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NHS Plant Sale to Benefit the Miller Library

The Ephemerals … and More spring plant sale held by the Northwest Horticultural Society promises to be best of the season. Friday, March 9, 2012, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m Continue reading

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Donate Your Used Gardening Books

The 7th annual Garden Lovers’ Book Sale is scheduled for April 6th & 7th. Help us sell more books by donating your gently used plant and garden focused books. Continue reading

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Val Easton Book Launch Party & Library Fundraiser

The Northwest Horticultural Society is holding a fund-raising book launch with former Miller Library manager and well-known garden writer Val Easton on Wednesday, February 1, at 6:30 pm at CUH. Val has been perfecting her floral design talents over the last forty years, and now in Petal and Twig: Seasonal Bouquets with Blossoms, Branches, and Grasses from Your Garden, she shows us how to make beautiful arrangements with what grows in our own backyards.[…]

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Plant Answer Line Celebrates 10 Years

In the Spring of 2001 the Miller Library launched a new service dedicated to answering questions about plants and gardening. Over the last 10 years the Plant Answer Line has helped tens of thousands of people all over the world with all kinds of plant related questions. UW-PLANT (206-897-5268) is the number to call for answers to gardening questions.[…]

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6th Annual Garden Lovers’ Book Sale April 1-2, 2011

Thousands of used gardening, horticulture, botany and landscape design books will be for sale at the Miller Library the first weekend of April. Have fun at the Wine and Cheese Preview Party benefit on Friday from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Tickets cost $20. On Saturday, the Book Sale is from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and is FREE. Continue reading

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Spring Ephemerals & More Plant Sale

Saturday, March 12, 2011 9am – 5pm

The Northwest Horticultural Society is hosting a free fund raising event that benefits the Miller Library at the Center for Urban Horticulture, UW Botanic Gardens. Fifteen nurseries will be selling unique, early blooming plants such as hellebores, species primroses and cyclamens. Continue reading

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