATION) – FEE IS PER PERSON