University
of Washington Botanic Gardens
Contact: 206.543.8616 or email uwbg@u.washington.edu
Washington Park Arboretum
Foundation
Contact: (206) 206-325-4510
Ongoing Plant Sales at the Arboretum’s Pat Calvert Greenhouse
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 am–noon All year round
The Pat Calvert
Greenhouse sells young trees (including conifers), shrubs, perennials,
and bonsai starts grown from seeds or cuttings taken primarily from
the Arboretum collection plants. Volunteers are present on Tuesday
and Thursday mornings to help with plant selection; however, visitors
are welcome to browse the greenhouse selection any day of the week
and purchase plants at the Arboretum Shop, open daily from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m., except in winter (call 206-325-4510 for seasonal hours).
(Location: Just south of the big greenhouse adjacent the Graham Visitors
Center parking lot.)
Donating to the nursery: The best time for gardeners to drop off
plants at the nursery is during public hours listed above. That’s
because the gate to the nursery on Arboretum Drive is open, and
the volunteers are on hand to help unload, and the plants can be
potted up promptly. (Driving past the main gate on Arboretum Drive
during the nursery’s public hours is permissible for unloading
purposes.)
Gardeners can bring plants to the Donations Nursery on other days as
well. You may use one of the nursery’s wheelbarrows to transport plants
from the parking lot to the nursery site. Please leave the plants in
or near the potting area along with a note specifying the name(s) of
the plants, the color of the flowers, and other pertinent information.
Do not leave plants in the parking lot, at the Pat Calvert Greenhouse,
or outside the nursery gate.
We don’t encourage gardeners to bring large plants (trees or shrubs
over 5 feet tall), because they are difficult to lift. Thanks for your
donation!
Savvy Gardener Class Series
Sponsored by the Saving Water Partnership
Subscribe to the Savvy Gardener e-Newsletter to learn about new classes. This free newsletter comes out every spring, summer and fall.
All classes are free and will be held at the nurseries
listed below. Pre-registration is not required, but arrive early to
ensure a seat for these popular classes. Learn more about class descriptions at the Saving
Water Partnership.
Seattle
Japanese Garden
Contact: (206) 684-4725
University of Washington Botanic Gardens
Contact: (206) 543-8616 or email uwbg@u.washington.edu
Visit their event
calendar for current class listings.
Seattle
Parks and Recreation - Carkeek Park
Environmental Learning Center Closure: (206) 684-0877
Though the Environmental Learning Center at Carkeek Park is available for rentals, we regret that because of budget reductions, it is no longer open for visitors or regular scheduled classes. For school programming opportunities or building rentals, please phone (206) 684-0877.
Green
Seattle Partnership
The
Green Seattle Partnership is a unique public/private partnership
between the City of Seattle and the Cascade Land Conservancy.
The Partnership was formed in 2004 by a memorandum of agreement between
the City of Seattle and the Cascade Land Conservancy. Seattle Parks
and Recreation, Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment,
and Seattle Public Utilities are the three key City departments serving
in the Green Seattle Partnership.
In 2010 Swansons partnered with the Green Seattle Partnership to to
expand our successful "Trees for Salmon" program to other area Seattle
parks and to assist in the effort to restore 2500 acres of forested
parkland by 2025.
The Seattle Chinese Garden
Phone: 206-934-5219
Email: info@seattlechinesegarden.org
The Seattle Chinese Garden inspires global understanding by immersing visitors in the richness and beauty of Chinese culture. Our mission is to create a traditional Sichuan-style Chinese garden, the only one of its kind outside China, as a means of celebrating Seattle's rich Chinese heritage and supporting Seattle's future business and cultural relationship with China.
Learn
more about events at the Seattle Chinese Garden.
The Seattle Chinese Garden offers free, guided tours every Saturday at 1:00 pm which start at the Discovery Center in the Chan Education Center at South Seattle Community College. The tour explores Knowing the Spring Courtyard (Zhi Chun Yuan) and Pine and Plum Pavilion (Song Mei Ting). Our garden is adjacent to the South Seattle Community College Arboretum.
These public tours last approximately 45 minutes and no reservations are necessary. Groups can arrange a private tour if scheduled two weeks in advance. Contact the Garden for additional information.
PARKING: Look for Chinese Garden signs directing you to the Discovery Center in the Chan Education Center. Park in the North parking lot on the Campus and then meet our docent at the Chan Education Center. View directions to
the Garden.
For membership, special event and more guided tour information, call
(206) 934-5219 or visit www.seattlechinesegarden.org or
email: info@seattlechinesegarden.org
Edmonds Community College
Phone: 425-640-1739
Website: http://hort.edcc.edu/
SEATTLE
TILTH - LEARN. GROW. EAT.
Email: tilth@seattletilth.org
Phone:(206) 633-0451
Founded
in 1978, Seattle Tilth is a nationally recognized non-profit
educational organization dedicated to cultivating a sustainable
community, one garden at a time. Seattle Tilth inspires
and teaches how to garden organically, conserve natural
resources, and support local food systems in order to
cultivate a healthy urban environment and community.
Seattle Tilth invites the public to participate in ther
community events and help build a more sustainable (and
interesting) region. http://seattletilth.org/special_events
Learn more about classes and workshops offered at Seattle Tilth.
For the locations and most up-to-date hours for each neighborhood market, refer to Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance.
Dunn Gardens
Email: info@dunngardens.org
Phone: 206-362-0933
The E.B. Dunn Woodland Gardens is an historic treasure located in
North Seattle. Designed by the renowned Olmstead Brothers in
1916 for the Arthur Dunn family, it subsequently became the private
home and garden of Edward Dunn, a prolific garden writer who was a respected authority on Pacific Northwest native plants.
Public tours of this renowned garden are scheduled from April 1 through July, and from September 1 through October. The gardens are closed in August. Tours are
held on the following days:
• Thursdays at 1 p.m.
• Fridays at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
• Saturdays at 10 a.m.
There is a 12-person limit per tour. Admission is $10 per person, $7 for senior citizens and students, payable by check or cash at the door (Groups of 6 or more must pay for the tour in advance). Children under 12 and pets are not admitted. Parking is very limited and carpooling is recommended. Vehicles larger than a passenger van cannot be accommodated.
Northwest
Horticultural Society
Contact:
206-780-8172 or email info@northwesthort.org
Contact their website for dates of classes and plant sales.
The Seattle Tree Fruit Society
STFS brings together amateur growers—beginners to experts—from the Greater Seattle area who share an interest in growing fruit: trees, berries, kiwis, grapes, and more. They offer information on adapted varieties, up-to-the-minute growing techniques, and share their own experiences growing fruit. They are also a chapter of the Western Cascade Fruit Society. Learn more about classes and events at the Seattle Tree Fruit Society