BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Northwest Horticultural Society - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://northwesthort.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Northwest Horticultural Society REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240501T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240501T203000 DTSTAMP:20260425T173714 CREATED:20240314T052356Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240430T220854Z UID:10000165-1714588200-1714595400@northwesthort.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://northwesthort.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Featured-Image.png ORGANIZER;CN="Northwest Horticultural Society":MAILTO:info@northwesthort.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240502T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240502T150000 DTSTAMP:20260425T173714 CREATED:20240408T204326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240425T155155Z UID:10000170-1714654800-1714662000@northwesthort.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://northwesthort.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Feature-Image-SCG-LEF.png ORGANIZER;CN="Northwest Horticultural Society":MAILTO:info@northwesthort.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240508T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240508T200000 DTSTAMP:20260425T173714 CREATED:20240409T142727Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240501T213447Z UID:10000171-1715193000-1715198400@northwesthort.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://northwesthort.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Learning-To-Be-Home-Featured-Image.png ORGANIZER;CN="Northwest Horticultural Society":MAILTO:info@northwesthort.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240509T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240509T113000 DTSTAMP:20260425T173714 CREATED:20240418T012034Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240419T160955Z UID:10000173-1715248800-1715254200@northwesthort.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://northwesthort.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Featured-Image-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Northwest Horticultural Society":MAILTO:info@northwesthort.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240515T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240515T200000 DTSTAMP:20260425T173714 CREATED:20240415T164436Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240415T164436Z UID:10000172-1715797800-1715803200@northwesthort.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://northwesthort.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Featured-Image.png ORGANIZER;CN="Northwest Horticultural Society":MAILTO:info@northwesthort.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240516T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240516T120000 DTSTAMP:20260425T173714 CREATED:20240422T233757Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T134944Z UID:10000175-1715853600-1715860800@northwesthort.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://northwesthort.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Featured-Image-EMBG1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Northwest Horticultural Society":MAILTO:info@northwesthort.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240516T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240516T150000 DTSTAMP:20260425T173714 CREATED:20240422T233919Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240513T135051Z UID:10000176-1715864400-1715871600@northwesthort.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://northwesthort.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Featured-Image-EMBG1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Northwest Horticultural Society":MAILTO:info@northwesthort.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240521T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240521T123000 DTSTAMP:20260425T173714 CREATED:20240422T042525Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240423T174253Z UID:10000174-1716285600-1716294600@northwesthort.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://northwesthort.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Featured.png ORGANIZER;CN="Northwest Horticultural Society":MAILTO:info@northwesthort.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240529T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240529T200000 DTSTAMP:20260425T173714 CREATED:20240507T045130Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240507T052929Z UID:10000181-1717007400-1717012800@northwesthort.org 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 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://northwesthort.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Featured-Image-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Northwest Horticultural Society":MAILTO:info@northwesthort.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR