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SUMMARY:Pressed Flower Workshop at Lakewold Gardens with Sue Goetz (SOLD OUT)
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to make your own flower press from the endlessly creative Sue Goetz. She will share many invaluable tips and techniques for pressing flowers and leaves – and the best plants to use in this storied botanical art form. She will demonstrate how the pressings can enhance a range of décor projects\, including the creation of herbarium pages. There will be fresh plants on hand to add to your new press and a collection of dried\, pressed materials for making notecards. Everything you create during this workshop will go home with you. All supplies are included\, but feel free to bring inspiring leaves and flowers from your garden. \nInstructor’s Bio: \nSue Goetz is a garden designer\, writer\, speaker and NHS board member. For garden inspiration\, she dabbles in botanical art\, pressed flowers and mixed media.
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/pressed-flower-workshop-with-sue-goetz/
LOCATION:Lakewold Gardens\, 12317 Gravelly Lake Dr. SW\, Lakewood\, WA\, 98499
CATEGORIES:In-person Class
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SUMMARY:Dishing Dirt with Richie and Bess: Summertime Gardens
DESCRIPTION:Bess and Richie are back with their best tips and suggestions to help your garden look its best! They will tackle the list of summer chores and let you know what needs to be done now and what can wait. They’ll discuss some of their favorite annuals to use for a boost of color as summer heats up. Have you started to see damage on your plants? Learn about common Pests and Plagues of Summer. Do you have questions? Now is the time to ask two of NHS’ s experienced experts! \nSpeakers’ Bios: \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. 
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/dishing-dirt-with-richie-and-bess-summertime-gardens/
LOCATION:Live Webinar
CATEGORIES:Webinar Lecture
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SUMMARY:Sweet Pea School at The Farmhouse Flower Farm with Marryn Mathis (SOLD OUT)
DESCRIPTION:Join Marryn Mathis\, nationally hailed as the Sweet Pea Queen\, for a sweet pea-focused tour of The Farmhouse Flower Farm in verdant Snohomish County. She will graciously share tips and techniques to help you maximize the productivity of this cherished\, fragrant plant in your own garden and expand your appreciation for its intoxicating profusion of colors and varieties. Marryn is the author of the recently published book\, “Sweet Pea School: Growing & Arranging the Garden’s Most Romantic Blooms\,” and signed copies will be available for purchase. \nInstructor’s Bio: \nMarryn is a champion of and authority on sweet peas. Her ten-acre farm is one of the country’s foremost flower farms\, with a vibrant mail-order business in seeds\, dahlia tubers\, corms and bulbs. She has a robust social media following and offers in-demand online and in-person workshops that regularly sell out. \nAdditional Resources: \nhttps://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/stanwoods-sweet-pea-queen-shares-her-floral-passion-and-pro-tips/ \nhttps://www.slowflowerspodcast.com/2025/02/19/episode-704-sweet-pea-school-with-marryn-mathis-of-the-farmhouse-flower-farm/ \nhttps://www.instagram.com/thefarmhouseflowerfarm/ \nhttps://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064278115690&sk=about
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/sweet-pea-school-at-the-farmhouse-flower-farm-with-marryn-mathis/
LOCATION:Flowerhouse Farm\, 29520 28th Ave. NW\, Stanwood\, WA\, 98292
CATEGORIES:In-person Day Tour
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SUMMARY:Far and Near: Native and Not-So-Native Plants for the Pacific Northwest Gardener with Daniel Mount
DESCRIPTION:Past NHS Board Member Daniel Mount will take us on an engaging tour of Pacific Northwest ecosystems and their plants. He’ll explain what makes a plant native or not\, share which native species perform best in a garden situation\, and tell you why you should – or shouldn’t – plant them. Part travelogue\, part how-to\, this lively presentation will illustrate the ups and downs of gardening with native plants in the Pacific Northwest. \nSpeaker’s Bio:  \nDaniel Mount is a retired garden creator\, writer and botanist who hails from a long line of wandering gardeners\, nurserymen and farmers. Originally from Wisconsin\, he received his B.S. in botany from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and completed a taxonomic botany internship at the Missouri Botanical Garden. He was lead gardener for Ethel Rae Perkins Garten Gestaltung in the Rhineland of Germany and curator at Orto dei Semplici Elbano in Italy. Daniel now makes his home on a 7-acre farm in the Snoqualmie Valley\, where he and his partner grow a wide variety of edibles and ornamentals\, specializing in ferns and mums. He writes for many West Coast horticulture publications\, and has had articles appear in Fine Gardening and The American Gardener.
