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SUMMARY:Succulent Love with Katherine Tracey
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n \nWhat is there not to love? Succulents offer exquisite “mix and match” foliage colors\, forms and textures\, plus they are incredibly easy to care for.  In this presentation Katherine Tracey will acquaint you with some of her favorite selections\, offer fresh ideas for their use in the garden as well as in container combinations\, vertical gardens\, wreaths and floral arranging. She’ll also discuss propagation\, proper soil mixes\, indoor care and tips on how to address humid outdoor growing conditions. \nSpeaker Bio:\nFor over 30 years\, Katherine Tracey has been experimenting with the unexpected on the grounds of Avant Gardens\, a nationally known mail order nursery and garden design/build firm in Dartmouth MA.  Formally trained as a painter and textile designer\, Katherine’s appreciation for color and pattern continues to inform her passion for horticulture. \nKatherine is also a garden photographer\, writer and a lecturer. She writes the content for Garden Foreplay\, Avant Gardens’ blog and is a contributor to Fine Gardening Magazine.  Over the years Katherine has been a featured speaker at Wave Hill\, Ladew Topiary Gardens\, Tower Hill Botanic Garden\, the New York Botanic Garden\, the Massachusetts Horticultural Society\, the Connecticut Horticultural Society\, the Horticultural Society of Maryland\, the Horticultural Alliance of the Hamptons\, and numerous other garden symposia. \nRecording will be available for 3 weeks.
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/succulent-love-with-katherine-tracey/
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SUMMARY:Plants of the Season with Richie Steffen - PM
DESCRIPTION:Are you a follower of the NHS Plant of the Week? Richie has been writing this weekly email since it began\, sharing some of the best\, some of the beautiful and a few odd and unusual choices for your garden. Join Richie for a stroll through the Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden\, a source of inspiration for many of the Plant of the Week choices. He will share some of his favorite plants to grow for the summer garden and give tips on how to grow these plants successfully in your own garden. A rare opportunity to see one of the best gardens in the region and spend time with its executive director sharing his passion for the garden and its plants. \nInstructor Bio:\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 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. \nA 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. \nLIMIT: 15 (MAXIMUM 2 PER REGISTRATION) – FEE IS PER PERSON\nA portion of the class fees will be donated to the Great Plant Picks program.
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/pm-plants-of-the-season-with-richie-steffen/
LOCATION:Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden (Address will be made available to registrants two days prior to event.)\, Seattle\, WA
CATEGORIES:In-person Class
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SUMMARY:Plants of the Season with Richie Steffen - AM
DESCRIPTION:  \nAre you a follower of the NHS Plant of the Week? Richie has been writing this weekly email since it began\, sharing some of the best\, some of the beautiful and a few odd and unusual choices for your garden. Join Richie for a stroll through the Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden\, a source of inspiration for many of the Plant of the Week choices. He will share some of his favorite plants to grow for the summer garden and give tips on how to grow these plants successfully in your own garden. A rare opportunity to see one of the best gardens in the region and spend time with its executive director sharing his passion for the garden and its plants. \nInstructor Bio: \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 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. \nA 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. \nLIMIT: 15 (MAXIMUM 2 PER REGISTRATION) – FEE IS PER PERSON\nA portion of the class fees will be donated to the Great Plant Picks program. \n \n \n 
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/am-plants-of-the-season-with-richie-steffen/
LOCATION:Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden (Address will be made available to registrants two days prior to event.)\, Seattle\, WA
CATEGORIES:In-person Class
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SUMMARY:The Great Garden Road Trip with Jason Morse
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n  \nIn 2021\, Jason Morse set out on the ultimate bucket list journey for a landscape architect and garden enthusiast – a 4-½ month road trip to visit over 30 of America’s most compelling public gardens.  At each stop\, he conducted in-depth interviews with members of senior garden leadership and made at least one early-morning visit to capture the unique beauty of the place.  From San Francisco to Pheonix\, Dallas to Miami\, up the East Coast to Boston\, and back home through Chicago and the Midwest\, Jason’s trip took him through 25 states and demonstrated the amazing depth and variety of the landscapes and gardens to be found in each region.  Join Jason as he shares some of his stunning photography and some fascinating insights on the intriguing ways America’s botanical gardens are meeting the challenges of the 21st Century. \nInstructor Bio:\nBorn and raised in Montana\, Jason obtained his landscape architecture degree from Washington State University and pursued a successful 25-year career in that field.  Through his master planning work\, nonprofit board leadership\, and his travels\, interviews\, and writings\, Jason has maintained a focus on the challenges faced by modern botanical gardens as they seek to redefine their role in a changing world.  Jason joined the board of directors at the Arboretum Foundation in 2014\, and filled leadership roles in fundraising\, capital projects planning\, and public advocacy\, and serving as president of the board for part of that time.  After completing his board tenure\, Jason joined the staff of the Foundation for a two-year in the role of strategic advisor.  Jason is an avid garden photographer\, and also loves to hike\, travel\, and collect antique maps. \nRecording will be available for 3 weeks.
