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SUMMARY:Fern Propagation Workshop with Rose Tobin - AM
DESCRIPTION:  \nTake a step into the enthralling world of fern reproduction and learn how to propagate your own ferns! These ancient plants evolved long before flowering plants\, and cleverly reproduce via spore. In this class we will cover the basics of fern reproduction and propagation. You will learn how to identify when spore is ready to harvest\, and how to collect and clean it in preparation for sowing. We will go through the basic techniques for sowing spore\, as well as propagating ferns via platelets. This is a hands-on class. Participants will clean and sow their own spore and go home with a tray or two of ferns to grow on. \nInstructor Bio: \nRose Tobin is a horticulturist and ISA Certified Arborist who works full-time on the garden staff at the Historic Dunn Gardens in North Seattle. Rose holds a degree in Environmental Horticulture and is a WSNLA Certified Professional Horticulturist.
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/fern-propagation-workshop-with-rose-tobin/
LOCATION:Dunn Gardens\, 13533 Northshire Rd. NW\, Seattle\, WA\, 98177
CATEGORIES:In-person Class
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SUMMARY:Fern Propagation Workshop with Rose Tobin - PM
DESCRIPTION:  \nTake a step into the enthralling world of fern reproduction and learn how to propagate your own ferns! These ancient plants evolved long before flowering plants\, and cleverly reproduce via spore. In this class we will cover the basics of fern reproduction and propagation. You will learn how to identify when spore is ready to harvest\, and how to collect and clean it in preparation for sowing. We will go through the basic techniques for sowing spore\, as well as propagating ferns via platelets. This is a hands-on class. Participants will clean and sow their own spore and go home with a tray or two of ferns to grow on. \nInstructor Bio: \nRose Tobin is a horticulturist and ISA Certified Arborist who works full-time on the garden staff at the Historic Dunn Gardens in North Seattle. Rose holds a degree in Environmental Horticulture and is a WSNLA Certified Professional Horticulturist.
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/fern-propagation-workshop-with-rose-tobin-afternoon/
LOCATION:Dunn Gardens\, 13533 Northshire Rd. NW\, Seattle\, WA\, 98177
CATEGORIES:In-person Class
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SUMMARY:Early Summer in the Arboretum Tour with Ray Larson
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n  \nRay Larson\, UW Botanic Gardens curator\, will lead us on a tour of some of the highlights of early summer in the Arboretum. Hydrangeas\, late season magnolias\, hardy fuchsias and many other plants extend the flowering season into summer. Ray will discuss species and cultivars that are at their best in the early summer\, with tips on cultivation and where to source them for the home garden. \nInstructor Bio:\nRay Larson is Associate Director\, Curator of Living Collections and the Otis Hyde Herbarium\, at the University of Washington Botanic Gardens. He is also past Board Member and President of NHS. \n  \nLIMIT:  20 (MAXIMUM 2 PER REGISTRATION) – FEE IS PER PERSON \n  \n \n \n 
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/early-summer-in-the-arboretum-tour-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:20240717T183000
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SUMMARY:Behind the Scenes at the Missouri Botanical Garden: The Center for Home Gardening with Daria McKelvey
DESCRIPTION:This webinar will provide an in-depth look at the Center for Home Gardening at the Missouri Botanical Garden. The center is one of the largest non-profit gardening resource hubs in the nation\, providing gardening advice to thousands of visitors and callers across the US and world. One of its most popular resources is its Plant Finder database\, which has growing information on over 8\,600 species and cultivars. The center also has 23 outdoor demonstration gardens\, including a vegetable and fruit garden\, perennial border\, experimental garden\, and native prairie garden\, which provide gardening inspiration for visitors. \n  \nSpeaker Bio:\nDaria McKelvey is the Supervisor\, Home Gardening Information and Outreach for the Center for Home Gardening at the Missouri Botanic Garden. Daria oversees the Plant Doctor Desk and Horticulture Answer Services\, which are run with the help of staff and over 20 Master Gardener volunteers. In addition\, she assists with managing the Plant Finder database\, Gardening Help website\, and maintaining the indoor displays. Daria also gives gardening talks to local and regional organizations. In 2022\, she was the recipient of the “Emerging Horticultural Professional Award” from the American Horticultural Society. Daria is a “true plant geek” and enjoys teaching others about plants! In her spare time\, she enjoys botanizing\, hiking\, and nature photography. Originally from Texas\, she received a B.S. in Biology from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.S. in Horticulture from Texas Tech University. \nRecording will be available for 3 weeks.
