Upcoming Meeting:

Monday, January 18th, 2010, 6:30-9:00pm

Center for Urban Horticulture, Douglas Classroom

Suzanne Ferris and Stephanie Jeter are pleased to share their photographic impressions of Paul Smith and Julie King's respective gardens. Both Paul and Julie share an interest in antipodeal (southern hemisphere) plants.  Both use many of the same plants but in different contexts. This talk will focus on the aesthetics of plant groupings. It is titled' The Oku Stone', a Japanese gardening term describing the third stone which is buried in the garden and not visible.

Past Meetings

Mary Ellen Asmundson: Sensational Saxifrages for the Garden

Monday, September 21st, 2009, 7-9pm - The lecture will cover the highlights of the complex genus, Saxifraga, and why it has become one of my favorite group of plants.   I will have a powerpoint slide show illustrating saxifrages growing in gardens, in pots, and in alpine habitats.  I will talk about how to  grow and propagate saxifrages. Minutes

First Annual Summer Picnic in Gold Bar

Saturday, July 25th, 2009, 1-4 pm Details on this attached flyer 

Driving Directions: Fancy Fronds - 40830 172nd Street SE, Gold Bar, WA

Kingston Field Trip

Sunday, June 14th, 2009, 10:30-4 pm - Stop 1 on our tour is a Paul Repetowski-designed 7-acre estate.  Stop 2 is at Heidi Kaster’s Dragonfly Farms Nursery and Farmer’s Market! Details, including driving directions are attached.

Rizanino Reyes- Travels of a Young Gardener

Monday, May 18th, 2009, 7-9 pm - A general overview of my travels as a "NNG"  (next generation gardener) and the plants that made it special. From my expeditions and garden visits in China to nursery hopping around the Pacific Northwest, come prepared to salivate over extraordinary plants through slides and potted specimens that will be raffled off and also offered for sale. This is one lecture not to be missed!