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/the-great-garden-road-trip-with-jason-morse/
LOCATION:Live Webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar Lecture Series
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SUMMARY:Plant to Market - Ensuring Healthy Plants in the Landscape from the Beginning to Sale with Zack Zobrist and Michelle Rau - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Click Register to Join the Waitlist\n\n\nClass Description:\nWe all have the sheer sense of joy when we walk into our favorite nursery to just ‘sneak a peek’ at what plants are trending each season\, and we all walk out with more plants than we have room for. Often\, we don’t think about what it took to make that plant retail nursery ready and look more beautiful than we could imagine. \nIn this class\, we will visit Puget Sound Plants\, a wholesale nursery in Snohomish\, WA\, to gain an understanding of how much work goes into supplying our community with high quality plants. We will discuss what it takes to grow plants from seeds\, cuttings\, and tissue culture and how long it takes to get your plants ready for market. While stunning plants and happy customers are the end goal\, the work that is required to make sure pests are managed sustainably\, fertilizers are used properly\, water is balanced\, and the elements are controlled as much as possible\, is never ending. \nPuget Sound Plants is a family-owned wholesale nursery that sells plants to landscape professionals throughout Washington State. They focus primarily on growing trees\, shrubs\, and perennials. Over the last decade Puget Sound Plants 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 & perennials\, preselected for our group.  Credit card preferred\, cash accepted\, no checks. \n\nInstructor(s) Bio:\nZack Zobrist is currently a Senior Manager and the Production Manager at Puget Sound Plants. With 8 years of professional industry experience in nursery production\, Zack has managed to introduce various sustainable practices to increase plant health success and reduce the use of chemicals and fertilizers in the nursery. Zack holds a Bachelor of Science in integrated plant sciences with a focus on landscape nursery and greenhouse management from Washington State University. Zack was a proud member of FFA in high school and placed at nationals in floriculture in Indianapolis. \nMichelle Rau is a horticultural educator\, plant nerd and all-around hoot. With 10 years of experience in horticulture she offers a unique perspective on plants\, and how to identify and care for them. In addition to being an NHS Board Member\, she is a Certified Professional Horticulturist\, ISA Certified Arborist and Faculty Member at Edmonds College. \nLIMIT: 25 (MAXIMUM 2 PER REGISTRATION) – FEE IS PER PERSON \n 
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/plant-to-market-ensuring-healthy-plants-in-the-landscape-from-the-beginning-to-sale-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:Expedia Seattle Campus Tour - Afternoon Session - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Click Register to be added to the waitlist.\n \n  \n \nExpedia Seattle Campus Tour with Jeff Daley\n \nTour the Expedia campus on the Seattle waterfront for a rare opportunity to view a new approach to corporate campus design. The 40-acres site has sweeping views of Puget Sound\, Mount Rainier and downtown Seattle. The NHS Spring Symposium featured an inspiring presentation by the Surfacedesign team on design\, biophilia\, and sustainability on the Expedia campus. We will visit areas inside the campus usually accessible only to employees\, including a park amphitheater\, a cascading water feature\, roof gardens\, an apiary\, a veggie garden and other landscape features that promote “biophilic” design. A key feature of the site is using landscape illusions to blur the boundaries between public and private space. Our tour leader is Jeff Daley\, the campus head horticulturist/arborist. \nJeff Daley has been involved in horticulture on the Expedia campus for the past three years. Prior to Expedia\, he was Head Gardener and Arborist at Seattle Pacific University for 30 years. Jeff is a Washington State Certified Professional Horticulturist\, ISA Certified Arborist\, and WSU Master Gardener. He brings his knowledge\, passion for growing plants and love of nature in a way that is inspiring and encouraging for any gardener. \nParking and entry details to the campus will be provided prior to the tour. \nLIMIT: 28 per session (MAXIMUM 2 PER REGISTRATION) – FEE IS PER PERSON
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/expedia-seattle-campus-tour-afternoon-session/
LOCATION:Expedia Seattle Campus\, 1111 Expedia Group Way W\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119
CATEGORIES:Tour
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SUMMARY:Expedia Seattle Campus Tour - Morning Session - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Click Register to be added to the waitlist.  \n  \n \nExpedia Seattle Campus Tour with Jeff Daley\n \nTour the Expedia campus on the Seattle waterfront for a rare opportunity to view a new approach to corporate campus design. The 40-acres site has sweeping views of Puget Sound\, Mount Rainier and downtown Seattle. The NHS Spring Symposium featured an inspiring presentation by the Surfacedesign team on design\, biophilia\, and sustainability on the Expedia campus. We will visit areas inside the campus usually accessible only to employees\, including a park amphitheater\, a cascading water feature\, roof gardens\, an apiary\, a veggie garden and other landscape features that promote “biophilic” design. A key feature of the site is using landscape illusions to blur the boundaries between public and private space. Our tour leader is Jeff Daley\, the campus head horticulturist/arborist. \nJeff Daley has been involved in horticulture on the Expedia campus for the past three years. Prior to Expedia\, he was Head Gardener and Arborist at Seattle Pacific University for 30 years. Jeff is a Washington State Certified Professional Horticulturist\, ISA Certified Arborist\, and WSU Master Gardener. He brings his knowledge\, passion for growing plants and love of nature in a way that is inspiring and encouraging for any gardener. \nParking and entry details to the campus will be provided prior to the tour. \nLIMIT: 28 per session (MAXIMUM 2 PER REGISTRATION) – FEE IS PER PERSON
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/expedia-seattle-campus-tour-morning-session/
LOCATION:Expedia Seattle Campus\, 1111 Expedia Group Way W\, Seattle\, WA\, 98119
CATEGORIES:Tour
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SUMMARY:Designing Climate Adapted Gardens: A Designer Forum with Naomi Goodman\, Jonathan Hallet\, and Jason Jorgensen
