We’re excited to announce that we are collaborating with CUH and Blooms of Bressingham to perform our first plant trials. The plants are scheduled to arrive on June 11th, and we will be putting them into the Plant Trials beds located to the north end of the CUH Library. Please come join us for our preliminary planning meeting on Monday, April 30th at 6:30 pm at the Greenwood Library [8016 Greenwood Ave. N. Seattle, WA 98103 206-684-4086]
The plants we’ll be trialling this year are:
A variety of rare and unusual seeds are available for purchase at $1.00 per packet plus $3.00 shipping. The Full Seed List is available for download (includes source and year). Our seeds are available by mail, at plant sales, and at the Elizabeth C Miller Library. We hold monthly seed cleaning and packaging parties which you can join. Please contact Bob Lilly at 206-324-0179 or Kandy Kroll at seeds@hardyplantsocietywa.org for more information.
Here are some images showing the progress of our potting up parties!
This presentation will discuss the role of horticulture in a zoological setting. To accomplish this, a brief history of horticulture at Woodland Park Zoo will be described followed by an explanation of habitat immersion and its role in modern zoo exhibitry. This will set the foundation for a discussion of how the design of a zoological exhibit is approached from a botanical viewpoint, how plant choices are made, and what role the landscape plays in animal health, animal enrichment, the visitor experience, and education. The 100% organic rose garden and the role of pesticides in such a public setting will be touched on. Finally there will be a discussion about the challenges and rewards of maintaining a year round landscape exposed to more than a million visitors a year.
The new entrance bed, before
Due to the rain, we cannot accept a delivery of soil on the lawn at our site tomorrow, so we will NOT be spreading soil on Saturday.
