2008 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.

DIRECTIONS TO BASTYR UNIVERSITY:

Southbound on I-5 (from Vancouver)

1. Take EXIT 177 (Lake Forest Park) onto Ballinger Road NE.
2. Follow Ballinger Road NE for about 3 miles to Hwy 522, also called Bothell Way.
3. Turn LEFT on Hwy 522/Bothell Way to 68th Avenue NE in Kenmore.
4. Turn RIGHT on 68th Ave NE, which becomes Juanita Drive NE, and follow it south to sign on the right indicating Bastyr University (NE 145th).
5. Turn RIGHT and follow drive until it forks. Continue straight ahead until you reach Bastyr University.

Northbound on I-5 (from Portland)

1. Take EXIT 175 (NE 145th) and turn RIGHT at the end of the exit ramp onto NE 145th.
2. Follow NE 145th to Hwy 522/Bothell Way.
3. Follow instructions #3-5 above.

Southbound on I-405

1. Take EXIT 23/Hwy 522 (third Bothell exit).
2. Follow Hwy 522 west to 68th Ave NE in Kenmore.
3. Turn LEFT; continue on 68th Ave NE which becomes Juanita Drive NE. Follow it south to sign on the RIGHT indicating Bastyr University.
4. Turn RIGHT and follow drive until it forks. Continue straight ahead until you reach Bastyr University.

Northbound on I-405

Once on I-405 North:

1. Take EXIT 20A (NE 116th) and turn LEFT at the end of the exit ramp onto NE 116th (this is a northbound exit only).
2. Follow NE 116th to the second signal light (98th Ave NE) and continue through this intersection. You are now on Juanita Drive NE.
3. Follow Juanita Drive NE for 4 miles to sign on your LEFT indicating Bastyr University (NE 145th).
4. Turn LEFT and follow drive until it forks. Continue straight ahead until you reach Bastyr University.