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SUMMARY:Meet the Designer: Susan Calhoun Tour — Bainbridge Island and Indianola (SOLD OUT)
DESCRIPTION: Local landscape designer Susan Calhoun — whose recent NHS webinars on grasses and shade plants you may have enjoyed — will treat us to on-site visits to four of her gardens on Bainbridge Island and the Kitsap Peninsula\, including her own personal one. Starting in Bainbridge Island at Arrow Point\, we first visit a “forest getaway” with a luscious shade garden surrounding a modern home with floor-to-ceiling windows facing the Olympics. The beds combine native salal\, huckleberry and ferns with more cultivated plants for a quintessential Pacific Northwest landscape. Next we head north to Port Madison where Susan performed a deep redesign to create a magical space for a family wedding. The result: a picture-perfect lawn for the ceremony\, graced by a shade garden on one side and fruit trees and a vegetable garden on the sunny side. Susan’s own 3.5 acre garden in Indianola is our next stop and we’ll enjoy lunch here (choose your meal option during registration). When she bought the property in 2015\, it was nothing but lawn\, blackberry\, horsetail and overgrown trees. Since then\, she has brought much to life: a streamside garden\, a shade garden\, a large grass garden and productive vegetable beds. She is experimenting with a bulb meadow under white birch trees\, a wildflower meadow and a rose garden. Our final stop is nearby: A south-facing modern house that looks towards Mt Rainier. Here Susan developed a fabulous beach garden\, using the owner’s narrow color palette and many plants from nearby Windcliff Nursery. Grasses\, yarrow and agapanthus abound alongside drought-tolerant salvias\, rosemary and unusual shrubs that offer structure and privacy. \nWe will meet on Bainbridge Island and end in Indianola. Addresses will be sent to registrants a few days in advance. Coming from Seattle you will take the Bainbridge ferry in the morning and the Kingston/Edmonds on return (or return back to Bainbridge and take that ferry). Carpooling is encouraged. \nGuide’s Bio: \nSusan Calhoun is a landscape designer\, writer and speaker with over 25 years of experience gardening in our shade-rich region. Based on Bainbridge Island\, she is the owner and principal designer of Plantswoman Design. She received her horticultural training at South Seattle College and RHS Garden Harlow Carr in the UK. Susan’s work has been featured in Sunset\, Fine Gardening\, Monrovia’s Be Inspired blog and many other national and local publications. She is a frequent speaker and contributor to the Northwest Flower & Garden Festival\, having created award-winning gardens for many years.
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/meet-the-designer-susan-calhoun-tour/
LOCATION:Washington
CATEGORIES:In-person Day Tour
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SUMMARY:Growing Without Peat: Environmental Innovation in Horticulture with the RHS
DESCRIPTION:Peatlands are rare and endangered ecosystems that store over twice as much carbon as all the world’s forests combined. Choosing peat-free garden products is a vital step in helping reduce damaging environmental and climate impacts and the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is at the forefront of doing research and raising awareness about the negative effects of peat extraction and use of peat products. It is committed to becoming 100% peat-free across all operations\, including shows\, gardens and retail\, by the end of 2025. \nRHS Peat-Free Transition Project Co-ordinator Nikki Barker will outline how the RHS is conducting studies and developing data-driven sustainable practices to aid gardeners\, growers and farmers make informed decisions in their transition to peat-free cultivation. She will also discuss sustainable alternatives and global perspectives in growing media. \nNHS Board Member Sue Goetz will co-host and share local peat-free resources\, practices and information for Pacific Northwest gardeners and growers. \nSpeaker’s Bio: \nNikki Barker has a Master of Horticulture from the RHS and over 40 years of experience across commercial production\, retail\, landscaping and education. She is the author of Propagation Techniques: The Essential Guide to Producing Plants and has worked in peat-free commercial horticulture both in the UK and Australia. Her deep-rooted expertise and passion for sustainable growing and industry development inspires growers\, educators\, students and home gardeners alike. She has held roles as a commercial manager and lecturer at Hadlow College\, and currently serves as a Governor at Capel Manor College\, championing horticultural education and innovation. 
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/growing-without-peat-environmental-innovation-in-horticulture-with-the-rhs/
LOCATION:Live Webinar
CATEGORIES:Live Webinar,Members Free Lecture Series
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SUMMARY:Floral Design Workshop with Riz Reyes at Heronswood (SOLD OUT)
DESCRIPTION:A special opportunity to learn from Heronswood Garden’s Assistant Director Riz Reyes. He will give us a tour of the late summer garden that will inspire a cut flower arrangement you will learn how to create and take home with you. Find ideas and inspiration from the lush woodland and native gardens\, exuberant perennial borders and formal gardens and learn about what holds up as a cut flower. Riz will demonstrate basic arrangement techniques and mechanics using simple materials and tools. Then you will assemble your own small\, hand-tied bouquet to take home. All supplies are provided\, including locally grown flowers and materials gathered from the garden. No previous experience is necessary – novice flower enthusiasts are encouraged to register. \nInstructor’s Bio:   \nRiz is a Filipino-American horticulturist and floral design educator through his venture\, RHR Horticulture & Landwave Gardens. He has been gardening\, designing and inspiring for over 20 years in the Seattle area. After earning his bachelor of science degree in environmental horticulture and urban forestry from UW\, he was a gardener at the Center for Urban Horticulture for eight years and the gardens manager at McMenamin’s Anderson School for six. The American Gardener lauded Riz as “one of American horticulture’s rising stars.” His children’s book\, “GROW: A family guide to plants and how to grow them\,” was published in 2022. \n$60 of each registrant’s fee will be donated to Heronswood Garden.
