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SUMMARY:The Water-Smart Garden: Strategies to Use Water Efficiently in a Changing Climate with Noelle Johnson
DESCRIPTION:Noelle invites us to re-examine our relationship with water — as a resident of the Phoenix area\, which averages 8 inches of annual precipitation\, she is a well-qualified subject matter expert. Drawing from her recently published book\, “The Water-Smart Garden\,” she will talk through ways to decrease reliance on supplemental water in the garden\, including strategic plant choices\, beneficial soil amendments\, targeted plant placement\, efficient irrigation methods and rain harvesting. She will also cover waterwise techniques for container gardens and vegetable gardening.  \nNHS’s Sue Goetz raves about “The Water-Smart Garden”: “This book is a great resource for understanding the culture of drought\, conservation\, capture\, and water use in the garden. It is timely and essential to look at all options for your garden. Noelle touches on all methods of efficiently getting water to the garden with easy-to-understand drawings\, photos and explanations to help you choose and create a beautiful water-wise garden.” \nNoelle\, AKA the ‘AZ Plant Lady\,’  is on a mission to teach people how to grow and maintain thriving landscapes in a hot\, dry climate. She received her bachelor of science in botany from Arizona State University and is a horticulturist\, landscape consultant\, author\, speaker and educator. Her first book\, “Dry Climate Gardening\,” won an AHS Book Award in 2024. \nRecording will be sent within 24 hours of event and will be available for 4 weeks.
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/the-water-smart-garden-strategies-to-use-water-efficiently-in-a-changing-climate-with-noelle-johnson/
LOCATION:Live Webinar
CATEGORIES:Members Free Lecture Series,Webinar Lecture Series
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SUMMARY:Dishing Dirt with Richie and Bess: Grow This Now!
DESCRIPTION:What plants give you the most bang for your buck? Bess and Richie know\, and they will share their successes and opinions (of course!) on what we should be growing in our gardens right now. Spring is a great time to shop for plants\, and a good time to consider new ones which can add multiple seasons of interest to your garden. And if you’re lucky\, those that require less maintenance and lower water needs to boot. Amazing foliage\, long bloom time\, colorful fruit and bark\, oh my! As always\, bring your burning garden questions and ask the experts. \nBess Bronstein is an ISA certified arborist\, educator and horticultural consultant based on the Kitsap Peninsula in Kingston\, Washington. She has 35 years of experience in arboriculture\, landscape management and garden design. Bess was an instructor at 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. \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 its primary educational program\, Great Plant Picks.  \nRecording will be sent within 24 hours of event and will be available for 4 weeks.
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/dishing-dirt-with-richie-and-bess-grow-this-now/
LOCATION:WA
CATEGORIES:Webinar Lecture Series
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SUMMARY:Seeing Color in the Garden with Lorene Edwards Forkner (SOLD OUT)
DESCRIPTION:Color is one of nature’s most sophisticated tools to capture the attention of all living creatures. In this hands-on workshop at the exquisite Dunn Gardens\, Lorene will talk about color\, its role in a pleasing landscape\, and how her daily painting practice has introduced an expansiveness to the way she views the world. \nUsing watercolors and working with plants and natural materials\, participants are invited to explore color mixing and matching\, with a focus on hidden hues and nuance. No previous experience is necessary—this isn’t botanical illustration\, but rather a mindful exercise in concentration and learning to see with fresh eyes. Following a brief introduction\, using supplied materials\, participants will create a nature-based color study. \nLorene Edwards Forkner is an author and speaker whose work centers on exploring the wonders of the natural world. She regularly contributes to the weekly GROW 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.”