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n  \nDesigning Climate Adapted Gardens: A Designer Forum\nwith Naomi Goodman\, Jonathan Hallet\, and Jason Jorgensen\n \nPlease join Naomi Goodman\, Jonathan Hallet and Jason Jorgensen for an informative design forum as they discuss changing climate methodologies for creating beautiful\, healthy and resilient landscapes. Bring your tough design questions for the moderated Q & A session at the end of the three speakers’ talks. This is an online event\, a recording will be provided and will expire 3 weeks after the event date. \n  \nNaomi Goodman: When making gardens\, how can we put wildlife front and center\, AND meet the aesthetic and functional needs of a garden’s human inhabitants? What materials are available locally that have fewer negative externalities than others? How can we creatively reduce as much waste as possible when making new spaces? These are the thoughts that percolate from today’s garden makers globally who inspire Naomi. She will share examples of her work and others who she is continually energized by in this world of garden making. \n  \n \n  \nJonathan Hallet: I watched my parents experience their yard as a burden. It looked like an overwhelming and never ending chore – and the lemon didn’t seem worth the squeeze. And as a good millennial\, I don’t like to do fussy gardening\, but I do love nature and gardens. And it turns out that gardens can be a lot less work than we tend to make them. I will share from both design/planning perspectives and hands-on technique\, how to do low-input garden maintenance (both material-wise and labor-wise). \n  \n \n  \nJason Jorgensen: Understanding climate change in PNW gardens: this talk will discuss what is climate change\, how it affects urban and suburban PNW gardens\, learning new plant palettes\, and updated horticultural techniques. \n  \n \n  \nSpeaker Bios: \nNaomi Goodman \nNaomi Goodman is the Seattle based owner of Firecracker\, a landscape design firm that creates gardens for the urban habitat. Firecracker’s work stems from the ethos that a garden is to be enjoyed and used by people and its wildlife inhabitants. Naomi likes to experiment in garden making\, to see how far outside the lines she can get clients to color. \nJonathan Hallet \nThrough my practice Supernature\, I design ecologically-harmonious and playful gardens. My focus is to create outdoor spaces that feel wild\, wear neglect well\, and bring birds and insects in. Beauty and vanity is great too\, but let it be fun and easy. I studied landscape architecture at UC Berkeley and work in residential and public garden design on the west coast. \nJason Jorgensen \nJason Jorgensen obtained his formal degrees in Landscape Design and Ornamental Horticulture from the School of Horticulture at Edmonds College\, Lynnwood\, WA. Jason is currently a Qualified Professional Member of the Association of Professional Landscape Designers Washington Chapter and a Certified Professional Horticulturist from the Washington State Nursery and Landscape Association. Jason is currently a Board of Director for the Northwest Horticultural Society based in Seattle\, WA\, Board of Director for the Association of Professional Landscape Designers Washington Chapter\, and Perennials and Grasses Plant Selection Committee Member for the Great Plant Picks Program based in Seattle\, WA. Jason is passionate about changing the paradigm on creating beautiful\, sustainable\, and meaningful gardens and garden design. \n 
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/designing-climate-adapted-gardens-a-designer-forum-with-naomi-goodman-jonathan-hallet-and-jason-jorgensen/
LOCATION:Live Webinar
CATEGORIES:Special Webinar Event,Webinar Lecture Series
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SUMMARY:Snip & Stroll at the Kubota Garden with Don Brooks - Afternoon Session - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Click Register to be added to the waitlist. \n \nSnip & Stroll at the Kubota Garden with Don Brooks \nJoin 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. \nDon 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. \nLIMIT: 18 (MAXIMUM 2 PER REGISTRATION) – FEE IS PER PERSON
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/snip-stroll-at-the-kubota-garden-with-don-brooks-afternoon-session/
LOCATION:Kubota Garden\, 9817 55th Ave S\, Seattle\, Washington\, 98178
CATEGORIES:In-person Class
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SUMMARY:Snip & Stroll at the Kubota Garden with Don Brooks - Morning Session - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Click Register to be added to the waitlist. \n  \n \nSnip & Stroll at the Kubota Garden with Don Brooks \nJoin 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. \nDon 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. \nLIMIT: 18 (MAXIMUM 2 PER REGISTRATION) – FEE IS PER PERSON
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/snip-stroll-at-the-kubota-garden-with-don-brooks/
LOCATION:Kubota Garden\, 9817 55th Ave S\, Seattle\, Washington\, 98178
CATEGORIES:In-person Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240529T183000
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SUMMARY:Common Garden Dilemmas with Bess Bronstein
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n  \nCommon Garden Dilemmas with Bess Bronstein\n \nHave you ever encountered a situation in your garden and thought\, “So what do I do now?” As gardeners we often run into situations that seem to have no easy fix. Your perfectly healthy 30 year old rhododendron suddenly gets yellow leaves. The beautiful vine maple you planted last fall has several trunks that are not leafing out. Last week you planted vegetable starts that looked great yesterday\, but today they seem to have disappeared. What is going on? Join Bess Bronstein to learn how to identify common problems that inevitably may arise in your garden and find out what you can do to address them. \nIn addition to sharing some of the most Common Garden Dilemmas\, Bess also wants to know what’s ailing in your green space. Shortly after you register for the webinar\, you will receive a link to a Google Form where you can submit the problems you’re running into. Bess will get to as many of your questions as she can during the webinar. \nBess Bronstein is an ISA Certified Arborist\, educator and horticultural consultant based on the Kitsap Peninsula in Kingston\, Washington. She has 35 years experience in arboriculture\, landscape management and garden design. Bess was an instructor for 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. She frequently teaches public and professional arboriculture and horticulture courses throughout the Puget Sound\, and supports ongoing education in sustainable landscape management practices and tree care. \n 
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/common-garden-dilemmas-with-bess-bronstein/
LOCATION:Live Webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240521T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240521T123000
