This resource is compiled by the Miller Library. Public, charitable sales and tours are added regularly. To have your event added please e-mail hortlib@uw.edu.
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Garden Tours & Plant Sales in April–May 2024
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March 31, 2024
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April 2, 2024
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April 3, 2024(1 event)
6:30 pm: NHS Presents: Inside the Ultimate Flower Gardener’s Guide with Jenny Rose Carey – Cost: $12/members, /$20 non-members. Register online. How to Combine Shape, Color & Texture to Create the Garden of Your Dreams. Jenny Rose will share ideas & tips about how she puts together flower gardens that suit each season. She'll illustrate this lecture with vibrant photos from her book. Jenny is an avid hands-on gardener, professional horticulturalist, writer & speaker. More information: www.northwesthort.org, info@northwesthort.org or 206-780-8172.
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April 4, 2024(2 events)
11:30 am: UW Botanic Gardens: First Thursday Walking Tour – Our free educational tour includes a casual walk through various areas of the Washington Park Arboretum, featuring seasonal viewing of collections plants, explorations of botany & the history of the organization. More information: botanicgardens.uw.edu/washington-park-arboretum/activities/free-public-tours/, cmn23@uw.edu or 206-685-8033. Meet at the Graham Visitors Center. Washington Park Arboretum
11:30 am: UW Botanic Gardens: First Thursday Walking Tour – Our free educational tour includes a casual walk through various areas of the Washington Park Arboretum, featuring seasonal viewing of collections plants, explorations of botany & the history of the organization. More information: botanicgardens.uw.edu/washington-park-arboretum/activities/free-public-tours/, cmn23@uw.edu or 206-685-8033. Meet at the Graham Visitors Center. Washington Park Arboretum
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April 5, 2024
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April 6, 2024
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April 7, 2024(1 event)
10:00 am: Point Defiance Zoo Garden Tour: Vanishing Flora – Free with zoo admission or membership. Join our horticulturist Bryon Jones & be awed by the power of plants at Point Defiance Zoo. Learn about the Zoo's endangered & rare plants. More information: www.pdza.org/event/garden-tour-vanishing-flora/, comments@pdza.org or 253-404-3800. Held at the Point Defiance Zoo. Meet at the Pacific Rim Plaza, just inside the front gate. |
April 8, 2024
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April 9, 2024
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April 10, 2024(1 event)
6:30 pm: NHS Presents: Dishing Dirt with Bess & Richie: Creating with Containers – Cost: $12/members, /$20 non-members. Register online. Join Bess Bronstein & Richie Steffen as they share their years of experience in planting containers for all kinds of gardens. They will cover it all, from container materials to soils & of course, plants & planting. Bess Bronstein is an certified arborist, horticulture instructor & lecturer. Richie Steffen is president of NHS & the executive director of the Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden. More information: www.northwesthort.org, info@northwesthort.org or 206-780-8172. Live Webinar
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April 11, 2024
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April 12, 2024
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April 13, 2024(2 events)
10:00 am: Garden Walk in Port Angeles – Free educational walk led by Master Gardeners. Walk through the Port Angeles 5th St. Community Garden to examine what is happening (or should be happening) in local vegetable gardens. Beneficial to persons new to vegetable gardening, as well as more seasoned vegetable gardeners. Held rain or shine. More information: extension.wsu.edu/clallam/event/2nd-saturday-garden-walk-4-13-2024/, www.facebook.com/clallammastergardeners, laurel.moulton@wsu.edu or 360-565-2679. Held at the 5th Street Community Garden. 5th Street Community Garden
10:00 am: P-Patch Earth Day Resource Fair – Free. Seed swap, workshops, organic fertilizer, kid activities & more. More information: seattle.g0v/neighborhoods, www.facebook.com/bradnergardens/ or 206-684-0464. Held at Northwest African American Museum. 2300 S Massachusetts St, Seattle, WA 98144 |
April 14, 2024
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April 15, 2024
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April 16, 2024
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April 17, 2024
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April 18, 2024
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April 19, 2024
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April 20, 2024(2 events)
10:00 am: Forest Bathing Walk at The Washington Park Arboretum – Cost: $25, register online or by phone. Forest bathing has been popular in Japan for decades & is gaining momentum in the US. The practice encourages you to walk in the forest at a slower pace & take in the atmosphere around you. These walks are slow-paced & generally cover less than a mile of trail. During this time the guide will offer a series of invitations crafted to help participants slow down & open their senses. More information: botanicgardens.uw.edu/about/events/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D169114816, urbhort@uw.edu or 206-685-8033. Starts at the Graham Visitors Center. Washington Park Arboretum
2:00 pm: 21 Acres Earth Day Farm Walk – Register online. Explore how agroecology, soil health & land stewardship can build resilient local food economies & support direct climate action. Walk along & visit our wetlands, organic fields, solar-powered projects & more. More information: 21acres.org/event/21-acres-earth-day-farm-walk, www.facebook.com/21Acres/, generalinfo@21acres.org or 425-481-1500. Held at 21 Acres. 21 Acres
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April 21, 2024
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April 22, 2024
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April 23, 2024
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April 24, 2024(1 event)
6:30 pm: NHS Presents: Soil! – What it is & How it works… with James Cassidy – Cost: free/members, /$20 non-members. Register online. You will learn more than you ever thought possible from this lecture: the reason you are alive, what nutrients are, how soil stores water & nutrients. James Cassidy has been an Instructor of Soil Science at Oregon State University for over 20 years. He is also the faculty advisor for the popular OSU Organic Growers Club – OSU’s student farm. More information: www.northwesthort.org, info@northwesthort.org or 206-780-8172. Live Webinar
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April 25, 2024
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April 26, 2024
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April 27, 2024(1 event)
