10:00 am: Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens Lilac Days Garden Tour & Plant Sale
10:00 am – 4:00 pm April 20, 2024 – May 12, 2024
Fee: $10/adult, free/children 12 & under with adult. Lilac Days open daily through May 12th. Tour the beautiful gardens & Lilac plants will be available for purchase outside. Grounds are wheelchair friendly. No pets permitted in Gardens. More information: www.lilacgardens.com/info/lilac-days/, Hklgexecutivedirector@gmail.com or 360-225-8996. Take exit #21 off Interstate 5 & follow signs. Held at Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens.
10:00 am – 5:00 pm April 27, 2024 – April 28, 2024
See/buy art in the artist's own yards & gardens on this free, self-drive tour of 4 north Seattle yards/open garages, featuring 17 artists. Held rain or shine. Map & details on website. More information: www.artinbloomseattle.com, workshop@wolfenet.com or 206-525-1577.
Free, drop-ins welcome, but registration online is recommended. Explore Wright Park's rich history & immerse yourself in its natural beauty. Discover 10 different Champion Trees, allowing you to appreciate all the diversity & grandeur Wright Park has to offer. Dress for the weather. Participants must be able to travel on unpaved, uneven trails for up to an hour. More information: www.metroparkstacoma.org/event/wright-park-champion-tree-walk/ or manni.valenzuela@tacomaparks.com. Walk begins at the W.W. Seymour Conservatory, 316 G St, Tacoma, WA.
10:00 am: Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens Lilac Days Garden Tour & Plant Sale
10:00 am – 4:00 pm April 20, 2024 – May 12, 2024
Fee: $10/adult, free/children 12 & under with adult. Lilac Days open daily through May 12th. Tour the beautiful gardens & Lilac plants will be available for purchase outside. Grounds are wheelchair friendly. No pets permitted in Gardens. More information: www.lilacgardens.com/info/lilac-days/, Hklgexecutivedirector@gmail.com or 360-225-8996. Take exit #21 off Interstate 5 & follow signs. Held at Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens.
10:00 am: Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens Lilac Days Garden Tour & Plant Sale
10:00 am – 4:00 pm April 20, 2024 – May 12, 2024
Fee: $10/adult, free/children 12 & under with adult. Lilac Days open daily through May 12th. Tour the beautiful gardens & Lilac plants will be available for purchase outside. Grounds are wheelchair friendly. No pets permitted in Gardens. More information: www.lilacgardens.com/info/lilac-days/, Hklgexecutivedirector@gmail.com or 360-225-8996. Take exit #21 off Interstate 5 & follow signs. Held at Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens.
10:00 am: Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens Lilac Days Garden Tour & Plant Sale
10:00 am – 4:00 pm April 20, 2024 – May 12, 2024
Fee: $10/adult, free/children 12 & under with adult. Lilac Days open daily through May 12th. Tour the beautiful gardens & Lilac plants will be available for purchase outside. Grounds are wheelchair friendly. No pets permitted in Gardens. More information: www.lilacgardens.com/info/lilac-days/, Hklgexecutivedirector@gmail.com or 360-225-8996. Take exit #21 off Interstate 5 & follow signs. Held at Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens.
10:00 am: Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens Lilac Days Garden Tour & Plant Sale
10:00 am – 4:00 pm April 20, 2024 – May 12, 2024
Fee: $10/adult, free/children 12 & under with adult. Lilac Days open daily through May 12th. Tour the beautiful gardens & Lilac plants will be available for purchase outside. Grounds are wheelchair friendly. No pets permitted in Gardens. More information: www.lilacgardens.com/info/lilac-days/, Hklgexecutivedirector@gmail.com or 360-225-8996. Take exit #21 off Interstate 5 & follow signs. Held at Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens.
11:30 am: UW Botanic Gardens: First Thursday Walking Tour
11:30 am – 1:00 pm May 2, 2024
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.
10:00 am: Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens Lilac Days Garden Tour & Plant Sale
10:00 am – 4:00 pm April 20, 2024 – May 12, 2024
Fee: $10/adult, free/children 12 & under with adult. Lilac Days open daily through May 12th. Tour the beautiful gardens & Lilac plants will be available for purchase outside. Grounds are wheelchair friendly. No pets permitted in Gardens. More information: www.lilacgardens.com/info/lilac-days/, Hklgexecutivedirector@gmail.com or 360-225-8996. Take exit #21 off Interstate 5 & follow signs. Held at Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens.