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SUMMARY:School of Rock with Dr. Ross Bayton - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Click Register to be Added to the Waiting List\n\n \n\nSchool of Rock with Dr. Ross Bayton\n \nSchool of Rock is the story of the Heronswood rock garden\, which was developed during the COVID pandemic. Ross will demonstrate the process of building a rock garden and choosing the plants to grow in it. He will also discuss the environmental conditions in which alpine plants thrive\, and how to replicate those at home. Heronswood is owned by the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe and their rock garden is an attempt to replicate a habitat that used to provide resources to the S’Klallam before the arrival of Europeans. Ross hopes that attendees will be inspired to grow native alpine plants\, some of our most endangered species\, which live right on our doorstep in the Olympics and Cascades. \nThis class will include a one hour lecture followed by one and a half hours in the garden. Bring a lunch and then spend the afternoon exploring the garden\, gift shop\, and plant sale area. \nDr. Ross Bayton\, London-born botanist and gardener\, gained his PhD at the Royal Botanic Gardens\, Kew\, studying the classification of tropical palms. He’s the author of several books on horticulture including: New Trees: Introductions to Cultivation (with John Grimshaw)\, Plant Families: A Guide for Gardeners and Botanists (with Simon Maugham)\, and most recently The Gardener’s Botanical: An Encyclopedia of Latin Plant Names. Formerly the Gardening Editor of the UK’s best-selling gardening periodical\, BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine\, he is now the Director of the world-renowned Heronswood Garden in Kingston\, Wa. and is developing a 5-acre garden at home in nearby Bremerton. \nLIMIT: 20 (MAXIMUM 2 PER REGISTRATION) – FEE IS PER PERSON \nA portion of the class fees will be donated to Heronswood Garden and cover the garden entry fee. \n 
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/school-of-rock-with-dr-ross-bayton/
LOCATION:Heronswood Garden\, 7530 NE 288th St.\, Kingston\, WA\, 98346
CATEGORIES:In-person Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240516T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240516T150000
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SUMMARY:PM - How to Trick Mountainous Plants into Growing at Sea Level with Del Brummet - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Click Register to be added to the waitlist. \n \nHow to Trick Mountainous Plants into Growing at Sea Level with Del Brummet\n \nIf you prefer scree slopes\, bright sun and high winds you may in fact be an Alpine Plant. Or are you more of a high mountain denizen of the seeps who relaxes with frogs amidst a gentle trickle of snow melt. Join us for a deep dive into the wonderful world of Alpine plants (and mountainous plants in general) as we take a walk through the Elisabeth Miller Botanical Garden. Elisabeth Miller grew a variety of mountainous plants from the PNW and beyond and employed special techniques to site plants in the right conditions to thrive. We will explore the Miller Garden’s container trough collection and also build one together which will become a part of the garden. \nDel Brummet works as the head gardener at Elisabeth Miller Botanical Garden and serves as a board member with Northwest Horticultural Society. He started his career in horticulture working in a seed research lab studying Washington’s Garry Oak Prairie ecosystems while completing a BS in Biology at University of Washington. Along with working with the garden’s alpine collection throughout his time at the Miller Garden Del has also explored the mountains of Washington quite a bit through hiking and squatting to look at small things. \nLIMIT: 15 (MAXIMUM 2 PER REGISTRATION) – FEE IS PER PERSON \nA portion of the class fees will be donated to the Great Plant Picks program. \n  \n \n \n 
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/pm-how-to-trick-mountainous-plants-into-growing-at-sea-level-with-del-brummet/
LOCATION:Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden (Address will be made available to registrants two days prior to event.)\, Seattle\, WA
CATEGORIES:In-person Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240516T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240516T120000
DTSTAMP:20260419T172647
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SUMMARY:AM - How to Trick Mountainous Plants into Growing at Sea Level with Del Brummet - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Click Register to be added to the waitlist.\n \n \nHow to Trick Mountainous Plants into Growing at Sea Level with Del Brummet\n \nIf you prefer scree slopes\, bright sun and high winds you may in fact be an Alpine Plant. Or are you more of a high mountain denizen of the seeps who relaxes with frogs amidst a gentle trickle of snow melt. Join us for a deep dive into the wonderful world of Alpine plants (and mountainous plants in general) as we take a walk through the Elisabeth Miller Botanical Garden. Elisabeth Miller grew a variety of mountainous plants from the PNW and beyond and employed special techniques to site plants in the right conditions to thrive. We will explore the Miller Garden’s container trough collection and also build one together which will become a part of the garden. \nDel Brummet works as the head gardener at Elisabeth Miller Botanical Garden and serves as a board member with Northwest Horticultural Society. He started his career in horticulture working in a seed research lab studying Washington’s Garry Oak Prairie ecosystems while completing a BS in Biology at University of Washington. Along with working with the garden’s alpine collection throughout his time at the Miller Garden Del has also explored the mountains of Washington quite a bit through hiking and squatting to look at small things. \nLIMIT: 15 (MAXIMUM 2 PER REGISTRATION) – FEE IS PER PERSON \nA portion of the class fees will be donated to the Great Plant Picks program. \n  \n \n \n 
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/am-how-to-trick-mountainous-plants-into-growing-at-sea-level-with-del-brummet/
LOCATION:Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden (Address will be made available to registrants two days prior to event.)\, Seattle\, WA
CATEGORIES:In-person Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240515T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240515T200000
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SUMMARY:The Beauty in Biodiversity: Gardening with Pacific Northwest Native Plants with Kristin Currin and Andrew Merritt
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n  \nThe Beauty in Biodiversity: Gardening with Pacific Northwest Native Plants\nwith Kristin Currin and Andrew Merritt\n \nKristin and Andrew will speak about the importance of incorporating Pacific Northwest native plants into your garden and landscape to help the birds\, bees\, and local ecosystem as a whole. Learn why it is important to plant native plants and the benefits of native plant gardening\, along with what to consider when selecting plants to create a beautiful and beneficial oasis for you and the species we share this amazing place with! \nKristin Currin and Andrew Merritt\, authors of The Pacific Northwest Native Plant Primer\, are the co-founders of Humble Roots Nursery\, a native plant nursery in the Columbia River Gorge recognized for its efforts in sustainability and promoting native plants. While ethically propagating many important species\, their passion for plants has involved them with innumerable native plant endeavors including pollinator and conservation plantings of all shapes and sizes\, school gardens\, backyard habitats\, restoration projects\, and rare plant conservation.
