Horticultural Happenings (Regional) Events
Workshop at Propagation House: Dahlia Division & Care (Fort Bragg, CA)
Join Propagation House at Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens Nursery Manager, Lyn Anton, and learn to divide dahlias before they begin to sprout. Lyn will discuss dahlia anatomy and the different types of dahlias before diving into the art of dahlia division. You’ll get your hands dirty dividing tubers and take one home to practice all you have learned. The class will wrap up with tips on storing tubers, tricks for overwintering, and a discussion on how to grow dahlias.
View event website »Webinar held by Bellevue Botanical Garden: Perennials for Year-Round Color
Taught by Cleo Raulerson in partnership with Master Gardeners of King County. In this webinar you will learn about perennials that provide color for each month of the year. Cleo talks about her favorite “tried and true,” “new or unusual,” and “self-seeders or creepers” perennials. You will look at criteria to help define what type of garden you have, as well as how to set up a framework for the perennials and other plants you would like in your garden. Cleo will also demonstrate how to use the Bellevue Botanical Garden ‘Plant Collection Search’ to identify plants you see there or how to find out which varieties are planted at the Garden. $10.50 for Bellevue Botanical Garden Members; $10.50 King County Master Gardener members; $15 non-members.
View event website »Dark Sky Dinners at the Sawtooth Botanical Garden (Gimlet, ID)
Enjoy the Sawtooth Botanical Garden in winter on the darkest nights of the year! Dark Sky Dinner events feature a “farm to greenhouse” catered meal with wine for 40 people in our heated greenhouse, a “snow bar” and warming fire pits outside the greenhouse, and night sky viewing telescopes outside on the darker, north side of the Visitor Center. Prepare to bundle up!
View event website »Virtual Class by the Hoyt Arboretum: Little Brown Birds
Do you think all those little brown birds (LBBs) are hard to tell apart? Attend this online workshop to learn all you need to know about who those LBBs are, where to find them, and how to attract (some of) them to your yard. You’ll even learn about the fledglings of several local species that look nothing like their parents to make identification even more confusing. Held by the Hoyt Arboretum.
View event website »Northwest Flower & Garden Festival at the Seattle Convention Center (Seattle, Washington)
Celebrate “Spring Vibes Only” with over 20 display gardens, more than 90 free seminars and workshops, and thousands of treasures in the garden marketplace. The Northwest Flower & Garden Festival is the best annual event to gather ideas and inspiration for beautiful living spaces. Whether you’re a seasoned gardener or just starting to dig in the dirt, there’s something for everyone! Held at the Seattle Convention Center. AHS members get a 2 for 1 ticket discount.
View event website »Terrarium Workshop at The Oregon Garden (Silverton, OR)
Learn the history, science and care of a true, self-contained, closed-system tropical terrarium and create your own to take home in this fun two hour, hands-on workshop. Your ticket price covers all class materials including a glass vessel, soil, moss and plants! Held at The Oregon Garden.
View event website »Winter Walk at the Mount Pisgah Arboretum (Eugene, OR)
During cloudy days, lichen light up the Arboretum! Participate in the Like a Lichen Family Walk at the Mount Pisgah Arboretum. We will explore the many varieties of lichen we find in the park, and find out their important role in our ecosystem. FREE for Arboretum Members, Non-Members- $5 per person, kids 4 and under always free.
View event website »Class at the Japanese Friendship Garden: Inspirational Ikebana (Phoenix, AZ)
Learn Ikebana, traditional Japanese flower art, outside in the beauty of the Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix. Led by master Ikebana teacher, Ping Wei, you will learn essential Japanese flower arranging techniques, aesthetics and the meanings of flowers in order to make your own arrangement.
View event website »Class at the Denver Botanic Gardens: Growing Food at High Altitudes (Littleton, CO)
Yes, you can grow food in the mountains despite wind, hail, deer, ground animals, bears and extreme temperature fluctuations. Learn from seasoned experts who have been growing organic food at 8,120 feet since 1992. This course is designed to help all Colorado gardeners overcome growing at any altitude in the Intermountain West. Learn about the many great foods that thrive in the mountain climate. Nurture and protect your garden with wind-proof season extenders, hail guards, raised bed preparation, bio-intensive growing, bear-less compost, crop rotation, companion planting, succession planting, vegetables for the shade, mulching, seed starting, seed saving and more. Can’t you just taste those fresh, mountain-grown succulent greens, beans, squash and yes, even tomatoes, sweet corn and pumpkins? Held at the Denver Botanic Gardens.
View event website »Class at the Udall Building: Horticulture Happenings – Blooming Houseplants (Santa Fe, NM)
In the midst of winter it does the soul good to appreciate not only the color of blooms, but their fragrance too. Join Michael Clark, co-founder of Santa Fe Botanical Gardens, as we delve into the plant varieties that are easily cared for and enhance our connection to nature inside the home. Photos and live plants are welcome – healthy or not! Held at the Udall Building.
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