Hardy Plant Society of Washington

Jennifer Carlson

Sustainable Landscape Design

TUESDAY, January 22nd, 2013, 7:00 pm-9:00pm

NHS Hall Section A, Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st St. Seattle, WA 98105 Map

Haven Illustrated

Please come early for treats and socializing, so we can begin promptly.

About the speaker:

Jennifer Carlson is an illustrator and a landscape designer.  She has degrees in both art and in landscape architecture. Since the 1970’s she has planned and implemented many organic gardens in the Pacific Northwest.  She has lived and studied sustainable gardening practices while residing outside the U.S., in Nepal, Yugoslavia, and Germany.  Jennifer is now based in Seattle, where she teaches classes in low-maintenance plant selection, sustainable landscape design, and keeping a small flock of hens.  She organizes and leads garden tours of her family’s demonstration garden and writes about organic garden design and seasonal activities and crafts for Farmer’s Almanac TV. Her garden has been featured in local and national magazines, several books and in a PBS program for public TV.

January – Speaker
February – NWF&GS
March – Speaker
April – Plant Sale
May – Speaker
June – Speaker (this is the only one out of order)
July – Off (Garden Tour?)
August – Summer Picnic
September – Speaker
October – Bulb Sale
November – Speaker
December – Holiday Party

Next meeting updated soon.

Bring Pot luck food and wrapped White elephant gifts. Lynne will provide the beverages (wine and cider). The rule on white elephant gifts: you cannot bring back what you received last year; but you can bring back something you received two years ago, or earlier.