Northwestern Chapter
of the North American Rock Garden Society

Thursday, March 12, 2020 CANCELLED

Meeting at the Bellevue Botanical Garden

[MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO CLOSURE OF THE BBG] Our March talk is by Mark Turner, professional photographer, and will be a brand-new program featuring wildflowers from two of his favorite...

SUNDAY, February 16, at 11:00 am

Meeting at the Bellevue Botanical Garden

The February chapter meeting is coming up! Please note that this month we are trying something new: since many folks don't like to drive in the dark at night to winter meetings, the February meetin...

Thursday, January 9, 2020 

Meeting at the Center for Urban Horticulture

Happy New Year everyone! I hope that you all had a great holiday!

Our January talk features horticulture writer, consultant, and educator Christina Pfeiffer speaking on "How to Prune - So You Don't Ha...

It is dark and damp these days in the PNW, but at least some early risers like Hepatica japonica have started to bloom. Hope you have a great holiday season!

Thursday, November 14, 2019

Meeting at the Center for Urban Horticulture

Our November 14, 2019, chapter meeting at the CUH will feature our annual members' potluck dinner, with guest speaker Joe Abken, Executive Director of the Kruckeberg Botanic Garden. Social time begi...

THURSDAY, October 10

Meeting at the Bellevue Botanical Garden

It seems like we are now back to typical Seattle weather! The last several summers were too hot and with lots of wildfires surrounding the area the air was so bad that I couldn't go outside. Even though slugs...

THURSDAY, September 12

Meeting at the Bellevue Botanical Garden

I hope that you all are having a great summer! It's been several years since we've had such a temperature summer here and I don't have any complaints at all! We used to have this kind of weather, but with th...

THURSDAY, July 11, 2019

Meeting at the Bellevue Botanical Garden

 photos by Linda Cochran

Our July talk is chapter member Linda Cochran, who is an accomplished plantswoman and the creator of a famous garden on Bainbridge Island called Froggy Bottom, which has be...

THURSDAY, June 13

Meeting at the Bellevue Botanical Garden

Our June talk is "Hostas" by Thomas Johnson and Kirk Hansen from Sebright Gardens in Oregon.

 (photo from their website)

Join us at the Bellevue Botanical Garden at 7:00 pm for social time, 7:30 pm for the meeting...

THURSDAY, May 9

Meeting at the Bellevue Botanical Garden

Our May talk is "Developing a Sunny New Garden on Seven Acres on an Island Surrounded by a Creek" by Norm Jacobs from Arbutus Garden Arts Nursery in Oregon. Here is a brief bio about the nursery from their website,...