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/seeing-color-in-the-garden-with-lorene-edwards-forkner/
LOCATION:Dunn Gardens\, 13533 Northshire Rd. NW\, Seattle\, WA\, 98177
CATEGORIES:In-person Workshop
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SUMMARY:Spring Ephemerals at the Miller Garden with Richie Steffen (SOLD OUT)
DESCRIPTION:The esteemed Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden has masterfully integrated spring ephemerals throughout its landscape\, rewarding visitors with a spellbinding array of color\, foliage and texture. Executive Director Richie Steffen will lead us through the garden’s many beds and trails while sharing how the garden staff uses a range of early bloomers to create an unforgettable early season display. \nRichie Steffen is the executive director for the Miller Garden\, where he oversees the Garden\, its rare plant collections and its primary educational program Great Plant Picks. He is also a former president and board member of NHS.
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/spring-ephemerals-at-the-miller-garden-with-richie-ste%ef%ac%80en/
LOCATION:Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden (Address will be made available to registrants two days prior to event.)\, Seattle\, WA
CATEGORIES:In-person Day Tour
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SUMMARY:Inspiration from the Knepp Rewilding Project with Head Gardener Charlie Harpur
DESCRIPTION:Plantsman and landscape designer Charlie Harpur is head gardener at the Knepp Castle Estate in the UK\, the site of a pioneering 3500-acre rewilding project initiated in the early 2000s. He primarily oversees the more recent rewilding of Knepp’s Victorian Walled Garden\, a design collaboration between internationally acclaimed landscape architect Tom Stuart-Smith and horticultural ecologist James Hitchmough\, and the development of its regenerative Market Garden. Charlie and his team are guided by the principle that “Rewilding a garden does not just simply mean ‘letting go’. Instead\, it requires thinking creatively\, identifying ways in which disturbance can mimic and encourage natural processes.” Through images and video he will detail the bold  transformation of a croquet lawn into a dynamic\, productive landscape that welcomes wildlife and nearly 1000 different plant species. \nSpeaker Bio: \nPrior to joining Knepp in 2022\, Charlie trained as an architect and worked for landscape architect Tom Stuart-Smith for several years. He also gained practical experience in horticulture and ecology at the Chelsea Physic Garden\, Great Dixter and Kew Gardens\, graduating with a Kew Diploma in Horticulture in 2020. \nAdditional Resources: \nhttps://www.instagram.com/kneppwilding/\nhttps://www.nyrb.com/products/wilding\nhttps://www.bloomsbury.com/us/book-of-wilding-9781526659309/-9781526659309/\n \n \n \nAll images courtesy of Knepp Castle Estate.
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/inspiration-from-the-knepp-rewilding-project-with-head-gardener-charlie-harpur/
LOCATION:Live Webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar Lecture
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SUMMARY:Trillium Tour at Cottage Lake Gardens with Susie Egan AM (SOLD OUT)
DESCRIPTION:Cottage Lake Gardens is just 30 minutes outside of Seattle and is one of the few places in the world where all 50+ species of the world’s trilliums can be seen growing in one location. Owner and curator Susie Egan will guide us through her three-acre private botanical garden filled with woodland shade plants. We’ll experience the famous Trillium Trail\, recently renovated to display each species by geographic zone\, which is akin to walking a trail from North America’s west coast to the east coast\, with a brief detour to northeast Asia. Plants will be for sale at the end of the tour. \nSusie is a landscape designer\, Master Gardener alum\, lecturer and owner of Cottage Lake Gardens. Her current focus is the study\, cultivation and propagation of woodland shade plants\, with an emphasis on the endangered Trillium. For the past twenty years\, she has traveled throughout the United States\, Canada and Japan on trillium trekking trips to see this enchanting genus in the wild\, growing in their native habitats. She has given lectures on trilliums in England\, Scotland\, New Zealand\, Canada and locally.