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/the-beauty-in-biodiversity-gardening-with-pacific-northwest-native-plants-with-kristin-currin-and-andrew-merritt/
LOCATION:Live Webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240509T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240509T113000
DTSTAMP:20260419T172647
CREATED:20240418T012034Z
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SUMMARY:Tour the Gardens at the Ballard Locks with Walt Bubelis - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:This class is sold out\, click register to add your name to the waitlist!\n\nTour the Gardens at the Ballard Locks with Walt Bubelis \nDiscover the planted treasures of the Carl English Botanical Gardens at the Ballard Locks with renowned local horticulturalist Walt Bubelis. Walt will walk us through this historic botanical garden with its rich mix of trees and shrubs from all over the world\, such as the very first Dawn Redwood to come to Seattle\, a magnificent Oriental Spruce\, an impressive Cork Oak and more. He will also talk about some of the people who made this unique garden possible\, from Carl English to this day. \nWalt Bubelis\, Professor Emeritus of Horticulture\, taught horticulture at Edmonds College for 41 years. Walt has inspired and taught many of the present-day horticulturalists in this area and continues to share his knowledge through his plant walks and classes for local gardening organizations. \nLIMIT: 20 (MAXIMUM 2 PER REGISTRATION) – FEE IS PER PERSON \nA portion of the class fees will be donated to the Walt Bubelis Endowed Horticulture Scholarship fund at Edmonds College \n 
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/tour-the-gardens-at-the-ballard-locks-with-walt-bubelis/
LOCATION:Ballard Locks\, 3015 NW 54th Street\, Seattle\, WA\, 98107
CATEGORIES:In-person Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240508T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240508T200000
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CREATED:20240409T142727Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240501T213447Z
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SUMMARY:Learning To Be Home - 25 years of designing with PNW native plants: Lessons\, inspirations\, and questions with Shannon Nichol
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n  \nLearning To Be Home – 25 years of designing with PNW native plants: Lessons\, inspirations\, and questions with Shannon Nichol\nThis is an exciting time in our region for creativity\, innovation\, experimentation\, and friendship centered on rediscovering the rich seasonal gifts and garden-worthy beauty of our own native plants. Shannon’s lecture will share an open conversation and ongoing process of learning about how to design with and steward these plants in garden settings. \nAs co-founder of GGN\, Shannon’s enthusiasm for the distinct beauty and importance of the Pacific Northwest’s native plants spurred the firm’s commitment to specifying locally native plant palettes in their work regionally and around the world\, which has led to collaborations and friendships with many local plantspeople\, gardeners\, and nurseries. The last 15 years of Shannon’s commitment to openly experiment in her own gardens\, while sharing successes and failures with our region’s under-utilized native plants\, has led her to form friendships and alliances with people in a spectrum of roles who are learning together and creatively exploring these plants. \n  \n \n \n  \n 
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/learning-to-be-home-with-shannon-nichol/
LOCATION:Live Webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240502T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240502T150000
DTSTAMP:20260419T172647
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SUMMARY:Seeing Color in the Garden with Lorene Edwards Forkner
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n(Photo by: Mary Grace Long) \n  \nSeeing Color in the Garden with Lorene Edwards Forkner\n \nColor is both a delightful gift and one of nature’s most sophisticated tools to capture the attention of all living creatures. In this workshop\, Lorene will talk about color\, it’s role in a pleasing landscape\, and how her daily practice has introduced an expansiveness to the way she views the world. Following this introduction\, participants will participate in a hands-on exercise using watercolors to record colors found in fragments of the natural world\, a tiny blossom\, a leaf\, or a twig. This is not botanical illustration\, but as an exercise in learning to see with fresh eyes and an opportunity to slow down\, focus\, and savor the season. \nFollowing this brief introduction\, using supplied materials\, participants will create a nature-based color study. \nColor kit materials include: \n\nInstructional handout\nWatercolor dot card of 7 sample hues\nCraft brush\n4” x 4” watercolor paper for finished color study\nAdditional test strips of watercolor paper\nAn original 4” x 4” color study painting and test swatches by Lorene\n\n  \nLorene Edwards Forkner is an author and speaker whose work centers on exploring the wonders of the natural world. She writes a weekly gardening column for Pacific NW Magazine in The Seattle Times and is the author of numerous gardening titles\, including ‘Color In and Out of the Garden’ (Abrams\, 2022) which guides the reader through observing and recording nature through a watercolor painting practice. Lorene is a warm and engaging speaker who uses imagery and language to tell garden/life stories that inspire and inform audiences. Find her online at ahandmadegarden.com. \nLIMIT: 15 (MAXIMUM 2 PER REGISTRATION) – FEE IS PER PERSON \n \n 
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/seeing-color-in-the-garden-with-lorene-edwards-forkner-afternoon-session/
LOCATION:Wagner Sunroom\, Lakewold Gardens\, 12317 Gravelly Lake Drive Sw.\, Lakewood\, WA\, 98499
CATEGORIES:In-person Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240501T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240501T203000
DTSTAMP:20260419T172647
CREATED:20240314T052356Z
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SUMMARY:What We Sow: The Personal\, Ecological\, and Cultural Significance of Seeds with Jennifer Jewell
