 Our
mission is to provide a forum for gardeners and plant lovers in the
Pacific Northwest to share their interests and learn about
horticulture.
NHS provides inspiration and education to the
northwest gardening community through an ongoing series of lectures,
symposiums, workshops and classes.
We provide
funding for horticultural education. The Society is a major
financial supporter of the
Elisabeth C. Miller Library
at the Center for Urban Horticulture
in Seattle. NHS annually grants scholarships to students in
horticulture at the University of Washington and supports projects
that benefit horticulture in the Northwest.
NHS promotes the
propagation and cultivation of a diversity of plant material for the
Northwest. The society hosts an annual plant sale and
organizes
visits to gardens and other places of horticultural interest—many of
which are rarely open to the public.
Our Roots
NHS was founded in 1966 to support the establishment
of the
Center for Urban Horticulture (CUH) at the University of
Washington, the first academic program in the United States to focus
on using plants to maintain and enhance the urban environment.
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