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SUMMARY:From Seed to Sale: Puget Sound Plants Nursery Tour with Zack Zobrist and Michelle Rau
DESCRIPTION:We all experience joy walking into our favorite nursery to just “sneak a peek”…and we often walk out with more plants than we have room for. We don’t typically think about what it took to make those plants ready for sale at a retail nursery\, but this class will remedy that with a expertly guided tour of Puget Sound Plants\, a wholesale nursery in Snohomish. We’ll gain an understanding of the skill and commitment that goes into supplying our community with high quality plants cultivated from seeds\, cuttings and tissue culture. Discover the never-ending tasks required to make sure pests are managed sustainably\, fertilizers are used properly\, water is balanced and the elements are controlled as much as possible–all in service of creating healthy\, desirable plants and happy customers. \nPuget Sound Plants is a family-owned wholesale nursery that sells to landscape professionals throughout Washington State. It focuses primarily on growing trees\, shrubs and perennials. Over the last decade the company has expanded to include five locations. They have three production sites around the state\, totaling over 400 acres that provide everything from container plants to in-ground grown material. \nAttendees will have the opportunity to purchase plants from a selection of shrubs and perennials\, pre-selected for our group. Credit card preferred\, cash accepted\, no checks. \nInstructors’ Bios: \nZack Zobrist is a senior manager and production manager at Puget Sound Plants. With 12 years of professional industry experience in nursery production\, he has introduced many sustainable practices to increase plant health success and reduce the use of chemicals and fertilizers in the nursery. Zack holds a bachelor of science degree in integrated plant sciences with a focus on landscape nursery and greenhouse management from Washington State University. He was a proud member of the Future Farmers of America in high school and placed at nationals in floriculture in Indianapolis. \nMichelle Rau is a NHS Board Member\, horticultural educator\, plant nerd and all-around hoot. She has 12 years of experience in horticulture and is a Certified Professional Horticulturist\, ISA Certified Arborist and faculty member at Edmonds College. \n\n \n 
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/from-seed-to-sale-puget-sound-plants-nursery-tour-with-zack-zobrist-and-michelle-rau/
LOCATION:Puget Sound Plants\, 9615 192nd St SE\, Snohomish\, WA\, 98296
CATEGORIES:In-person Class
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SUMMARY:Right Fern\, Right Place with Richie Steffen
DESCRIPTION:NHS is very pleased to co-sponsor this event with the Hardy Fern Foundation. We thank Richie Steffen for generously sharing his expertise with us.\nDo you have dark\, shady places in your garden? Are you in need of a fern for dry shade or perhaps a wet\, waterlogged location? Richie Steffen\, Hardy Fern Foundation board member and executive director of the Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden\, will discuss the best ferns for these and other special conditions–in other words\, how to find the right fern for the right spot. He will also present the ideal ferns for groundcovers\, species with colorful foliage and those that are especially striking in containers. \nSpeaker’s bio: \nFew people have a passion for plants or an excitement about gardening greater than Richie Steffen. He is the executive director for the Miller Garden\, overseeing the development of the garden\, its programs and rare plant collections. His expertise comes from over thirty-five years of experience in the horticultural field\, with the last 24 years spent at the Miller Garden. Ferns have become a specialty for him\, and he maintains extensive collections at the Miller Garden and his home garden. Richie has traveled to Europe\, Japan\, Chile\, New Zealand\, Costa Rica and numerous U.S. locations to study ferns and other plants. He is active in the gardening community and is a past president of the Hardy Fern Foundation and the Northwest Horticultural Society. A noted lecturer\, writer and photographer\, Richie is the co-author of the Plant Lover’s Guide to Ferns with his friend and fern mentor Sue Olsen. \n \nTo learn more about ferns and their many uses in ornamental horticulture\, please visit the Hardy Fern Foundation\, which began as a NHS study group in the 1970s.
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/right-place-with-richie-steffen/
LOCATION:Live Webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar Lecture
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SUMMARY:Perennials For All Seasons with Richard Hawke of the Chicago Botanic Garden
DESCRIPTION:Seasonal interest is not all about the flowers—sometimes the foliage provides the greater show\, and in many cases the two work together to bridge seasons. Richard Hawke\, director of ornamental plant research at the Chicago Botanic Garden\, will share information on perennials that are proving to be beautiful\, reliable\, and hardy in its trials. \nSpeaker’s bio: \nRichard earned his bachelor of science degree in horticulture from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and joined the Chicago Botanic Garden in 1985. Today he oversees its evaluation\, breeding and introduction programs\, which are among the largest and most diverse in the nation. Richard is an author\, a contributing editor for Fine Gardening magazine and the current past president of the Perennial Plant Association.