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Northwest Horticultural Society presents an in-person lecture by  \nJennifer Jewell\nat the Bellevue Botanical Garden\, Aaron Education Center.  \n \n  \nIn her presentation\, Jennifer Jewell will explore how the power of gardens and gardeners can be viewed through a lens of seeds\, and the general state of seeds in our gardened lives: how they grow\, where they grow\, who grows them\, who sells and/or controls them\, and their care up and down the seedsheds of our world.  Jewell will walk us through examples taken from her daily life\, her research\, and interviews over the past decade with seed keepers as synthesized in her newest book What We Sow: On the Personal\, Ecological\, and Cultural Significance of Seeds (2023). All together\, the histories\, stories\, and overall state of seed wherever we find it and the people who care for it become both cautionary tales and guiding lights in ways we can all sow\, seed\, and grow our world more beautiful\, more delicious\, more biodiverse\, and more brave. \nShe will also explore the philosophy of Cultivating Place\, her national\, public radio program and international podcast\, based on the belief that gardens/gardeners are powerful agents and spaces for potentially positive change in our world\, helping to address challenges as wide ranging as climate change\, habitat loss\, cultural polarization\, and individual communal health and well-being \n  \nDOORS OPEN at 6:30PM – LECTURE: 7:00PMBook signing following the lecture\nWhat We Sow: On the Personal\, Ecological\, and Cultural Significance of Seeds is available for purchase with your ticket at 20% off MSRP ($24). When checking out\, choose whether you would like to purchase a copy and it will be available at check-in.   \n \n  \nSpeaker Bio:  \nJennifer Jewell is the host of the national award-winning weekly public radio program and podcast Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to Garden. \nThe author of The Earth in Her Hands\, 75 Extraordinary Women Working in the World of Plants; Under Western Skies\, Visionary Gardens from the Rockies to the Pacific Coast; and\, What We Sow: On the Personal\, Ecological\, and Cultural Significance of Seeds. \nJewell’s greatest passion is elevating the way we think and talk about gardening\, the empowerment of gardeners\, and the possibility inherent in the intersection between places\, environments\, cultures\, individuals\, and the gardens that bring them together beautifully – for the better of all the lives on this generous planet. \nCultivating Place has several times been recognized by Garden Communicators International as Best On-Air Talent and Best Overall Broadcast Media. In 2023\, Jewell was honored with the American Horticultural Society’s Great American Gardener B.Y. Morrison award for horticultural communication. \nJewell regularly serves as a keynote speaker for horticultural organizations large and small across the country\, including The Garden Conservancy\, The American Public Gardens Association\, The American Horticultural Society\, The Thomas Jefferson Foundation/Monticello\, The California Native Plant Society\, The New York Botanical Garden\, Miami University of Ohio\, and the Atlanta Botanical Garden. \nShe lives and cultivates her place in interior Northern California with her partner\, plantsman\, John Whittlesey. \n  \n\n  \nYour contributions will support our educational programs\, as well as our community outreach grants and scholarships. \nThis event is generously sponsored by the Woodinville Garden Club. Please be sure to check out their fabulous upcoming plant sale and garden tour. \n        \n 
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/what-we-sow-the-personal-ecological-and-cultural-significance-of-seeds-with-jennifer-jewel/
LOCATION:Bellevue Botanical Garden\, Aaron Education Center\, 12001 Main St.\, Bellevue\, WA\, 98005
CATEGORIES:Special Live Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240430T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240430T113000
DTSTAMP:20260419T172647
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SUMMARY:Demystifying Botanical Latin with Daniel Sparler - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:This class is sold out\, click register to add your name to the waitlist!\n\nDemystifying Botanical Latin with Daniel Sparler \nWho says botanical Latin (also known as scientific nomenclature) has to be head-scratchingly hard? We’re all Homo sapiens (“intelligent humans”)\, so it’s not too much of a leap for us to figure out that Rhododendron macrophyllum (literally “red-tree large-leaf”) is the Pacific rhododendron\, the state flower of Washington. This class will cover the basics (who\, what\, when\, where\, why and how) of Latin binomial plant names and provide tools for further study to help us make sense of what we grow in our gardens. \nA third of a century ago Daniel planted himself in Seattle’s Seward Park neighborhood and proceeded to construct a now notorious garden brimming over with thousands of specimens of cosmopolitan origin. He first joined the board of NHS in 2006 and has taught botanical Latin all over the Puget Sound region. Since 2020\, Daniel’s more than 50 Horticulturally Yours columns have been archived on the Northwest Horticultural Society’s website. Daniel is currently an NHS board member. \nLIMIT: 15 (MAXIMUM 2 PER REGISTRATION) – FEE IS PER PERSON \n 
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/demystifying-botanical-latin-with-daniel-sparler/
LOCATION:Center for Urban Horticulture\, 3501 NE 41st St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98105
CATEGORIES:In-person Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240427T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240427T120000
DTSTAMP:20260419T172647
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240419T160917Z
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SUMMARY:Growing a Home Cutting Garden with Sarah Nayani - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:This class is sold out\, click register to add your name to the waitlist!\n\nGrowing a Home Cutting Garden with Sarah Nayani \nLearn how to grow and harvest flowers from your own backyard\, and fill your home with beauty and fragrance. Instructor Sarah Nayani from Grow Girl Seattle will walk beginners through starting a home flower & foliage cutting garden\, using sustainable techniques\, in this intimate in-person class. In addition to having handfuls (or bucketfuls) of flowers to arrange with and inspire you\, growing your own flowers is a great way to connect with the rhythms of the seasons\, and appreciate the hard work of pollinators up close. \nThis class will be classroom style\, presented through a powerpoint and pictures\, with time to ask questions. It is recommended for beginners to flower growing\, who want to grow seasonal flowers they can cut for arranging. The class will have a focus on growing in small spaces. \nSarah Nayani grows flowers in her home garden in Seattle\, and has been able to fit a lot into a very small urban space by turning her driveway\, backyard and sidewalk strip into cutting gardens\, and using succession planting throughout the seasons.  Sarah loves the changing seasons and expressing that through her floristry work.   Growing her own flowers\, foliage and vegetables adds a special touch to her floral designs. \nLIMIT: 16 (MAXIMUM 2 PER REGISTRATION) – FEE IS PER PERSON
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/growing-a-home-cutting-garden-with-sarah-nayani/
LOCATION:Center for Urban Horticulture\, 3501 NE 41st St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98105
CATEGORIES:In-person Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240424T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240424T200000
DTSTAMP:20260419T172647
CREATED:20240323T211624Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240614T181244Z
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SUMMARY:Soil! - What it is & How it works... with James Cassidy