10:00 am: Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens Lilac Days Garden Tour & Plant Sale
10:00 am – 4:00 pm April 20, 2024 – May 12, 2024
Fee: $10/adult, free/children 12 & under with adult. Lilac Days open daily through May 12th. Tour the beautiful gardens & Lilac plants will be available for purchase outside. Grounds are wheelchair friendly. No pets permitted in Gardens. More information: www.lilacgardens.com/info/lilac-days/, Hklgexecutivedirector@gmail.com or 360-225-8996. Take exit #21 off Interstate 5 & follow signs. Held at Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens.
There will be an Indigenous plant walking tour & a tour of the PPNW pollinator garden. Also festive activities for the whole family, native plant info, organic gardening tips, information booths & vendors, guest speakers, homemade crafts, a release of native bees, & food carts. More information: 21acres.org/event/pollinator-fest/, www.facebook.com/21Acres/events, eneralinfo@21acres.org or 425-481-1500. Held at 21 Acres Center.
10:00 am: Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens Lilac Days Garden Tour & Plant Sale
10:00 am – 4:00 pm April 20, 2024 – May 12, 2024
Fee: $10/adult, free/children 12 & under with adult. Lilac Days open daily through May 12th. Tour the beautiful gardens & Lilac plants will be available for purchase outside. Grounds are wheelchair friendly. No pets permitted in Gardens. More information: www.lilacgardens.com/info/lilac-days/, Hklgexecutivedirector@gmail.com or 360-225-8996. Take exit #21 off Interstate 5 & follow signs. Held at Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens.
10:00 am: Point Defiance Zoo Garden Tour: Living Fossils
10:00 am – 11:00 am May 5, 2024
Free with zoo admission or membership. Join our horticulturist Bryon Jones & be awed by the power of plants at Point Defiance Zoo. Ferns, mosses, cycads & gingkoes - they all date to prehistoric times. Discover ours! More information: www.pdza.org/event/garden-tour-living-fossils/, comments@pdza.org or 253-404-3800. Held at the Point Defiance Zoo. Meet at the Pacific Rim Plaza, just inside the front gate.
6May 6, 2024●(1 event)
10:00 am: Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens Lilac Days Garden Tour & Plant Sale
10:00 am – 4:00 pm April 20, 2024 – May 12, 2024
Fee: $10/adult, free/children 12 & under with adult. Lilac Days open daily through May 12th. Tour the beautiful gardens & Lilac plants will be available for purchase outside. Grounds are wheelchair friendly. No pets permitted in Gardens. More information: www.lilacgardens.com/info/lilac-days/, Hklgexecutivedirector@gmail.com or 360-225-8996. Take exit #21 off Interstate 5 & follow signs. Held at Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens.
10:00 am: Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens Lilac Days Garden Tour & Plant Sale
10:00 am – 4:00 pm April 20, 2024 – May 12, 2024
Fee: $10/adult, free/children 12 & under with adult. Lilac Days open daily through May 12th. Tour the beautiful gardens & Lilac plants will be available for purchase outside. Grounds are wheelchair friendly. No pets permitted in Gardens. More information: www.lilacgardens.com/info/lilac-days/, Hklgexecutivedirector@gmail.com or 360-225-8996. Take exit #21 off Interstate 5 & follow signs. Held at Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens.
Cost: $25, pre-registration is required. Register online. (Financial aid slots available on a first-come, first-served basis). Learn about rare & unusual plants, collections based on genetics & eco-geographic habitats, & the unusual ways how these plants have made their way to us. This talk in particular will highlight blooming flowers in the Rhododendron Glen of the Washington Park Arboretum. Ray Larson is the Curator of Living Collections. More information: botanicgardens.uw.edu/washington-park-arboretum/activities/arboretum-event-calendar/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D173459062 or urbort@uw.edu.
8May 8, 2024●(1 event)
10:00 am: Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens Lilac Days Garden Tour & Plant Sale
10:00 am – 4:00 pm April 20, 2024 – May 12, 2024
Fee: $10/adult, free/children 12 & under with adult. Lilac Days open daily through May 12th. Tour the beautiful gardens & Lilac plants will be available for purchase outside. Grounds are wheelchair friendly. No pets permitted in Gardens. More information: www.lilacgardens.com/info/lilac-days/, Hklgexecutivedirector@gmail.com or 360-225-8996. Take exit #21 off Interstate 5 & follow signs. Held at Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens.