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/perennials-for-all-seasons-with-richard-hawke-of-the-chicago-botanic-garden/
LOCATION:Live Webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar Lecture
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260604T130000
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SUMMARY:Cascadia Iris Gardens Tour
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a guided visit to Cascadia Iris Gardens\, a unique and ever-evolving specialty collection developed by Patrick and Margaret Spence since 2004. What began as a small personal collection of irises has grown into an expansive five-acre property dedicated to the cultivation\, hybridization and display of an outstanding collection of Japanese irises—considered among the finest in both quality and diversity—as well as its rare and nationally unparalleled collection of 40-chromosome Sino-Siberian irises. \nWe’ll explore active growing fields alongside thoughtfully designed display gardens that include a collection of over 50 peony varieties and lilacs. The rich diversity of plant life is designed to support pollinators and local and migratory birds. Additionally\, Patrick will share the challenges and rewards of establishing plants in new environments\, as the garden’s development included relocating and reestablishing a large collection across properties. \nSpeakers’ bios: \nPatrick and Margaret Spence are the owners of Cascadia Iris Gardens\, where they cultivate an ever-expanding series of display beds to demonstrate how irises can be a focal point in any perennial border. Their goal is to showcase how iris can be used to achieve year-round bloom in your garden. \nPatrick is a past president of Siberian Iris Society and the Society for Japanese Iris\, and current immediate past president of the King County Iris Society. Margaret is a director for the King County Iris Society and the secretary for the Society for Siberian Iris. Both are accredited iris judges through the American Iris Society. They have spoken about irises across the U.S.\, Canada and New Zealand.
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/cascadia-iris-gardens-tour/
LOCATION:Cascade Iris Garden\, 3011 134th Ave. NE\, Lake Stevens\, WA\, 98258
CATEGORIES:In-person Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260611T130000
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SUMMARY:Tour Three Urban Gardens with Lorene Edwards Forkner -- SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Lake Washington Garden: Vangie and Daniel Pepper’s landscape on the shore of Lake Washington is filled with their favorite plants and delicious flavors. Indoor-outdoor living spaces\, cobbled surfaces and a secluded fountain courtyard echo aspects of the couple’s favorite European destinations. Formal plantings of English roses and buxom hydrangeas are punctuated by columnar Italian cypress and a row of statuesque crape myrtle offer blooms to the second story interior while framing views to the lake. Generous dining and cooking spaces are dedicated to Daniel’s passion for cooking with fire. Moving towards the lake\, the landscape relaxes with mixed perennial and herb plantings\, culminating in a pollinator meadow along the beach. \n\nBryant Neighborhood Garden: NHS board member Gillian Mathews is a passionate gardener with an eye for creating a vibrant landscape that celebrates a life well lived in her nine-year-old garden. The hardscaping was designed by Richard Hartlage of Land Morphology. Textural plantings accented with bold color embrace hospitable spaces where Gillian indulges her love of plants and entertaining. Features include a dining table set in the heart of the garden beneath a linear metal structure lending height to the landscape and an outdoor lounge area in the shelter of a chunky pergola\, while discrete plots provide a cutting garden\, fresh fruit and seasonal produce. Gillian is the founder (now retired) of Ravenna Gardens\, a shop filled with garden goods and home accessories inspired by her day-to-day passion for a life grounded in the garden. \nMontlake Neighborhood Garden: Richard Hartlage’s striking urban garden is filled with choice plants curated with an expert plantsman’s keen eye. Color\, form and hardscape materials express a one-of a kind vision and the garden serves as a living laboratory where Richard explores his lifelong fascination with plants. The front garden\, a mix of clipped boxwood and seasonal color\, is a gift to passersby. In the back\, informal conversational seating beneath a hanging garden feature\, container plantings\, and a novel take on crevice gardening reveal the talented designer’s spirit of invention. Richard is the CEO and founding partner of Land Morphology\, a Seattle-based landscape architecture firm known for designing award-winning public and private landscapes\, including Seattle’s Waterfront Park and Chihuly Garden and Glass. \nTour leader’s bio: Lorene Edwards Forkner is an author and speaker whose work centers on exploring the wonders of the natural world and garden-making. She writes a weekly gardening column for Pacific NW Magazine in The Seattle Times and posts monthly on Garden Rant. In 2024 Lorene worked with photographer Doreen Wynja on the book\, The Spirited Garden: Creative Private Retreats\, profiling personal gardens and the creative plantspeople tending their spaces with heart and soul. Both the Pepper and Mathews gardens were featured in the book and each attendee will receive a copy.
