Holiday Wreath-Making Workshop with Michelle Rau
2 Sessions Morning Session 10:00 AM - 12:00PM Afternoon Sessions 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Yes, it’s already time to start planning for the holiday and winter season! Board Member... Read More
2 Sessions Morning Session 10:00 AM - 12:00PM Afternoon Sessions 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Yes, it’s already time to start planning for the holiday and winter season! Board Member... Read More
Extraordinary gardens are born from personal inspiration. Discover how reclaimed and salvaged materials can transform ordinary landscapes into distinctive, sustainable gardens that tell a compelling story. Learn proven techniques to... Read More
Woodpeckers are the heart of North American forests in many ways: their distinctive drumming sounds out a familiar rhythm, while their presence supports owls and a countless other creatures.... Read More
Lecture Description in James’ own (lightly edited) words: My professional life has run parallel with extensive UK Research Council-funded research into what lives in UK gardens. It had long been... Read More
It's time to get your sweet peas started, and we are excited to welcome Marryn Mathis, aka The Sweet Pea Queen, to Seattle for our first in-person event of the... Read More
Winter’s cold and dark days can be tough for gardeners, but the new year is the perfect time to reflect on last season and plan for the coming months. Join... Read More
Pam Penick’s latest book, “The Gardens of Texas: Visions of Resilience from the Lone Star State” (Timber Press, 2025), celebrates the tenacity and range of gardening approaches across her home state. Whether a pocket prairie in an urban neighborhood, a crevice garden in Central Texas or a desert oasis in the west, these human-made landscapes... Read More
Gardens That Have Inspired Me with Stephen Orr We are delighted to partner with the Northwest Flower & Garden Festival in welcoming accomplished garden writer, editor and media personality Stephen Orr to the Pacific Northwest as a Show Judge and speaker. Please join us for drinks and conversation with Stephen and other garden enthusiasts before... Read More
Professional photographer Doreen Wynja will take us down her soulful path into the world of garden photography. She will share highlights from her sumptuous book, The Spirited Garden: Creative Private Retreats (Rizzoli, 2025), written with former NHS Board Member Lorene Edwards Forkner. Her images capture the richly realized and profoundly personal visions of 17 garden-makers... Read More
Who 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,... Read More
Clare is the Garden Editor of House & Garden UK and will share fascinating details about the making of her newest book, Pastoral Gardens (Montgomery Press, 2024). A rhapsodic deep dive into gardens that blur the lines between intentional design and the wild landscape, it offers intimate glimpses of twenty gardens in the UK,... Read More
Beyond Tradition: New Visions in Plants and Planting Design Bastyr University Auditorium, Kenmore Saturday, March 14th, 2026 | 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM About the Symposium This year the Northwest Horticultural Society celebrates six decades of sharing horticultural knowledge and creating a vibrant community in the process. In recognition of this milestone, the symposium will... Read More
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