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/trillium-tour-at-cottage-lake-gardens-with-susie-egan-2/
LOCATION:Cottage Lake Gardens\, 17301 191st Avenue NE\, Woodinville\, WA\, 98072
CATEGORIES:In-person Day Tour
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SUMMARY:Trillium Tour at Cottage Lake Gardens with Susie Egan PM (SOLD OUT)
DESCRIPTION:Cottage Lake Gardens is just 30 minutes outside of Seattle and is one of the few places in the world where all 50+ species of the world’s trilliums can be seen growing in one location. Owner and curator Susie Egan will guide us through her three-acre private botanical garden filled with woodland shade plants. We’ll experience the famous Trillium Trail\, recently renovated to display each species by geographic zone\, which is akin to walking a trail from North America’s west coast to the east coast\, with a brief detour to northeast Asia. Plants will be for sale at the end of the tour. \nSusie is a landscape designer\, Master Gardener alum\, lecturer and owner of Cottage Lake Gardens. Her current focus is the study\, cultivation and propagation of woodland shade plants\, with an emphasis on the endangered Trillium. For the past twenty years\, she has traveled throughout the United States\, Canada and Japan on trillium trekking trips to see this enchanting genus in the wild\, growing in their native habitats. She has given lectures on trilliums in England\, Scotland\, New Zealand\, Canada and locally.
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/trillium-tour-at-cottage-lake-gardens-with-susie-egan-pm/
LOCATION:Cottage Lake Gardens\, 17301 191st Avenue NE\, Woodinville\, WA\, 98072
CATEGORIES:In-person Day Tour
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250430T183000
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SUMMARY:The Evolution of an 18th Century Irish Garden and its Spectacular Meadows with Seamus O'Brien
DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to welcome Seamus O’Brien\, head gardener at Ireland’s National Botanic Gardens\, Kilmacurragh\, to Seattle. He will share the garden’s evolution and rich history\, which date back to monastic origins in the 17th century. Two centuries later\, it became a wild Robinsonian garden\, when exotic plants and trees from international collecting expeditions were added. Seamus will also detail the exuberant restoration of Kilmacurragh’s 300-year old hay meadows. The spectacle launches in February\, when a million crocus neopolitanus (native range: Italy\, Greece and the Balkan Peninsula) bloom\, making way for nearly 150 native wildflowers and grasses over the next six months. Among the stars are devil’s-bit scabious\, lousewort\, orchids\, pignut and yellow rattle. Learn how the process has evolved since its beginning in 2007\, including regenerative and sustainable management practices that have culminated in what Seamus calls “the little Noah’s Ark of wildflowers” and a haven for pollinators\, birds and more. A lively Q&A will follow the lecture.  \nSpeaker Bio: \nSeamus O’Brien\, one of Ireland’s premier horticulturists\, became head gardener of the National Botanic Gardens\, Kilmacurragh in 2006. He received his horticultural training at the National Botanic Gardens\, Glasnevin and holds an International Diploma in Botanic Gardens Management from the Royal Botanic Gardens\, Kew. He is a member of the Royal Horticultural Society’s Woody Plant Committee and is a judge of the RHS Early Spring Shows. In 2018 Seamus was awarded the Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland’s Gold Medal of Honour for distinguished services to horticulture in Ireland. In pursuit of botanical and historical knowledge\, he has traveled to Bhutan\, China\, India\, Myanmar\, Nepal\, Tibet\, Oceania\, California and Chile. He is the author of two award-winning books: “In the Footsteps of Augustine Henry and his Chinese Collectors” and “In the Footsteps of Joseph Dalton Hooker: A Sikkim Adventure.” \nThank you to Bartlett Tree Experts for their generous donation to our 2025 Education Fund\, \nwhich helps make in-person events like this possible.\nAdditional Resources: \nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXEz0SVhc_Q \nhttps://www.instagram.com/kilmacurraghgardensopw/ \nhttps://www.instagram.com/seamus_d_o_brien/ \nhttps://www.facebook.com/nationalbotanicgardensofirelandkilmacurragh \n  \n \n \n \n 
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/kilmacurragh-meadows-revival-and-restoration-with-seamus-obrien/
LOCATION:Center for Urban Horticulture\, NHS Hall\, 3501 NE 41st St\, Seattle\, Washington\, 98105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Live Event
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