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/three-urban-gardens-with-lorene-edwards-forkner/
CATEGORIES:In-person Day Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260616T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260616T200000
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SUMMARY:NHS After Hours at Northwest Garden & Stone (Members Only)
DESCRIPTION:Discover Northwest Garden & Stone\nNorthwest Garden & Stone opened in late 2024 and focuses on specialty perennials\, conifers\, Japanese maples\, and climate-adapted selections that push traditional growing boundaries. It offers a thoughtfully curated experience that goes beyond traditional landscape supply. In addition to select natural stone and garden materials\, you’ll find garden accents and containers and a highly unique gift shop featuring local artisans\, with one-of-a-kind items for home and garden.  \nOwner Gary Musket also owns nearby Northwest Landscape Supply\, which provides organic soils\, composts\, soil amendments and a wide variety of crushed rock. General Manager Matt Porter spent 20 years as general manager at Molbak’s and prior to that\, was a sales manager at Roger’s Gardens in Southern California for 10 years\, where he developed a passion for low-water-use\, structural\, and climate-adapted plants. \n 
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/nhs-after-hours-at-northwest-garden-stone/
LOCATION:Northwest Garden & Stone\, 24200 76th Ave. West\, Edmonds\, WA\, 98026
CATEGORIES:NHS After Hours Free Members' Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260617T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260617T200000
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SUMMARY:Cultivating Delicious: 10 Secrets for Your Edible Garden with Lorene Edwards Forkner
DESCRIPTION:Seattle-based gardening expert Lorene Edwards Forkner will reveal her top ten secrets for cultivating a plentiful\, year-round edible harvest. Her most recent book\, Grow Great Vegetables in Washington (Timber Press\, 2026)\, is packed with gardening basics\, tips and to-do’s tailored to each month of the year\, handy planting and harvesting charts\, and more than 35 comprehensive plant profiles. In this webinar\, Lorene will inspire gardeners of all experience levels to cultivate an irresistible edible bounty all year long. \nSpeaker’s bio: \nLorene is an author and speaker whose work centers on exploring the wonders of the natural world and garden-making. Lorene writes a weekly gardening column for Pacific NW Magazine in The Seattle Times\, posts monthly on Garden Rant\, and publishes Cultivating Color on Substack.
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/cultivating-delicious-10-secrets-for-your-edible-garden-with-lorene-edwards-forkner/
LOCATION:Live Webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar Lecture
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260618T113000
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SUMMARY:Plant Breeding for the Home Gardener with Janet Egger at Dunn Gardens
DESCRIPTION:Discover the fascinating world of plant breeding and learn how to create your own unique flowers and vegetables in your home garden. In this hands-on class\, professional plant breeder Janet will guide you through the essentials of getting started: you’ll explore flower anatomy\, learn how to select the best parent plants\, practice cross-pollination techniques\, and understand how to harvest and store seeds for future growing. \nInstructor’s bio: \nJanet Egger has been in horticulture since 1971 and has been a plant breeder since 1980. She holds a B.S. in botany and an M.S. in horticulture from UC Davis. She retired as head plant breeder for Oregon’s Terra Nova Nurseries in 2019. Janet bred many plants in the trade\, including cultivars of Heuchera\, Heucherella\, Sedum\, Kniphofia\, Agastache\, Penstemon\, Phygelius\, Podophyllum ‘Spotty Dotty’\, among others. She has taught horticulture classes at UC Davis\, Merritt College and Gavilan College. She volunteers at Dunn Gardens as a board member\, docent\, propagator\, lecturer and plant identifier.
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/plant-breeding-for-the-home-gardener-with-janet-egger-at-dunn-gardens/
LOCATION:Dunn Gardens\, 13533 Northshire Rd. NW\, Seattle\, WA\, 98177
CATEGORIES:In-person Class
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260624T200000
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SUMMARY:Chelsea Inspiration: Ideas to Steal for Your Garden with Grace Hensley -- FREE TO MEMBERS!
DESCRIPTION:NHS member and class instructor Grace Hensley will deliver insights\, trend reports and more from her experience at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The event is outdoors\, crowded and unlike anything else in the garden world — this talk is your armchair ticket. Start at Sloane Square with Chelsea in Bloom\, soak up the show’s energy and atmosphere from the Main Avenue\, and explore the hidden balcony designs from emerging designers. Learn how to read a show garden and get into the design details worth stealing: hardscapes\, plant combinations\, foliage\, color\, naturalistic planting and what the breeders are bringing to the market. See what makes Chelsea different from the Northwest Flower and Garden Festival. Grace will delve into the question every PNW gardener ends up asking: what actually works here? \nSpeaker’s bio: \nGrace Hensley is a Garden Comm Media Award-winning photographer and experienced international speaker who delivers highly practical talks\, workshops and lectures\, both online and in person. Widely praised for her clear teaching and professional delivery\, she helps audiences turn everyday photography into confident\, publishable images.