10:00 am: Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens Lilac Days Garden Tour & Plant Sale
10:00 am – 4:00 pm April 20, 2024 – May 12, 2024
Fee: $10/adult, free/children 12 & under with adult. Lilac Days open daily through May 12th. Tour the beautiful gardens & Lilac plants will be available for purchase outside. Grounds are wheelchair friendly. No pets permitted in Gardens. More information: www.lilacgardens.com/info/lilac-days/, Hklgexecutivedirector@gmail.com or 360-225-8996. Take exit #21 off Interstate 5 & follow signs. Held at Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens.
10:00 am: Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens Lilac Days Garden Tour & Plant Sale
10:00 am – 4:00 pm April 20, 2024 – May 12, 2024
Fee: $10/adult, free/children 12 & under with adult. Lilac Days open daily through May 12th. Tour the beautiful gardens & Lilac plants will be available for purchase outside. Grounds are wheelchair friendly. No pets permitted in Gardens. More information: www.lilacgardens.com/info/lilac-days/, Hklgexecutivedirector@gmail.com or 360-225-8996. Take exit #21 off Interstate 5 & follow signs. Held at Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens.
Free. Native plant sale. Throughout the day prairie, native plant center & more tours. Reserve your spot online. Prairie tours from 10-11:30, 4-5, & Saturday only from 1-2:30. Greenhouse/nursery tours from 11:45-12:45. More information: www.pacificriminstitute.org/, www.facebook.com/pacificriminstitute, info@pacificriminstitute.org or 360-678-5586. Held at Pacific Rim Institute.
11May 11, 2024●●(7 events)
10:00 am: Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens Lilac Days Garden Tour & Plant Sale
10:00 am – 4:00 pm April 20, 2024 – May 12, 2024
Fee: $10/adult, free/children 12 & under with adult. Lilac Days open daily through May 12th. Tour the beautiful gardens & Lilac plants will be available for purchase outside. Grounds are wheelchair friendly. No pets permitted in Gardens. More information: www.lilacgardens.com/info/lilac-days/, Hklgexecutivedirector@gmail.com or 360-225-8996. Take exit #21 off Interstate 5 & follow signs. Held at Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens.
Free. Native plant sale. Throughout the day prairie, native plant center & more tours. Reserve your spot online. Prairie tours from 10-11:30, 4-5, & Saturday only from 1-2:30. Greenhouse/nursery tours from 11:45-12:45. More information: www.pacificriminstitute.org/, www.facebook.com/pacificriminstitute, info@pacificriminstitute.org or 360-678-5586. Held at Pacific Rim Institute.
8:00 am: Mother’s Day Garden Stroll at PowellsWood Garden
8:00 am – 5:00 pm May 11, 2024 – May 12, 2024
Admission: $10/adults, free/children 12 & under. Tickets can be purchased online in advance or in person at the gate. The garden is looking lush & full of the vibrant beauty of spring. Escape the crowds & take a relaxing garden stroll. More information: www.powellswood.org/events/mothers-day, admin@powellswood.org or 253-529‑1620. Held at PowellsWood Garden. 430 S Dash Point Road, Federal Way, WA 98003
10:00 am: Albers Vista Gardens Tour: 'Beauty of Spring'
10:00 am – 12:00 pm May 11, 2024
Free - get tickets online. Suggested $10 donation to help preserve & maintain the gardens. The tour focus on exceptional plants for NW gardens & sustainable landscape practices. Vista Gardens encompasses 4+ acres & contains approximately 1200 aesthetically arranged different species & cultivars. More information: www.albersvistagardens.org, info@albersvistagardens.org or 206-779-3112.
10:00 am: Victoria Mother's Day Musical Garden Tour
10:00 am – 4:00 pm May 11, 2024 – May 12, 2024
Tickets required: 2 day pass $45 (plus service charges where applicable) on website until April 29 at 3pm. Tickets are in person at VCM as well as outlets listed on website. Self-guided tour through 10 hidden backyard garden gems, each one unique & sure to inspire. Benefits the Victoria Conservatory of Music. More information vcm.bc.ca/support/garden-tour/, info@vcm.bc.ca, 250-386-5311 or 1-866-386-5311. Held in Victoria, BC.
12May 12, 2024●●(3 events)
10:00 am: Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens Lilac Days Garden Tour & Plant Sale
10:00 am – 4:00 pm April 20, 2024 – May 12, 2024
Fee: $10/adult, free/children 12 & under with adult. Lilac Days open daily through May 12th. Tour the beautiful gardens & Lilac plants will be available for purchase outside. Grounds are wheelchair friendly. No pets permitted in Gardens. More information: www.lilacgardens.com/info/lilac-days/, Hklgexecutivedirector@gmail.com or 360-225-8996. Take exit #21 off Interstate 5 & follow signs. Held at Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens.