1:00 pm: 21 Acres Farm Walk – Free. Register online. Explore how agroecology, soil health & land stewardship can build resilient local food economies & support direct climate action. Walk along & visit our wetlands, organic fields, solar-powered projects & more. More information: 21acres.org/event/21-acres-farm-walk-17/, www.facebook.com/21Acres/, generalinfo@21acres.org or 425-481-1500. Held at 21 Acres. 21 Acres
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April 28, 2024
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April 29, 2024
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April 30, 2024
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MayMay 1, 2024 |
May 2, 2024(1 event)
11:30 am: UW Botanic Gardens: First Thursday Walking Tour – Our free educational tour includes a casual walk through various areas of the Washington Park Arboretum, featuring seasonal viewing of collections plants, explorations of botany & the history of the organization. More information: botanicgardens.uw.edu/washington-park-arboretum/activities/free-public-tours/, cmn23@uw.edu or 206-685-8033. Meet at the Graham Visitors Center. Washington Park Arboretum
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May 3, 2024
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May 6, 2024
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May 7, 2024
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May 8, 2024(1 event)
6:30 pm: NHS Presents: Learning To Be Home with Shannon Nichol – Cost: $12/members, /$20 non-members. Register online. This is an exciting time in our region for creativity, innovation & experimentation centered on rediscovering our own native plants. Shannon’s lecture will share an open conversation & ongoing process of learning about how to design with & steward these plants in garden settings. Shannon Nichol is co-founder of GGN & she spurred the firm’s commitment to specifying locally native plant palettes in their work regionally & around the world. More information: www.northwesthort.org, info@northwesthort.org or 206-780-8172. Live Webinar
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May 9, 2024
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May 10, 2024
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May 11, 2024(1 event)
10:00 am: Garden Walk in Port Angeles – Free educational walk led by Master Gardeners. Walk through the Port Angeles 5th St. Community Garden to examine what is happening (or should be happening) in local vegetable gardens. Beneficial to persons new to vegetable gardening, as well as more seasoned vegetable gardeners. Held rain or shine. More information: extension.wsu.edu/clallam/event/2nd-saturday-garden-walk-at-5th-street-may-11th2024/, www.facebook.com/clallammastergardeners, laurel.moulton@wsu.edu or 360-565-2679. Held at the 5th Street Community Garden, just off Peabody, right across from City Hall. 5th Street Community Garden
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May 12, 2024
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May 13, 2024
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May 14, 2024
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May 15, 2024(1 event)
6:30 pm: NHS Presents: The Beauty in Biodiversity: Gardening with Pacific NW Native Plants with Kristin Currin & Andrew Merritt – Cost: $12/members, /$20 non-members. Register online. Kristin & Andrew will speak about the importance of incorporating Pacific Northwest native plants into your garden & landscape to help the birds, bees & local ecosystem as a whole. Learn why it is important to plant native plants & the benefits of native plant gardening, along with what to consider when selecting plants. Kristin Currin & Andrew Merritt, authors of The Pacific Northwest Native Plant Primer, are the co-founders of Humble Roots Nursery, a native plant nursery in the Columbia River Gorge recognized for its efforts in sustainability & promoting native plants. More information: www.northwesthort.org, info@northwesthort.org or 206-780-8172. Live Webinar
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May 16, 2024
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May 17, 2024
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May 18, 2024(1 event)
10:00 am: Forest Bathing Walk at The Washington Park Arboretum – Cost: $25, advance registration required. Forest bathing has been popular in Japan for decades & is gaining momentum in the US. The practice encourages you to walk in the forest at a slower pace & take in the atmosphere around you. These walks are slow-paced & generally cover less than a mile of trail. During this time the guide will offer a series of invitations crafted to help participants slow down & open their senses. More information: botanicgardens.uw.edu/about/events/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D169114887, urbhort@uw.edu or 206-685-8033. Starts at the Graham Visitors Center. Washington Park Arboretum
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May 19, 2024
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May 21, 2024
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May 22, 2024
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May 23, 2024
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May 24, 2024
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May 25, 2024(1 event)
1:00 pm: 21 Acres Specialty Farm Tour: Pollinators – Register online. There will be a tour of the PPNW pollinator garden. Learn about the relationships between pollinators, farming & natural environmental systems. Deepen your knowledge about the crucial role that pollinators play in our ecosystem. More information: 21acres.org/event/specialty-farm-tour-pollinators/, www.facebook.com/21Acres/events, eneralinfo@21acres.org or 425-481-1500. Held at 21 Acres Center. 21 Acres
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May 26, 2024
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May 27, 2024
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May 28, 2024
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May 29, 2024(1 event)
6:30 pm: NHS Presents: Common Garden Dilemmas with Bess Bronstein – Cost: $12/members, /$20 non-members. Register online for this live Webinar lecture. Join Bess Bronstein to learn how to identify common problems that inevitably may arise in your garden & find out what you can do to address them. In addition to sharing some of the most Common Garden Dilemmas, Bess also wants to know what’s ailing in your green space. Shortly after you register for the webinar, you will receive a link to a Google Form where you can submit the problems you’re running into. Bess will get to as many of your questions as she can during the webinar. Bess Bronstein is an certified arborist, horticulture instructor & consultant. More information: www.northwesthort.org, info@northwesthort.org or 206-780-8172.
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May 30, 2024
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May 31, 2024
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JuneJune 1, 2024 |