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January 14 (Wednesday Evening
Lecture Series)
The Garden as Art
Keeyla Meadows
San Francisco based artist and
award-winning garden designer, Keeyla Meadows will illustrate how she
combines color, ornamentation, movement and plants in the artful garden.
She is the author of Marking Gardens Works of Art.
Lecture 7:15 p.m. - Reception 6:45 p.m.
Location: NHS Hall, Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st
Fee: Members $5 - Non-members $10
NO RESERVATIONS TAKEN
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February 25(Wednesday Evening
Lecture Series)
The Art of Planting Design:
Some Personal Impressions, Reflections and Revelations
Richard Hartlage
NHS's own past-president Richard Hartlage
is a noted horticulturist, photographer, author and garden designer.
Now a principle of Dietz-Hartlage Landscape Architecture, Richard will
share a highly-personal talk about designing gardens with plants he loves.
Lecture 7:15 p.m. - Reception 6:45 p.m.
Location: NHS Hall, Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st
Fee: Members $5 - Non-members $10
NO RESERVATIONS TAKEN
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March 10 (Wednesday Evening Lecture Series)
Shade Gardening with New Perennials
Dan Heims
Known for his fabulous perennial
introductions, Dan Heims of Oregon's Terra Nova Nursery will discuss
methods of detailing with different types of shade as well as solving the
problems of root rot and light competition. He'll share gorgeous
plant combinations and treat us to an overview of new plants.
Lecture 7:15 p.m. - Reception 6:45 p.m.
Location: NHS Hall, Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st
Fee: Members $5 - Non-members $10
NO RESERVATIONS TAKEN
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April 14 (Wednesday Evening Lecture Series)
More Coals for Newcastle: Continuing Introductions of New Plants
for North American Gardens
Todd Lasseigne
Assistant director of the J. C. Raulston
Arboretum at N> C> State University in Raleigh, N. C., Todd Lasseigne is
passionately involved in the development of a world-class landscape
featuring ornamental plants for the Southern garden. He will discuss
plants originating from worldwide sources--as they are evaluated at the
arboretum.
Lecture 7:15 p.m. - Reception 6:45 p.m.
Location: NHS Hall, Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st
Fee: Members $5 - Non-members $10
NO RESERVATIONS TAKEN
April 22 (Special Lecture) - SOLD OUT
Jewel Box Gardens
Thomas Hobbs
Join nurseryman
and author, Thomas Hobbs to hear and see the story of his new book,
The Jewel Box
Garden. If
you loved his best-selling book, Shocking Beauty, you will be
excited to preview the sequel and learn how to turn your garden into a
jewel box filled with wonderful plant treasures.
Lecture 7:15 p.m. - Wine & Cheese Reception 6:30 p.m.
Location: NHS Hall, Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st
Fee: Members $15 - Non-members $20
Limit: 200 people
RESERVATIONS NECESSARY, (206) 527-1794 or nwhort@aol.com
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May 2 (Sunday)
ANNUAL GARDEN AUCTION
New Beginnings, Exploration and Discovery
Ultimate Garden Auction to Benefit Elisabeth C. Miller Library
This annual spring event is a garden
party, silent auction and live auction to benefit the Elisabeth C. Miller
Library. An extraordinary array of horticultural
goods and services will be available in both the silent and live auctions.
The event will include an appetizer buffet and hosted bar.
Time: 4:00 - 8:00
Location: Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st
Fee: $65
Limit: 150 participants
ADVANCE
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
May 12 (Wednesday Evening Lecture Series)
Art, Nature and Landscape Character
Patrick Chasse
Patrick Chasse, a Maine-born landscape
architect who lectures at Harvard University and the New York Botanical
Garden, will help us analyze regional landscape character, encouraging us
to find the best ways to compatibly integrate our designed landscapes with
our local landscape environment. He is one of ten international
designers profiled in Page Dickey's book, Breaking Ground.
Lecture 7:15 p.m. - Reception 6:45 p.m.
Location: NHS Hall, Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st
Fee: Members $5 - Non-members $10
NO RESERVATIONS TAKEN
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June
9 (Wednesday Evening Lecture
Series)
Event Planning & Floral Design: An Art Form
Renny Reynolds
Author of The Art of the Party:
Design Ideas for Successful Entertaining. Renny Reynolds is a
popular New York floral designer who has designed more that 2,500 events
for the who's who of America. Learn how to achieve the truly
glamourous!
Lecture 7:15 p.m. - Reception 6:45 p.m.
Location: NHS Hall, Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st
Fee: Members $5 - Non-members $10
NO RESERVATIONS TAKEN
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September 10 (Annual Fall Plant Sale)
1:00 - 6:30
Location: NHS Hall, Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st
September 11 (Annual Fall Plant Sale)
9:00 - 2:00
Location: NHS Hall, Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st
September 25 (Symposium-Two 75 Minute Lectures)
Cultivating the Well-Designed Mixed Border
Tracy DiSabato-Aust
The author of Timber Books' all-time
bestseller, The Well-Tended Perennial Garden. Tracy DiSabato-Aust
will discuss methods of pruning and shaping perennials, producing more
flowers, lush new growth, discouraging pests, staggering bloom times and
maintaining vigorous health in the perennial border.
Symposium: 8:30-11:30 a.m.
Location: Museum of History & Industry, 2700 24th Ave E
Fee: Members $35 - Non-members $45
RESERVATIONS NECESSARY, (206) 527-1794 or nwhort@aol.com
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October
13 (Wednesday Evening Lecture Series)
Hellebores for the Northwest Garden
John Massey
In anticipation of hellebores season, John
Massey of the UK's Ashwood Nurseries will delight us with his insights
about cultivating, growing and designing with hellebores. He brings
a wealth of experience and ardor for the genus helleborus and the
popular Ashwood Garden Hybrids.
Lecture 7:15 p.m. - Reception 6:45 p.m.
Location: NHS Hall, Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st
Fee: Members $5 - Non-members $10
NO RESERVATIONS TAKEN
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November 10
ANNUAL MEETING
November 10 (Wednesday
Evening Lecture Series)
The Garden in Autumn & Winter
Jim Fox
Jim Fox is a plantsman an an inquisitive gardener whose knowledge of
cold-season gardening is rooted in his Alaska upbringing. He works
at Wells Medina and is the Northwest Flower & Garden Show's seminar
coordinator. Hear how he makes the most of autumn and winter
gardening--and see this season with a different perspective!
Reception 6:30 p.m. - Annual Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Lecture (immediately following the Annual Meeting)
Location: NHS Hall, Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st
Lecture Fee: Members $5 - Non-members $10
NO RESERVATIONS TAKEN
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