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/floral-design-tour-workshop-with-riz-reyes/
LOCATION:Heronswood Garden\, 7530 NE 288th St.\, Kingston\, WA\, 98346
CATEGORIES:In-person Workshop
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SUMMARY:Trees and Shrubs for Small Gardens at the Miller Garden (SOLD OUT)
DESCRIPTION:Head Gardener Del Brummet will dive deep into the Miller Garden’s famed woody plant collection. The garden’s space is at a premium and plants need to earn their place in the garden. Though the garden has several acres\, it is amazing how quickly it starts to fill to the brim…especially when the original owner was an avid plant collector! Let’s look at plants which can grow in small spaces or are good at growing below other plants in a layered canopy\, with a focus on narrow plants and those which grow slowly and add an appealing diversity and texture to the landscape. \nDel became interested in plants through hiking and building trails with the Washington Trails Association. He graduated from the University of Washington in 2014 with a B.S. in biology and now works as head gardener at the Elizabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden. Del has taught classes through NHS in native and exotic plants\, propagation\, seasonal interest and continues to learn and contribute to the organization through its education programming.  \n$25 of each registrant’s fee will be remitted to Great Plant Picks.
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/trees-and-shrubs-for-small-gardens-at-the-miller-garden/
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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SUMMARY:Hardy Begonias: Secrets to Success with Ann Amato
DESCRIPTION:Begonias are Boss! If you’re still in doubt\, the late great \nChristopher Lloyd (of Great Dixter fame) said that if he were reduced \nto growing only one genus\, Begonia would be it. \n— NHS Board Member and Horticulturally Yours author Daniel Sparler\n  \nBegonias star in Pacific Northwest gardens more and more frequently\, thanks in large part to Dan Hinkley and Shayne Chandler’s introductions from their expeditions to Arunachal Pradesh in northeast India. Veteran begonia propagator Ann Amato will focus on species that are borderline hardy in our region and worthy of being grown more frequently. She will share the keys to success with hardy begonias\, including how to propagate and grow them\, how to create favorable microclimates and – of course – exercising patience. Several of her favorite species will be discussed\, and stories from professionals and collectors around the region will be shared. \nSpeaker’s Bio: \nAnn is an avid horticulturist\, writer and speaker. Years ago\, while working at Cistus Nursery\, she discovered its begonia collection in the back corner of a stock greenhouse…and she’s been working with them professionally ever since. Today\, Ann is the production manager at Secret Garden Growers and a part-time propagation assistant at Little Prince of Oregon Nursery\, both in the Willamette Valley. She earned a B.A. from Portland State University and an A.A.S. in horticulture from Clackamas Community College. Ann’s exuberant home garden is featured in the recently published book\, “The Spirited Garden: Creative Private Retreats.” At 18\, she published the book “Ancient Forests and Western Man: A Pictorial History of the West Coast.” She lives and gardens in Southeast Portland at Campiello Maurizio\, aka the Garden of One-of-Each-ee. \nAdditional Resources: \nhttps://northwesthort.org/horticulture/begonias-for-beginners-part-i/\nhttps://northwesthort.org/horticulture/begonias-for-beginners-part-ii/
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/hardy-begonias-with-ann-amato/
LOCATION:Live Webinar
CATEGORIES:Live Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250828T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250828T120000
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SUMMARY:Discover PowellsWood Garden (SOLD OUT)
DESCRIPTION:PowellsWood Garden blends the enchantment of a curated\, English-style garden with the untamed allure of a Pacific Northwest forest. The cultivated 3-acre garden is filled with over 1000 plant species and is a portal to a 37-acre nature preserve rich with native plants and wildlife. Gardener Damon Gardyne will lead us on a tour and share the garden’s history and sustainability ethos\, plants of interest\, gardening tips and some of its new developments. \nGuide’s Bio: \nDamon Gardyne has worked in horticulture for 22 years and joined PowellsWood in 2019. He is currently restoring a stream\, designing a children’s garden and updating two tropical display gardens. He studied Japanese pruning with Masa Mizuno at Clackamas College in Oregon and at the Kubota Garden in Seattle. \n“You’ll feel like you’re in Sissinghurst Garden when you visit this classic English-style garden made up of gorgeous garden rooms. Each section is separated by hedges and contains colorful mixed borders of perennials and specimen trees and shrubs.”   \n — Ciscoe Morris\, garden expert\, speaker and author (Courtesy of Puget Sound Public Gardens)
URL:https://northwesthort.org/event/discover-powellswood-garden/
LOCATION:PowellsWood Garden\, 430 S Dash Point Rd\, Federal Way\, Washington\, 98003
CATEGORIES:In-person Day Tour
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