8:00 am: Mother’s Day Garden Stroll at PowellsWood Garden
8:00 am – 5:00 pm May 11, 2024 – May 12, 2024
Admission: $10/adults, free/children 12 & under. Tickets can be purchased online in advance or in person at the gate. The garden is looking lush & full of the vibrant beauty of spring. Escape the crowds & take a relaxing garden stroll. More information: www.powellswood.org/events/mothers-day, admin@powellswood.org or 253-529‑1620. Held at PowellsWood Garden. 430 S Dash Point Road, Federal Way, WA 98003
10:00 am: Victoria Mother's Day Musical Garden Tour
10:00 am – 4:00 pm May 11, 2024 – May 12, 2024
Tickets required: 2 day pass $45 (plus service charges where applicable) on website until April 29 at 3pm. Tickets are in person at VCM as well as outlets listed on website. Self-guided tour through 10 hidden backyard garden gems, each one unique & sure to inspire. Benefits the Victoria Conservatory of Music. More information vcm.bc.ca/support/garden-tour/, info@vcm.bc.ca, 250-386-5311 or 1-866-386-5311. Held in Victoria, BC.
13May 13, 2024
14May 14, 2024●(1 event)
1:00 pm: 50+ Plant Swap
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm May 14, 2024
Free - no registration is required. Share a plant, take a plant. Offered by the 50+ activities department. Bring any seeds, starts, cuttings, bulbs, potted plants, bare root plants & more to trade or just give away. Plants should be healthy & pest-free to your knowledge & labeled if you know what it is. No noxious weeds or invasive plants please. More information: www.metroparkstacoma.org/event/50-plant-swap/, info@tacomaparks.com or 253-305-1000. Held at the Eastside Community Center in a tent on the patio outside the front entrance. 1721 E 56th St, Tacoma, WA 98404
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18May 18, 2024●●(4 events)
10:00 am: ARS Cowichan Chapter Rhododendron Spring Garden Tour
Tickets: $20/person, available online or day of tour at check in location. Over 12 beautiful residential gardens will be open to the public. Check in (where you'll get a map of all the gardens) near The Artisans Pop-Up Market, across the street from the Red Apple on 41st Ae E & E Madison St, Seattle. All proceeds go directly back into the community. More information: www.friendsofmadisonpark.com/events/garden-tour-2024 or events@friendsofmadisonpark.com.
10:00 am: Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden Blue Poppy Day & Plant Sale
10:00 am – 4:00 pm May 18, 2024
Admission: $10/adults, $7/seniors & students, free/kids 12 & under & military with ID. The RSBG Nursery will be stocked with a stunning selection of plants for sale. Walk through a meadow glowing with blooming blue poppies or stroll along the ADA accessible path through the blue poppy glade. There are 2 fields of poppies to explore. Shop from local artists, enjoy eats from a food truck & enjoy musical performances. More information: www.rhodygarden.org/blue-poppy-day, info@rhodygarden.org or 253-838-4646, ext. 140. Held at the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden. 2525 S 336th St, Federal Way, WA 98003
19May 19, 2024●(1 event)
2:00 pm: Capitol Hill to U District Tree Tour
2:00 pm – 4:30 pm May 19, 2024
Cost: $10, register by phone or email (limited to 15 participants). A long walk of at least 4 miles from Sound Transit's Link light-rail Capitol Hill station to the U District. On this tour, we will meander north over Capitol Hill, through wooded Interlaken Park & Montlake neighborhood, looking both at plantings, wild plants, & trees on our way to the U District. The walk begins with an uphill climb to 15th Ave E; thereafter it is flat or downhill the rest of the way. You will see the city's tallest redwood, tallest red maple, largest manzanita & the like. More information: www.arthurleej.com/tours24.html, alj@consultant.com or 206-328-8733. Meet at the SE corner of Broadway & E John St, Seattle, WA.
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25May 25, 2024●●(4 events)
10:00 am: Albers Vista Gardens Tour: 'Maples, Dogwoods & Other Deciduous Trees'
10:00 am – 12:00 pm May 25, 2024
Free - get tickets online. Suggested $10 donation to help preserve & maintain the gardens. The tour focus on exceptional plants for NW gardens & sustainable landscape practices. Vista Gardens encompasses 4+ acres & contains approximately 1200 aesthetically arranged different species & cultivars. More information: www.albersvistagardens.org, info@albersvistagardens.org or 206-779-3112.
