Northwestern Chapter
of the North American Rock Garden Society

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,...

Alex Wright will lead a trip to the Leavenworth/Wenatchee area on Sunday, May 5. Desert wildflowers are still going, and forest flowers are starting up. In particular, we'll be looking for the unusual local Trillium. Meeting place and time will depend on who wants to c...

2019 NW NARGS SPRING PLANT SALE

Date: Saturday, April 13th, 2019

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Time: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

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Place: Bellevue Botanical Garden 12001 Main St, Bellevue, WA 98005, USA

Rare plants from around the world and northwest natives will be on sale at the Bellevue Botani...

THURSDAY, April 11

Meeting at the Bellevue Botanical Garden

While lots of flowers have started to bloom, I lost many of my flower buds to the wild rabbits infesting our neighborhood. We had never had this problem till the last several years but it seems like it's getting...

THURSDAY, March 14

Meeting at the Bellevue Botanical Garden

After our big February snow fiasco, I discovered that I lost a big branch of our Japanese maple which had been a house warming gift from my mother-in-law. I was really bummed about not only losing a big chunk of...