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  • Forest Bathing at Kruckeberg Botanic Garden

    Kruckeberg Botanic Garden 20312 15th Ave NW Shoreline 98117, Shoreline, Washington

    Discover the medicine of nature through a guided forest bathing experience in the Kruckeberg Botanic Garden led by Cascadia Forest Therapy’s founder Michael Stein-Ross. Forest bathing (or shinrin-yoku) encourages participants to move in nature at a slower pace and take in the atmosphere of the environment. Multiple scientific studies have shown that the practice lowers... Read More

  • Soos Creek Botanical Garden Walk with Walt — CLASS IS FULL/REGISTRATION CLOSED

    Soos Creek Botanical Garden 29308 132nd Ave. SE, Auburn, WA

    Walt Bubelis will provide rich commentary as he guides us along the main paths of the Soos Creek Botanical Garden and Heritage Center, which features a pleasing range of native and exotic plants. The site’s 23 acres were part of the land the current owner’s Norwegian ancestors began purchasing in 1892. Today the garden boasts... Read More

  • Plant Community: Gardens as Social Infrastructure with Chris Fehlhaber

    Live Webinar

    For the past decade, Chris Fehlhaber has engaged in public and private garden projects in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, including eight yeas as a horticulturalist at Chanticleer. He believes that dynamic gardens at existing sites of social infrastructure -- like public libraries and community centers -- provide the most profound impact and value in their communities.... Read More

  • The Evolution of the High Line Gardens with Richard Hayden

    Live Webinar

    Manhattan’s High Line gardens are celebrated for their mesmerizing naturalistic beauty throughout every season, despite unprecedented urban constraints: human-made beds installed 30 feet above street level along 1.5 miles of a decommissioned elevated rail line. Richard Hayden, the site’s senior director of horticulture since 2022, will present the plants, techniques and planning – including recent... Read More

  • Summer Plants of CUH with Curator Ray Larson

    Center for Urban Horticulture 3501 NE 41st St, Seattle, WA

    June is prime time at the Center for Urban Horticulture (CUH) and there is no better guide than Ray Larson, curator of living collections and associate director of the University of Washington Botanic Gardens. With over thirty years' experience at CUH, he will highlight some of his favorite plants, from the time-tested to the more... Read More

  • NHS Members’ Day at the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden (Members Only)

    Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden 2525 S. 336th St., Federal Way, WA

    We are very pleased to continue our tradition of hosting a Members' Day at a local botanic garden – this year we are doing so at the unparalleled  Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden (RSBG). All members will have free access to the 22-acre garden on this special Members’ Day. This benefit allows members to connect with... Read More

  • Perfect Plants for the Shade Garden at Heronswood with Dr. Ross Bayton

    Heronswood Garden 7530 NE 288th St., Kingston, WA

    Expand your plant palette to include shade-loving plants on this tour led by Heronswood Garden’s Director Dr. Ross Bayton. He will reveal a wealth of richly hued and elaborately textured plants that flourish in various shade conditions: fuchsias to foamflowers, hydrangeas to heucheras, tassel ferns to toad lilies. And there’s a bonus: the garden’s show-stopping giant... Read More

  • Private Gardens of Philadelphia with Nicole Juday and Rob Cardillo

    Live Webinar

    The Greater Philadelphia region is heralded as America’s Garden Capital for good reason: within 30 miles of the City of Brotherly Love, there are 30-plus public gardens, arboreta and historic landscapes. In order to celebrate the area’s lesser known private gardens, writer Nicole Juday and photographer Rob Cardillo published “Private Gardens of Philadelphia” in 2024.... Read More

  • Seattle Waterfront Tour with Richard Hartlage (SOLD OUT)

    Seattle Waterfront Park 1401 Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA

    Join us for a walking tour of Seattle’s newest and boldest urban park, led by Richard Hartlage of Land Morphology, which provided planting design services for this expansive project. The park skims along Elliott Bay, spanning 20 acres and 26 blocks, and features 500 plant varieties and nearly 800 trees. Each planting zone tells a... Read More