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n  \nIt’s ALL about soil! Most people only have a vague idea of what soil is and how it works.  You will learn more than you ever thought possible from this lecture:  the reason you are alive\, what nutrients are\, how soil stores water and nutrients.  The fundamentals that ALL humans on the planet Earth should know! \nJames Cassidy has been an Instructor of Soil Science at Oregon State University for over 20 years.  The introductory class now has over 100 students each term. James is also the faculty advisor for the popular OSU Organic Growers Club – OSU’s student farm.  Coming from a non-traditional background (music industry for over 40+ years) he is passionate about soil and is popular with students because of his dynamic speaking style.  The student farm project has over 300 student volunteers on its list-serve and continues to grow.  The farm cultivates over 50 different fruit and vegetable crops and is just beginning its 24th season. \n  \n \n 
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/soil-what-it-is-how-it-works-with-james-cassidy/
LOCATION:Live Webinar
CATEGORIES:Members Free Lecture Series,Webinar Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240410T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240410T200000
DTSTAMP:20260419T172647
CREATED:20240304T220513Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240309T080531Z
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SUMMARY:Dishing Dirt with Bess & Richie: Creating with Containers
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nJoin Bess Bronstein and Richie Steffen as they share their years of experience in planting containers for all kinds of gardens. They will cover it all\, from container materials to soils and\, of course\, plants and planting! \nBess Bronstein is an ISA Certified Arborist\, educator and horticultural consultant based on the Kitsap Peninsula in Kingston\, Washington. She has 35 years experience in arboriculture\, landscape management and garden design. Bess was an instructor for 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. She frequently teaches public and professional arboriculture and horticulture courses throughout the Puget Sound and supports ongoing education in sustainable landscape management practices and tree care. \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 the Miller Garden’s primary educational program Great Plant Picks. 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. \n     \n  \n 
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/dishing-dirt-with-bess-richie-creating-with-containers/
LOCATION:Live Webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240404T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240404T113000
DTSTAMP:20260419T172647
CREATED:20240305T153019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240318T053008Z
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SUMMARY:Photography in the Garden Workshop with Grace Hensley
DESCRIPTION:  \nLearn how garden design principles can guide your photography\, as well as how the immersive art of taking photos will improve your own garden.  This class will also cover creative photography techniques\, and basic dSLR and iPhone/Android settings. \nStudents should bring the camera they have (either a digital camera or a smartphone) and we’ll go out into the garden to practice.  Next\, we’ll discuss image editing using the tools on your smartphone\, and cover basic Lightroom adjustments for phone and desktop.   Students should download the free Snapseed App prior to class. \n  \nLIMIT: 25 (MAXIMUM 2 PER REGISTRATION) – FEE IS PER PERSON \n 
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/photography-in-the-garden-workshop-with-grace-hensley/
LOCATION:Center for Urban Horticulture\, 3501 NE 41st St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98105
CATEGORIES:In-person Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240403T183000
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SUMMARY:Inside the Ultimate Flower Gardener's Guide with Jenny Rose Carey
DESCRIPTION:  \nHow to Combine Shape\, Color and Texture to Create the Garden of Your Dreams \nJenny Rose Carey brings a lifetime of flower growing to this lecture.  Having grown up in England\, and currently gardening on four and one-half acres at Northview in Pennsylvania\, Jenny Rose will share ideas and tips about how she puts together flower gardens that suit each season.  Jenny Rose will illustrate this lecture with vibrant photos from her book\, “The Ultimate Flower Gardener’s Guide”. She is an avid hands-on gardener and professional horticulturalist. Born in England to a family of botanists and gardeners\, she moved with her American husband to the Philadelphia area and has gardened there ever since. Jenny holds degrees in Biology\, Horticulture\, and Education. She is now devoting her time to writing\, speaking\, and tending her garden called Northview where she has lived for over a quarter of a century. \n  \n     \n \n 
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/inside-the-ultimate-flower-gardeners-guide-with-jenny-rose-carey/
LOCATION:Live Webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar Lecture Series
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ORGANIZER;CN="Northwest Horticultural Society":MAILTO:info@northwesthort.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240402T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240402T150000
DTSTAMP:20260419T172647
CREATED:20240302T153003Z
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SUMMARY:Plant ID Walk with Michelle Rau - Afternoon Session - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Hit the Registration Button to be Added to the Waitlist!\n\nGet to Know Your Neighborhood: Center For Urban Horticulture\, Union Bay Natural Area \nPlant Identification – and probably some bird talk with Michelle Rau and friends \n  \nJoin us as we begin to explore the common\, and not-so-common plants used throughout neighborhoods in the Puget Sound area. Throughout our walks\, you will learn how to easily identify plants using scientific (and sometimes not so scientific) terminology. You’ll learn more about bi-nomial nomenclature and the ever-changing language used in plant identification and the world of plants. You will also learn about how society influences plant choices and designs in our neighborhoods. \nOur walk will begin at the Center for Urban Horticulture\, around the fountain in the Soest Garden. This will give us a chance to view a variety of ornamental plants used thoughtfully in different zones to help us identify themes and different uses of plants in the built environment. We will then transition to the Union Bay Bog Area and discuss the use of native plants in our area and how to integrate them into the landscape. While our walk isn’t focused on birds\, we will encounter some great neighbors while we’re out and about. After our whirlwind walk around these areas\, we will branch out into the nearby blocks to see how these spaces have influenced the neighborhoods around them. \nThis class is good for anyone new to the world of plant identification\, and plant fanatics as well. \nLIMIT: 15 (MAXIMUM 2 PER REGISTRATION) – FEE IS PER PERSON \n     
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/plant-id-walk-with-michelle-rau-afternoon-session/