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/lecture-title-far-and-near-native-and-not-so-native-plants-for-the-pacific-northwest-gardener-with-daniel-mount/
LOCATION:Live Webinar
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SUMMARY:Free Members Meet the Board Tour at Nine Private Gardens in South and West Seattle
DESCRIPTION:Your NHS Board looks forward to welcoming you to a free\, in-person event: a self-guided tour of nine unique private gardens that showcase our region’s range of talent and vision. At least one board member will be at each garden\, which are owned by a combination of board members and members. Three of these gardens were recently profiled in the Seattle Times Pacific NW Magazine (indicated by *). \nThis event is free to members\, who are welcome to bring one non-member guest. Please register if you are planning to attend. Garden addresses and details will be sent a few days before the event. \nSouth Seattle \nCasa Nirvana in historic Mt. Baker is a tapestry garden ingeniously landscaped on a sloped site above street level. A parade of striking foliage and unusual specimens from specialty nurseries on both coasts is punctuated with thoughtfully placed sculpture. Learn more here. \nThe Garden of Exuberant Refuge in Seward Park flouts convention and invites wonder with a show-stopping 4800 taxa\, many of which are from the Southern hemisphere. This revelatory landscape has been created over 30 years thanks to great wit\, deep botanical knowledge and global exploration. \nWest Seattle \nThis small garden doubles as a living workshop and thrums with color\, texture\, movement and good flavors. Shades of orange\, rust\, amber and brown dominate\, with the occasional dash of hot pink and violet. Ornamental grasses and evergreens lend structure and frame perennials and edible crops. \nInspired by Kyoto gardens of the early 20th century\, this tranquil and transporting garden features a flowing series of changing vistas filled with unusual Asian shrubs and perennials\, along with uncommon selections of familiar garden favorites. \n*A striking drought-tolerant landscape\, where full-sun plants thrive in islands surrounded by crushed gravel pathways. Many species are labeled so visitors can glean inspiration for their own drought-tolerant spaces. \n*A whimsical cottage garden centers wildlife-friendly\, sustainable practices. This no-turf site is an homage to Pacific Northwest native plants and is filled with natural stonework\, bug hotels\, varieties of branch fencing\, gnome homes and a chicken palace. \n*A very mature garden filled with graceful old trees\, shrubs\, ferns and new introductions. Wander the bark paths\, sit in the shade arbor and appreciate the vegetable garden\, a 35-year old blueberry plant and stately lion’s head maples. \nBombdiggity Gardens’ rear garden ascends up a series of stairs and terrace walls\, creating various seating areas\, each with its own microclimate. The sound of a fountain\, along with hardy banana\, palm\, and edibles like persimmon\, kiwi and fig create a sense of escape to warmer\, far-away lands. \nAn inviting combo of food and ornamental plants delivers maximum pollinator power\, minimal maintenance and room for all creatures great and small\, including children and chickens. Embodying Doug Tallamy’s homegrown national park concept\, it is a certified pollinator garden through The Xerces Society.
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/free-members-meet-the-board-tour-at-nine-private-gardens-in-west-and-south-seattle/
LOCATION:Washington
CATEGORIES:Members Free Garden Tour
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SUMMARY:Delving into the Plantings of Seattle's New Waterfront Park with Richard Hartlage
DESCRIPTION:Seattle’s Waterfront Park is populated with an astounding number of plants: 124\,000. Richard Hartlage of Land Morphology developed the immersive planting design in collaboration with Field Operations\, the project’s lead landscape architect and urban planner. Richard will present how the plants are organized and maintained across 20 acres and 26 city blocks. Each planting zone tells a unique story rooted in local history and ecology and exemplifies how thoughtful planting design creates spaces that connect the community with nature\, enhance biodiversity and serve as models for sustainable urban development. \nSpeaker’s bio:  \nRichard Hartlage is the CEO and founding partner of the Seattle-based landscape architectural firm Land Morphology. His award-winning designs incorporate sophisticated horticulture and historical knowledge to heighten the human experience of the natural world. Richard’s passion for horticulture\, cultivated while working in public gardens and estates and managing landscape architecture studios\, is applied to each design from the conceptual phase through development of maintenance protocol and beyond.   \nThe firm’s portfolio includes the Leach Botanical Garden in Portland\, the Herb and Vegetable Garden at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden\, Chihuly Garden and Glass\, and numerous private residential landscapes and commercial projects across eight states. Richard has contributed to six books on horticulture and landscape architecture\, including “The Authentic Garden: Naturalistic and Contemporary Planting design in Landscape Architecture.” He received the American Horticultural Society’s Great American Gardeners Award in 2018 and the Mrs. Oakleigh Thorne Medal from the Garden Club of America in 2025.
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/delving-into-the-plantings-of-seattles-new-waterfront-park-with-richard-hartlage/
LOCATION:Live Webinar
CATEGORIES:Live Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250730T100000
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SUMMARY:Summer Pruning for Your Garden with Christina Pfeiffer (SOLD OUT)
DESCRIPTION:Some gardeners are reluctant or even fearful of pruning shrubs and garden trees in summer. There are good reasons to be cautious\, but right now can also be an ideal time to address specific pruning goals and do maintenance pruning on certain types of plants. Christina Pfeiffer will explain and demonstrate how appropriate pruning on select plants in the warmer months can help ensure plant health and display. \nInstructor’s Bio: \nChristina is a horticulture educator and an ISA Certified Arborist® who has enjoyed a long career in landscape horticulture. She holds degrees in horticulture from Michigan State University and UW\, and emphasizes sustainable garden practices that work in sync with nature. Christina is a longstanding pruning instructor at the Edmonds College horticulture program and regularly offers classes on various pruning. She is co-author with Mary Robson of “Pacific Northwest Month-by-Month Gardening.”
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/summer-pruning-for-your-garden-with-christina-pfeiffer/
LOCATION:Magnuson Children’s Garden\, 6344 NE 74th St.\, Seattle\, WA\, 98115
CATEGORIES:In-person Class
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