NPA Lectures

NPA members enjoy five free lectures a year, plus reduced fees to the annual Nicolay Lecture in March.

Most NPA lectures are held at the Center for Urban Horticulture (CUH). Driving directions. CUH offers plenty of free parking. Doors open at noon for plant, book and seed sales, and refreshments. For the convenience of our members in the South Sound area, two lectures are held at Lakewold Gardens in Lakewood. On the day of these lectures, members enjoy free admission to this beautiful garden.

Be sure to bring your NPA card to get in free. Spouses are included in your membership, so they get in free, too. You’re also welcome to bring a friend—nonmembers pay $5. Not a member? You can join at the door or join now.

This is your chance to browse choice plants from select nurseries, at tables set up outside the lecture hall. Inside, at the book table, you’ll find a wonderful selection of gardening books, available at a discount to NPA members. To find out how to special order books and save 25-35%, click here.

At the Seed Exchange, NPA offers a large assortment of fresh seeds collected from the NPA Borders and members’ gardens, available to NPA members for just 25 cents. See our Seed List.

The meeting begins at 1 pm with a drawing for door prizes. This is followed by brief announcements about NPA events, then the lecture itself, which usually lasts an hour.

Nicolay Memorial Lecture

This lecture, usually in spring, features a celebrity speaker and costs $5 for NPA members/$10 for nonmembers. Kevin Nicolay was one of the founders of NPA. His story.

2009 Lecture Schedule

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

March 29, Sunday
Nicolay Memorial 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
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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

September 20, Sunday
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

November 15, Sunday
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

For the complete list of NPA events, see our calendar.

For more information, contact our office.