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/chelsea-inspiration-ideas-to-steal-for-your-garden-with-grace-hensley-free-to-members/
LOCATION:Live Webinar
CATEGORIES:Members Free Lecture Series,Webinar Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260630T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260630T120000
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SUMMARY:Sketching in the Garden: Seeing Plants More Closely with Crystal Shin
DESCRIPTION:Discover how sketching can deepen the way you observe and appreciate plants in this class at Bellevue Botanical Garden\, designed especially for plant lovers and gardeners. No prior drawing experience is necessary. Botanical sketch journaling is not about making perfect drawings—it is about slowing down\, noticing details and recording your observations in a creative way. Esteemed botanical illustrator Crystal Shin will guide you through simple techniques for observing and sketching plants. Learn what botanical features to look for\, how to begin a sketch journal and how quick sketches can help you better understand plant forms and structures. You will receive a sketchbook and pencil for in-class use that you can take home. Feel free to bring your own drawing supplies. \nInstructor’s Bio: \nCrystal is a botanical artist and natural science illustrator known for her detailed\, scientifically accurate plant drawings. She completed the Natural Science Illustration Certificate program at the University of Washington and served as the primary botanical illustrator for the second edition of Flora of the Pacific Northwest for the UW Herbarium at the Burke Museum\, creating 882 illustrations. She continues to work with the Herbarium as a botanical illustrator\, and her artwork has been featured in various scientific journals and publications. Crystal is a sought-after instructor\, teaching nationally and internationally for various organizations including the Burke Museum\, the Washington Native Plant Society\, the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators Northwest\, Pacific Northwest Botanical Artists\, the American Society of Botanical Artists\, the New York Botanical Gardens\, and the Vienna School of Botanical Illustration.     \n \n 
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/sketching-in-the-garden-seeing-plants-more-closely-with-crystal-shin/
LOCATION:Bellevue Botanical Garden\, Aaron Education Center\, 12001 Main St.\, Bellevue\, WA\, 98005
CATEGORIES:In-person Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260708T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260708T200000
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SUMMARY:Dishing Dirt with Richie and Bess: Summertime!
DESCRIPTION:Bess and Richie are back with tips and suggestions to help your garden look its best! They will share their gardening regrets\, along with those delightful garden rewards\, and their favorite plants for late summer color. Do you have questions? Now is the time to ask two of NHS’s experienced experts! Whether you are a beginner or seasoned gardener\, you’ll leave with fresh ideas to keep your landscape thriving through late summer and beyond. \nSpeakers’ Bios: \nBess Bronstein is an ISA certified arborist\, educator and horticultural consultant based on the Kitsap Peninsula in Kingston\, Washington. She has 35 years of experience in arboriculture\, landscape management and garden design. Bess was an instructor at the Edmonds College horticulture program for 28 years\, with a focus on courses in pruning and tree care\, plant identification\, plant pests and diagnosis\, and soils. \nRichie 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 its primary educational program\, Great Plant Picks. 
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/dishing-dirt-with-richie-and-bess-summertime/
LOCATION:Live Webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar Lecture
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SUMMARY:Sweet Pea School at The Farmhouse Flower Farm with Marryn Mathis
DESCRIPTION:Join Marryn Mathis\, nationally hailed as the Sweet Pea Queen\, for a sweet pea-focused tour of The Farmhouse Flower Farm in verdant Snohomish County. You will gain tips and techniques to help maximize the productivity of this cherished\, fragrant plant in your own garden and expand your appreciation for its intoxicating profusion of colors and varieties. Marryn is the author of “Sweet Pea School: Growing & Arranging the Garden’s Most Romantic Blooms\,” and signed copies will be available for purchase. \nInstructor’s Bio: \nMarryn is a champion of and authority on sweet peas. Her ten-acre farm is one of the country’s foremost flower farms\, with a vibrant mail-order business in seeds\, dahlia tubers\, corms and bulbs. She has a robust social media following and offers in-demand online and in-person workshops that regularly sell out. \n \n 
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/sweet-pea-school-at-the-farmhouse-flower-farm-with-marryn-mathis-2/
LOCATION:Flowerhouse Farm\, 29520 28th Ave. NW\, Stanwood\, WA\, 98292
CATEGORIES:In-person Day Tour
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