One of the most popular features of the extensive Seminar Program at the Northwest Flower & Garden Show is the author Book Signing Station. Show audiences can meet up with the many speakers who are authors, purchase their books, and have them personally autographed. Autographed garden books make a wonderful gift to your gardening [...]
One of the highlights for local gardeners is Arbor Eden, the annual Northwest Flower & Garden Show Preview Gala, hosted by the Arboretum Foundation to benefit the Washington Park Arboretum, to be held on Tuesday, February 22 at the Washington State Convention Center. The Arboretum Foundation, with support from the City of Seattle and the [...]
PLAN AHEAD Registration Begins Tuesday, February 1 Friday – Sunday, June 24 – 26 Hardy Plant Study Weekend “Gardening in 3-D: Dichotomy, Diversity & Desire” Considered “Horticulture Camp for Grownups,” this annual conference is a must-attend event for passionate gardeners. Speakers include Nan Sinton, Paul Bonine, Laura Crockett, Fergus Garrett, Lucy Hardiman, Thomas Hobbs, Jack [...]
The choices we make in our gardens, whether they are design choices for hardscapes, structures, accessories and water features or plant choices, can have a profound effect on the other creatures of the Earth who share our gardens with us. But having a garden that is sustainable, one that protects and promotes wildlife and works within available resources, [...]
The Seattle Children’s PlayGarden is a nonprofit organization that seeks to improve the lives of children with challenges by providing a hands-on garden and garden-inspired programming. Located at the Colman Playfield, a public park in Seattle, it has been a phenomenal success since it was established in 2002. Thanks to the sponsorship of U.S. [...]
Native huckleberries make a tasty jam as well as feeding wildlife and buffering shorelines. Photo by Elliott Menashe. The following healthy and delicious recipe is compliments of Elliott Menashe, of Greenbelt Consulting. Elliott says this special recipe is from his neighbor, Sue Ellen White, on the southeastern shore of Whidbey Island. Sue Ellen teaches canning [...]
Show attendees often don’t realize that there are many awards won during the show in addition to those that will be assigned by our three 2011 Show Judges, Dan Pearson, Nancy Goslee Power and Panayoti Kelaidis. These Show Judges award a Gold, Silver, Bronze or Crystal Award to each of the show gardens. They [...]
Last summer when I received a proposal for a seminar from Professor Iain Robertson, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Washington, I was immediately taken by it. Dr. Robertson proposed to – literally – take show attendees outside the box. He wanted to take them outside the confines of the Washington State [...]
Bringing your garden indoors is a wonderful part of having a garden. Nothing is more enjoyable than the fragrance of a lily on a summer’s day in a bouquet by your bed. Or bring the outside indoors and marvel at the textural contrasts of colorful conifers, bright berries and broadleaf evergreens with a winter bouquet from your garden. Our seminars [...]
In 1998, Karen Seymour was in the market for a small table for her back yard. Then she found a stone mosaic table at a local garden center. An idea struck her – “I can do better than that!” Having received some instruction way back in high school many years ago, Karen made her very [...]
