Calendar of Events
December, 2008
December 14, Sunday
Polar Bear Planting Party
11 am - 4 pm
NPA Border at Bellevue Botanical Garden, 12001 Main Street, Bellevue.
Come help us plant the new NPA Border. Hundreds of new plants are ready to go in, along with many treasures saved this summer that are now ready to replant. We will also be lifting and potting up peonies from the old section of the Border. As always, each volunteer gets to take home a treasured perennial. Bring lunch and bring a friend! Click here for questions or to let us know you are coming, but advance registration is not required. Non-members welcome!
December 18, Thursday
Polar Bear Planting Party
11 am - 4 pm
NPA Border at Bellevue Botanical Garden, 12001 Main Street, Bellevue.
Come help us plant the new NPA Border. Hundreds of new plants are ready to go in, along with many treasures saved this summer that are now ready to replant. We will also be lifting and potting up peonies from the old section of the Border. As always, each volunteer gets to take home a treasured perennial. Bring lunch and bring a friend! Click here for questions or to let us know you are coming, but advance registration is not required. Non-members welcome!
January, 2009
January 8, Thursday
Polar Bear Planting Party
11 am - 4 pm
NPA Border at Bellevue Botanical Garden, 12001 Main Street, Bellevue.
Come help us plant the new NPA Border. Hundreds of new plants are ready to go in, along with many treasures saved this summer that are now ready to replant. We will also be lifting and potting up peonies from the old section of the Border. As always, each volunteer gets to take home a treasured perennial. Bring lunch and bring a friend! Click here for questions or to let us know you are coming, but advance registration is not required. Non-members welcome!
January 18, Sunday
Lecture - Beginning to Get It!
with Barbara Swift, Landscape Architect and Urban Planner
1 pm - Doors Open at Noon for Plant, Book, and Seed Sales
NPA members free/Nonmembers $5
Center for Urban Horticulture
3501 NE 41st Street, Seattle
Click Here for more information on Barbara Swift
January 25, Sunday
Class for Members Only
Glass Art for the Garden, noon - 5 pm
ArtbyFire in Ballard, 5465 Leary Ave NW, Seattle.
Are the dreary, cold days enough to send you into hibernation? Shake those gardening blues, get close to the fire and join us at ArtbyFire for hands-on glass blowing. Choose to make a glass float or flower on a support from a multitude of colors. Wear cotton clothing, closed-toe shoes, and bring sunglasses. In other words, dress for gardening on a sunny day! Class fee of $70 includes all materials and instruction. Note: We will not be able to give refunds for cancellations after January 8, 2009. Click here for more information. Click here to register. Not a member? Click here to join.
February
February 1, Sunday
Class for Members Only
Glass Art for the Garden, noon - 5 pm
ArtbyFire in Issaquah, 195 Front St, Suite A, Issaquah.
A repeat of the January 25 class, in a location convenient for those on the eastside. Note: We will not be able to give refunds for cancellations after January 15, 2009. Click here for more information. Click here to register. Not a member? Click here to join.
February 18 - 22, Wednesday - Sunday
Northwest Flower & Garden Show
Visit the NPA booth at the show!
Wednesday - Saturday, 9 am - 9 pm; Sunday, 9 am - 6 pm
$20 at door/$16 "Early Bird" at www.gardenshow.com
Washington State Convention and Trade Center
800 Convention Place, Seattle
March
March 8, Sunday
Hellebore Open House and Plant Sale
11 am - 3 pm
Bellevue Botanical Garden
12001 Main Street, Bellevue
March 29, Sunday
Nicolay Lecture - The Ten Best Things I Have Learned from My Garden
with Dan Hinkley, renowned Plantsman, Author and Plant Collector
1 pm - Doors Open at Noon for Plant, Book, and Seed Sales
NPA members $5/Nonmembers $10
Location to be determined. Please Check Back.
April
April 4-5, Saturday-Sunday
Spring Garden Fling
10 am - 4 pm
Seattle and Eastside Gardens Open
April 11-12, Saturday-Sunday
Spring Garden Fling
10 am - 4 pm
South Sound Gardens Open
April 19, Sunday
Spring Plant Sale
10 am - 3pm
North Seattle Community College, 9600 College Way N, Seattle
April 25-26, Saturday-Sunday
Spring Garden Fling
10 am - 4 pm
Snohomish County and Whidbey Island Gardens Open
May
May 2, Saturday
South Sound Lecture - From the Sublime to the Ridiculous – Ten Years of Favorite Gardens
Janet Endsley, Chair, Pacific Northwest Gardens Competition
1 - 4 pm
NPA members free/Nonmembers $5
Lakewold Gardens
12317 Gravelly Lake Drive SW, Lakewood
June
June 19-21, Friday-Sunday
Hardy Plant Study Weekend
DeVine Visions
Hosted by The Hardy Plant Group of the Victoria Horticultural Society
Mary Winspear Centere
Sidney, (near Victoria), BC Canada
Click here for more information
July
August
September
September 20, Sunday
Annual Meeting & Lecture with Val Easton
1 pm - Doors Open at Noon for Plant, Book, and Seed Sales
NPA members free/Nonmembers $5
Center for Urban Horticulture
3501 NE 41st Street, Seattle.
October
November
November 15, Sunday
Lecture
with Glenn Withey and Charles Price
1 pm - Doors Open at Noon for Plant, Book, and Seed Sales
NPA members free/Nonmembers $5
Center for Urban Horticulture
3501 NE 41st Street, Seattle
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