There is no charge; however, donations are readily accepted. Reserve online. Spots are limited to 30 participants per tour date. Sign up early. Learn about the Garden's history, plants & development. More information: www.kubotagarden.org, volunteers@kubotagarden.org or 206-717-8718. Meet at the kiosk adjacent to the parking lot.
Cost: $5/per garden (cash only - collected at each garden), 4 gardens have entrance by donation, or $35/all-garden pass available in advance on website or at at CityScape Community ArtSpace, 335 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver, BC. Held rain or shine. Self-guided tour of 10 outdoor spaces featuring visual artists, musicians & performers. More information: www.nvartscouncil.ca/events-exhibitions/arts-in-the-garden-2024-2/, www.facebook.com/NorthVanArts/,info@northvanarts.ca or 604-988-6844. Held on the North Shore of Vancouver, BC.
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.
Cost: $5/per garden (cash only - collected at each garden), 4 gardens have entrance by donation, or $35/all-garden pass available in advance on website or at at CityScape Community ArtSpace, 335 Lonsdale Ave, North Vancouver, BC. Held rain or shine. Self-guided tour of 10 outdoor spaces featuring visual artists, musicians & performers. More information: www.nvartscouncil.ca/events-exhibitions/arts-in-the-garden-2024-2/, www.facebook.com/NorthVanArts/,info@northvanarts.ca or 604-988-6844. Held on the North Shore of Vancouver, BC.
10:00 am: Ladysmith Rotary 24th Annual Garden Tour
10:00 am – 4:00 pm May 26, 2024
Tickets required: $25 from outlets listed on website, by email, or on day of tour from 9-11 at the upper parking lot of Country Grocer - 1020 1st Ave, Ladysmith. Self-guided tour of local Ladysmith BC gardens. All proceeds to support Rotary projects. More information: www.ladysmithrotary.org, www.facebook.com/rotaryladysmith/ or ladysmithrotaryclub@gmail.com.
1:00 pm: Riverview Arboretum Tree Tour
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm May 26, 2024
Free. The Riverview Horticultural Centre Society invites you to a tree tour of a significant & beautiful part of the Lower Mainland, the Riverview Lands Arboretum. More information: rhcs.org/tours_events.html, information@rhcs.org or 604-290-9910. Held on the Riverview Hospital Lands. Enter the site at the Colony Farm Rd traffic light. Meet at the Henry Esson Young Building (HEY) near the front door.
Tickets required: $44/person, available at www.eventbrite.ca/e/sooke-secret-garden-tour-sooke-tickets-823307323367?aff=oddtdtcreator or from Pharmasave Sooke, 6716 Westcoast Rd, Sooke, BC (cash only) or day of tour at Sooke Region Museum, 2070 Phillips Rd (Cash, Etransfers) or the first Garden - to be advised (Cash only). Your ticket includes 2 days of exclusive access to 8 private gardens with musical performances, artists, artisans, vendors & master gardeners at select locations. Special destinations will feature the Sooke Region Museum, Artisans Garden & Woodside Farms, & some garden owners will have plants for sale. It also includes a summer concert in a vibrant garden at 4:30pm. Bring a chair/blanket to sit on & food will be available. Sponsored by the Sooke Philharmonic Society. More information: www.sookephil.ca/secretgardentour, sookephilharmonic@gmail.com or 250-419-3569.
11:00 am: Point Defiance Flower & Garden Festival
11:00 am – 6:00 pm June 1, 2024 – June 2, 2024
Free, except a ticket is required to participate in guided garden tours, guest speaker lectures, wine & beer tastings, Paint & Sip Workshops, & Make &Take Workshops. Buy tickets online at www.metroparkstacoma.org/ptdflowergardenfest/purchase-tickets/. A showcase of gardening in the Pacific Northwest with hands-on programming, garden tours, guest speakers, display gardens, shopping, make & take workshops, live music, food, a beer & wine tasting garden & more. All proceeds benefit the Tacoma Farmer’s Market & Metro Parks gardening programs. More information: www.metroparkstacoma.org/event/ptdflowergardenfest/, info@tacomaparks.com or 253-305-1000. Held at Point Defiance Park. 5400 N. Pearl St, Tacoma, WA 98407