LOCATION:Center for Urban Horticulture\, 3501 NE 41st St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98105
CATEGORIES:In-person Class
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ORGANIZER;CN="Northwest Horticultural Society":MAILTO:info@northwesthort.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240402T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240402T120000
DTSTAMP:20260419T172647
CREATED:20240302T153039Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240328T043445Z
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SUMMARY:Plant ID Walk with Michelle Rau - Morning Session - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:Hit the Registration Button to be added to the Waitlist!\n\nGet to Know Your Neighborhood: Center For Urban Horticulture\, Union Bay Natural Area \nPlant Identification – and probably some bird talk with Michelle Rau and friends \n  \nJoin us as we begin to explore the common\, and not-so-common plants used throughout neighborhoods in the Puget Sound area. Throughout our walks\, you will learn how to easily identify plants using scientific (and sometimes not so scientific) terminology. You’ll learn more about bi-nomial nomenclature and the ever-changing language used in plant identification and the world of plants. You will also learn about how society influences plant choices and designs in our neighborhoods. \nOur walk will begin at the Center for Urban Horticulture\, around the fountain in the Soest Garden. This will give us a chance to view a variety of ornamental plants used thoughtfully in different zones to help us identify themes and different uses of plants in the built environment. We will then transition to the Union Bay Bog Area and discuss the use of native plants in our area and how to integrate them into the landscape. While our walk isn’t focused on birds\, we will encounter some great neighbors while we’re out and about. After our whirlwind walk around these areas\, we will branch out into the nearby blocks to see how these spaces have influenced the neighborhoods around them. \nThis class is good for anyone new to the world of plant identification\, and plant fanatics as well. \nLIMIT: 15 (MAXIMUM 2 PER REGISTRATION) – FEE IS PER PERSON \n     
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/plant-id-walk-with-michelle-rau-morning-session/
LOCATION:Center for Urban Horticulture\, 3501 NE 41st St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98105
CATEGORIES:In-person Class
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ORGANIZER;CN="Northwest Horticultural Society":MAILTO:info@northwesthort.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240327T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240327T200000
DTSTAMP:20260419T172647
CREATED:20240217T034734Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240309T071646Z
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SUMMARY:Great Plant Picks Scent-Sational Plants: Adding Fragrance to the Garden with Richie Steffen
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nFlowers 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. \n \n  \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 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. \nA 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. \n    \n 
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/great-plant-picks-scent-sational-plants-adding-fragrance-to-the-garden-with-richie-steffen/
LOCATION:Live Webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar Lecture Series
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ORGANIZER;CN="Northwest Horticultural Society":MAILTO:info@northwesthort.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240326T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240326T120000
DTSTAMP:20260419T172647
CREATED:20240224T153012Z
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SUMMARY:Walking Tour of the UW Arboretum's Magnolia Collection with Ray Larson - SOLD OUT
DESCRIPTION:TO PUT YOUR NAME ON THE WAITING LIST \nCLICK THE REGISTER BUTTON \n  \n \n  \n\nRegistration opens on Tuesday\, February 27th @ 10:00am PT \nJoin Ray Larson for a tour of the Arboretum’s magnificent magnolia collection during its early peak.  The Arboretum\, with over 200 examples of this diverse genus\, is part of the National Collection of magnolias.   This tour will focus on early flowering species\, which feature some of the largest blooms in the genus.  Learn how to grow magnolias and which are the very best for the Pacific Northwest garden. \nRay Larson is Associate Director\, Curator of Living Collections and the Otis Douglas Hyde Herbarium\, at the University of Washington Botanic Gardens.   He is also a past Board Member and Board President of NHS. \nLIMIT:  20 (MAXIMUM 2 PER REGISTRATION) – FEE IS PER PERSON \n       
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/walking-tour-of-the-uw-arboretums-magnolia-collection-with-ray-larson/
LOCATION:Graham Visitors Center\, 2300 Arboretum Dr E\, Seattle\, WA\, 98112
CATEGORIES:In-person Class
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240319T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240319T120000
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SUMMARY:Choosing & Caring for Roses with John Christianson
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n\nRegistration opens on Tuesday\, February 20th @ 10:00am PT \nJoin the Northwest Horticultural Society at Christianson’s Nursery in the Skagit Valley for an in-person class with rose expert John Christianson. March is the perfect time to choose roses for your garden and the nursery will have peak inventory. John will discuss new rose introductions\, help choose the perfect rose for you\, and answer questions on how to care for roses in the home garden.  \nJohn started in the horticultural profession as a teenager\, working as a greenhouse laborer at Saxe Floral in North Seattle. Later\, he worked at Wight’s Nursery in Lynnwood\, then managed the nursery department at Molbak’s Nursery\, Woodinville from 1983-1990 – the largest nursery in the United States at that time. John’s enthusiasm for conveying his gardening knowledge led him to volunteer as a Master Gardener\, and tour guide for the University of Washington Arboretum. He received his degree in Ornamental Horticulture-Nursery Management\, from Edmonds Community College. An internship followed at Bourne End Nursery\, Buckinghamshire\, England\, through Ohio State University. John is a Lifetime Washington Certified Nurseryman from the Washington State Nursery Association. John and his wife Toni have owned Christianson’s Nursery since March 1\, 1990\, a 7-acre jewel in the Skagit Valley. Over the years they have won numerous awards at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show for their outstanding display gardens. \nLIMIT:  40 (MAXIMUM 3 PER REGISTRATION) – FEE IS PER PERSON \n 
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/choosing-caring-for-roses-with-john-christianson/
LOCATION:Schoolhouse\, Christianson’s Nursery\, 15806 Best Rd.\, Mt. Vernon\, WA\, 98273
CATEGORIES:In-person Class
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ORGANIZER;CN="Northwest Horticultural Society":MAILTO:info@northwesthort.org
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