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/behind-the-scenes-at-the-missouri-botanial-garden-with-daria-mckelvey/
LOCATION:Live Webinar
CATEGORIES:Members Free Lecture Series,Webinar Lecture Series
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SUMMARY:More of Richie Steffen’s Plants of the Season - AM
DESCRIPTION:Are you a follower of the NHS Plant of the Week? \nRichie has been writing the NHS Plant of the Week since its inception. This weekly email highlights some of the best\, some of the beautiful and a few odd and unusual choices we can grow in our gardens. 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 late summer and early autumn garden. He will also share tips on how to grow these plants successfully in your own garden. This is a rare opportunity to visit 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 
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/more-of-richie-steffens-plants-of-the-season-am/
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:20240718T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240718T150000
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SUMMARY:More of Richie Steffen’s Plants of the Season - PM
DESCRIPTION:  \nAre you a follower of the NHS Plant of the Week? \nRichie has been writing the NHS Plant of the Week since its inception. This weekly email highlights some of the best\, some of the beautiful and a few odd and unusual choices we can grow in our gardens. 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 late summer and early autumn garden. He will also share tips on how to grow these plants successfully in your own garden. This is a rare opportunity to visit 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 
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/more-of-richie-steffens-plants-of-the-season-pm/
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:20240724T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240724T200000
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CREATED:20240617T051056Z
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SUMMARY:Garden Allies: Introduction to Life in the Landscape with Frédérique Lavoipierre
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nExplore how to maintain an ecological balance while creating beautiful landscapes with this food web approach to gardening. The emphasis is on the interdependence of all life in the garden and how the lives of insects\, birds\, other animals\, and soil organisms are inextricably interwoven. The presentation begins with a brief introduction to conservation biological control in gardens and discusses why this approach is ideally suited to landscape settings. \nSpeaker Bio:\nFrédérique Lavoipierre is the author of Garden Allies: The Insects\, Birds & Other Animals That Keep Your Garden Beautiful and Thriving. Her column\, Voices of the West: New Science on Life in the Garden\, is featured in Pacific Horticulture; she also serves on the board of that organization. Frédérique was the director of education at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden\, prior to which she was the founding director of the Sustainable Landscape Professional Certificate Program at Sonoma State University. She holds a masters degree in biology\, with an emphasis on ecological principles of sustainable landscapes; her research focused on plant/insect interactions. She teaches\, writes\, and works as a consultant. Frédérique serves on the board of Pacific Horticulture. \nRecording will be available for 3 weeks. \n \n \n \n 
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/garden-allies-introduction-to-life-in-landscape-with-frederique-lavoipierre/
LOCATION:Live Webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240728T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240728T160000
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SUMMARY:2024 Meet the Board Tour - Discover The East Side (Members Only)
DESCRIPTION:This year’s tour features five private gardens and two community gardens along the eastern shore of Lake Washington\, from Bothell to Bellevue. Members are welcome to bring a non-member guest. Please register if you are planning to attend. Details and addresses will be emailed a few days before the event. \nYour NHS Board looks forward to welcoming you to these five unique private gardens\, which showcase the interests of their owners\, including: \nA Bellevue garden filled with color\, fragrance\, and flowers\, marrying a love for plants (especially the rare and unusual) with training as a garden designer. \nA one-acre plant lover’s paradise in Medina\, with a wide variety of habitats allowing for a diverse range of plant material\, including rare or unusual finds. Drifts of perennials\, annuals\, shrubs\, and trees provide year-round color\, texture\, and berries. A Little and Lewis ruin\, entertaining terrace\, clay bog\, fountains\, and waterfalls provide more hardscape\, separating the garden into rooms. \nA Champagne Point garden developed over 30 years\, transformed from an impenetrable tangle of blackberry and other invasive species into a utopia of rare plants\, exotic fowl\, native habitat\, and much more. \nA 1/2-acre colorful garden on a slope\, including a cutting garden and the owner’s favorite dahlias. \nThe garden of an NHS Board member in Bothell\, demonstrating her love for plants\, texture\, and design.\n \n\nIn addition\, you can explore two community gardens along the way: \nFenton Spur Park on the Kirkland Google Campus featuring a Community Food Garden installed and maintained by the Seattle Urban Farm Company. Food from the garden is regularly donated to Hopelink\, a nonprofit working to reduce poverty in King and Snohomish Counties. \nMcMenamins Anderson School in Bothell. From a wild meadow\, mixed perennial border\, desert garden\, and tropical lagoon\, it’s a plant lover’s paradise\, always changing and evolving. The extensive kitchen garden produces fresh\, organic produce for the three restaurants on the property. \nBoth locations have restrooms and food available. Carpooling is encouraged.
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/2024-mtbt-discover-the-east-side/
LOCATION:Private Garden
CATEGORIES:Members Free Garden Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240730T183000
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SUMMARY:Dishing Dirt with Bess & Richie: Less Work and More Fun (Re-scheduled)
DESCRIPTION:  \n \n  \nSummer is for enjoying the garden. Join Bess Bronstein and Richie Steffen as they share tips and ideas for streamlining summer garden care. Learn what you have to do and when to do it and still have time for a nap in the hammock. Bess and Richie have years of experience in garden maintenance from small city gardens to large lots with acreage and know the plants that make a garden beautiful and not a headache. \nSpeaker(s) Bio:\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. \nRecording will be available for 4 weeks.
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/dishing-dirt-with-bess-richie-less-work-and-more-fun/
LOCATION:Live Webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar Lecture Series
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