Horticulture Happenings
June 2025
June 1: Special Feature: Folktales with Eva Abram (Dunn Gardens)
June 1: Painting Spring Florals and Pollinators in Mixed Media (UW Botanic Gardens)
June 1: Koma Kulshan: Introductory Plant Walk - Native Plants on the Lower Padden Creek Trail (WNPS)
June 1: Plant ID for Wetland Delineation (WNPS)
June 1: Ikebana Art at the Garden (Bellevue Botanical Garden)
June 1: Public Garden Tour (Bellevue Botanical Garden)
June 3 - August 5: Writing Through the Seasons: Summer (Bloedel Reserve)
June 4: Salal Chapter Field Trip: Oxbow Farms and Conservation Center (WNPS)
June 4: Central Washington: Plant Keying Workshop (WNPS)
June 4: Welcome Wednesday (Bloedel Reserve)
June 5: Mindfulness Meditation (SOLD OUT) (Bloedel Reserve)
June 5: Soos Creek Botanical Garden Walk with Walt (Northwest Horticultural Society)
June 5: Outdoor Magic Virtual Story Time (UW Botanic Gardens)
June 6: Work Party: Federal Way Celebration Park (WNPS)
June 6: Botany Washington 2025: Late Spring in the East Cascades, Chelan County (WNPS)
June 6: Foraging for Imagery Poetry Workshop & Walk (Bloedel Reserve)
June 6: Storytime at the Garden for Preschoolers (Bellevue Botanical Garden)
June 7: Wild Times Meadow Walk (Bloedel Reserve)
June 7: Rainier Audubon Nature Festival 2025 (WNPS)
June 7: Take a Hike with Dishman Hills on National Trails Day (Spokane Valley) (WNPS)
June 7: Fern Fest 2025 Plant Sale (Hardy Fern Foundation)
June 7: Richmond Beach Garden Tour (Kruckeberg Botanic Garden)
June 7: Plant Community: Gardens as Social Infrastructure with Chris Fehlhaber (Northwest Horticultural Society)
June 7: Heronswoof – A Day to Celebrate Dogs in the Garden (Heronswood Garden)
June 10: Plein Air Painting In the Gardens (Bloedel Reserve)
June 11 - August 30: Summer Strolls for Well-Being Program (Bloedel Reserve)
June 11: The Evolution of the High Line Gardens with Richard Hayden (Northwest Horticultural Society)
June 12: Discover the Olympic Peninsula (Dunn Gardens)
June 12: Fern Identification with Richie Steffen (Hardy Fern Foundation)
June 12: Summer Plants of CUH with Curator Ray Larson (Northwest Horticultural Society)
June 12: Free 1st Thursday Public Tour (UW Botanic Gardens)
June 14: Hannegan Pass Trail Field Trip (WNPS Koma Kulshan Chapter)
June 14: Bonsai for Beginners (Dunn Gardens)
June 17: Fern Table Class at Lakewold Gardens (Hardy Fern Foundation)
June 17: Workshop: Drawing Alpine Wildflowers from Photographs, with Crystal Shin (WNPS)
June 17: Creative Phone Photography for Nature Lovers (Bloedel Reserve)
June 17: Bellevue Botanical Garden Tour (Bellevue Botanical Garden)
June 19: Follow the Sun with Forest Bathing (Bloedel Reserve)
June 20: Forest Bathing for Kids (Bloedel Reserve)
June 20: Follow the Sun with Forest Bathing (Evening Session) (Bloedel Reserve)
June 21: Summer Solstice Picnic (Kruckeberg Botanic Garden)
June 21: SummerFest at the Garden (Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden)
June 21: Work Party: Federal Way, Steel Lake Annex (WNPS)
June 21: Koma Kulshan: Field Trips - Hoypus Point at Deception Pass State Park (WNPS)
June 21: Gardening with the Seasons: Summer (online) (UW Botanic Gardens)
June 21: Follow the Sun with Forest Bathing (Bloedel Reserve)
June 22: Saturday Story Time at the Residence (Bloedel Reserve)
June 24: Workshop: Drawing Alpine Wildflowers from Photographs, with Crystal Shin (WNPS)
June 25: Mindfulness Meditation (Bloedel Reserve)
June 25: Guided Garden Walks with KiDiMu (Bloedel Reserve)
June 26 - July 13: Bard at Bloedel: Macbeth (Bloedel Reserve)
June 27-28: Fairy Fest (Lakewold Gardens)
June 27: Members Only: Bats Northwest Talk (SOLD OUT) (Bloedel Reserve)
June 28: 35th Annual Tour of Private Gardens (Whatcom Horticultural Society)
July 2025
July 1: Urban Foraging: Weeds & Wild Foods (in-person) (UW Botanic Gardens)
July 2: Welcome Wednesday (Bloedel Reserve)
July 3: Wetland Wonders Virtual Story Time (UW Botanic Gardens)
July 8: Free 1st Thursday Public Tour (UW Botanic Gardens)
July 8: Sketching in Ink and Watercolor: Flowers and Gardens (in-person) (UW Botanic Gardens)
July 9: Learn to Create a Fern-tastic Shade Container (Hardy Fern Foundation)
July 12: Camas Club for Kids (Heronswood Garden)
July 14-16: Portland Garden Tour (Hardy Fern Foundation)
July 23: Guided Garden Walks with KiDiMu (Bloedel Reserve)
July 26: Sex Lives of Plants with Dr. Ross Bayton (Heronswood Garden)
July 27: Saturday Story Time at the Residence (Bloedel Reserve)
August 2025
August 1 - September 30: Online Fall Fern Catalog Sale (Hardy Fern Foundation)
August 6: Welcome Wednesday (Bloedel Reserve)
August 7: Bloedel Garden Party (Puget Sound Gardens)
August 7: Far Reaches Botanical Conservancy Tour (Hardy Fern Foundation)
August 9: Hydrangea Festival (Heronswood Garden)
August 9: Evening in the Garden (Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden)
August 14: Webinar: Low Water Gardens with Del Brummet (Hardy Fern Foundation)
August 22-24: Arts in the Garden (Northwest Perennial Alliance)
August 22-24: Arts in the Garden Plant Sale (Northwest Perennial Alliance)
August 23: Behind the Scenes @ HFF Hoop House (Hardy Fern Foundation)
August 24: Saturday Story Time at the Residence (Bloedel Reserve)
August 27: Guided Garden Walks with KiDiMu (Bloedel Reserve)
September 2025
- September 2 - November 4: Writing Through the Seasons: Autumn (Bloedel Reserve)
- September 3: Welcome Wednesday (Bloedel Reserve)
- September 6: Fall Plant Sale (Northwest Perennial Alliance)
- September 10: Elisabeth C. Miller Memorial Lecture featuring Fergus Garrett (Puget Sound Gardens)
- September 10 - November 22: Fall Strolls for Well-Being Program (Bloedel Reserve)
- September 13: Fall Fern Fest (Hardy Fern Foundation)
- September 13: Autumn Plant Sale (Heronswood Garden)
- September 24: Guided Garden Walks with KiDiMu (Bloedel Reserve)
- September 28: Saturday Story Time at the Residence (Bloedel Reserve)