Due to the MLK Holiday the HPSW will be meeting on Tuesday Jan 20th Bob Lilly will be speaking on travels to gardens in India from a trip he took a few years ago. Bob will talk about a trip he made four years ago to India. He judged a flower show in Calcutta, and visited nurseries of sorts in Sikkim… Read more →
Lynne Harrison will host the HPSW Holiday party at her waterfront house on Mercer Island, Sunday December 14 , 12-4pm (so we can find Lynne’s house in daylight) Bring Pot luck food and wrapped White elephant gifts. You do not have to participate in the white elephant gift exchange if you prefer not to; you can still come to… Read more →
How Plants Get Their Names Dr. Ross Bayton, a taxonomist who trained at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (UK), will explain what taxonomy is, why it’s important and how it affects gardeners. So if you’ve ever felt frustrated when your favorite plant changed its name, he’s the one to blame (feel free to bring along some rotten… Read more →
We are excited to host our Fourth Annual Bulb Sale on Sunday, October 12th from 10am-2pm. You can find us again this year at the Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st St., Seattle, 98105 in the NHS Hall. We’ll have a bulb packaging and labeling party on Saturday, October 4th and Sunday October 5th at the Douglas Classroom at… Read more →
How NOT to buy a nursery OR What the (bleep) was I thinking?” Come hear Susan Petersen, owner of Urban Earth speak on the trials and tribulations of owing a Nursery in Seattle. Susan bought her urban nursery in Wallingford off Craigs List four years ago and renamed it Urban Earth. She specializes in edibles, small-scale plants and dwarf conifers…. Read more →
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