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The Flora of Seattle in 1850:  The Landscape Before Urban Development
with Ray Larson

Ray Larson, Gardener Lead at the Residence of the UW President, will discuss his masters thesis, which was the first comprehensive attempt to research and describe the major plant species and ecosystems that existed in Seattle before it was settled by Euro-Americans.  His lecture will help you choose plants to grow today that may have once been here, or those that are especially garden worthy and underutilized, and some that more gardeners should try since they once thrived locally.

Wednesday, January 16, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Garden Writing with Steve Lorton (CLASS)

Behind Every Good Plant...Is a Great Story with Alice Doyle
(WEDNESDAY EVENING LECTURE SERIES)

Alice Doyle, co-founder of Log House Plants, whose pioneering programs have introduced two generations of gardeners to new and uncommon plants.  Alice will share the intriguing tales behind some exceptional plants from around the world, describing the experience of horticultural discovery-- the people, the places, the plants, the hunt and the community that cares.

Date:	Wednesday, March 12
Time:	6:45 p.m. reception
	7:15 p.m. lecture
Location:	NHS Hall, Center for Urban Horticulture
Fee:	$5 members, $10 non-members
Reservations:	None taken

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PLANT SALE
Spring Ephemerals and Companion Plants
Friday, March 14
NOON - 8:00 p.m.
Center for Urban Horticulture
3501 NE 41st St, Seattle
Specialty Growers

Botanica	Northwest Garden Nursery
Bouquet Banque Nursery	Northwest Perennials
Chimacum Woods	Old Goat Farm
Coldsprings Garden Nursery	Overland Enterprises
Keeping It Green Nursery	Robinwood Nursery
Lee Farm & Nursery	Swans Trail Garden
MSK Rare Plant Nursery	Terra Nursery
Naylor Creek Nursery

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Wednesday, March 26, 10:00 a.m. – noon or 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Spring Ephemerals at the Miller Botanical Garden (CLASS)

Date:	Wednesday, March 26
Time:	10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location:	Miller Botanical Garden, The Highlands, Seattle
Fee:	$25 members, $35 non-members
Reservations:	nwhort@aol.com or (206) 780-8172
	NHS, PO Box 4597, Rolling Bay  WA  98061-4597

Thursday, March 27, 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Botanical Latin with Daniel Sparler (CLASS)  SOLD OUT

Date:	Thursday, March 27
Time:	1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Location:	Sparler Home & Garden, Seward Park, Seattle
Fee:	$25 members, $35 non-members
Reservations:	nwhort@aol.com or (206) 780-8172  SOLD OUT
	NHS, PO Box 4597, Rolling Bay  WA  98061-4597

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Saturday, March 29, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
THE ORNAMENTAL PLANT: FROM THIRD CENTURY ATHENS TO YOUR GARDEN
(SPRING SYMPOSIUM)

The NHS symposium co-sponsored by the Pendleton and Elisabeth Carey Miller Charitable Foundation and the Elisabeth Carey Miller Botanical Garden will follow the plants we find in our gardens from history to modern day collecting in the wild through propagation and finally to the retail nursery where the gardener purchases the plant. The featured speakers at the symposium will be Anna Pavord, "The Naming of Names": A two-thousand-year search for the rules of nature’s game; Dan Hinkley, "Where to Collect, What to Collect, How to Collect, Should I Collect": The ins and outs, ups and downs of introducing new plants into cultivation; Kelly Dodson, "Yin and Yang of Plant Hunting in China and India": a sober and pedantic look at the drudgery of plant hunting; and Richie Steffen, "From Kashmir to Kmart": The tale of how the collected plants finally appear on the shelves of even the "big box" retailers.

Date:	Saturday, March 29
Time:	9:00 - 4:00
Location:	Bastyr University Auditorium
	14500 Juanita Dr NE, Kenmore 98028
Fee:	$45 members, $65 non-members (includes lunch)
Reservations:	nwhort@aol.com or (206) 780-8172
	NHS, PO Box 4597, Rolling Bay  WA  98061-4597

Making Chicken Salad from Chicken Sh*t with Judith & Dick Knott Tyler
(WEDNESDAY EVENING LECTURE SERIES)

Thursday, April 10, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Explore Indian Cuisine with Chitra Parpia (CLASS) SOLD OUT

Thursday, April 17, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Alpine Containers with Richie Steffen (CLASS)

Tuesday, May 13, 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Photography Workshop with Andrea Jones (CLASS)

Garden Exposures with Andrea Jones
(WEDNESDAY EVENING LECTURE SERIES)

Andrea Jones FRSA is one of the world’s leading plant, garden and landscape photographers whose pictures have appeared in many books, magazines and newspapers worldwide. She will talk about my travels photographing gardens around the world and her travels with renowned Welsh plant hunters Sue and Bleddyn Wynn-Jones documenting their expeditions and some of the unusual discoveries.

Tuesday, May 20, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Streetside Gardens with Cindy Combs (CLASS)

Thursday, May 22, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Summer Containers with Gary Waller (CLASS)

Tuesday, June 10, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Fern Stumpery with Martin Rickard, Sue Olsen and Richie Steffen (CLASS)

New & Useful Plants for the Landscape and Garden with Don Shadow
(WEDNESDAY EVENING LECTURE SERIES)

Don Shadow is owner of Shadow Nursery, a wholesale nursery in Winchester, Tennessee, specializing in woody ornamentals and rare and unusual plants. He is the co-author with Paul Cappiello of Dogwoods. He will share with us his choice of new North American native and Asian plants appropriate for American landscapes and gardens.

Thursday, June 26, 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Dry Shade with Richie Steffen (CLASS)

NHS ANNUAL FALL PLANT SALE September 12 & 13, 2008 at Magnuson Park

The annual fall plant sale, scheduled for September 12th and 13th this year, will once again present dozens of specialty growers and nurseries representing the best of the Puget Sound region. Since fall can be one of the most opportune times to plant in the Pacific Northwest, this is a fantastic opportunity to find a wide assortment of choice plant material all in one spot.

The Synergy that Creates Great Gardens with Richard Hartlage
(WEDNESDAY EVENING LECTURE SERIES)

Richard Hartlage, manager of the Landscape Architecture Group at AHBL, will demonstrate how equal parts of horticulture and landscape architecture create a synergy that makes for great gardens. His work crosses several styles and can be playful, serious, dramatic, tranquil, or exuberant -- but always unexpected. He uses a range of materials from the familiar to the newest products on the market.