PNW 2008 Planned Events Calendar

Hi Guys,

Please, can you continue your chat on one of Jim's threads? This is the one thread that we are trying to keep clear of chatter to monitor for new events.

Thanks,

Susybell, who does a lot of the calendar event data entry.....

Sorry, It's a little hard to stop it once it starts. We can start a chatter thread.^_^

Susy, sorry!!!! I wasn't thinking. Jim

Thanks for keeping us on track Sue :0) I think I'm the one that posted that rule at the beginning of the thread and there I go breaking it! It's hard to keep my mouth shut! Heheheheh :0)

On May 3 and 4 Bonsai and Orchid Exhibit at Lakewold Gardens in Lakewood.
www.lakewoldgardens.org

This message was edited Apr 28, 2008 11:16 AM

What about the Volunteer Park Conservatory plant sale?
May 10th, 2008 - 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
http://www.volunteerparkconservatory.org/events.html

Too bad there doesn't seem to be much going on around here...

hey is there anything closer like in oregon?
dang on the dahlia tubers

pam sue

The Clackamas Co MG sale is this weekend in Canby at the fairgrounds. However, we could use some help finding things further south in Oregon, including more events in Salem.

nothing going on in june?
I am in Olympia now, headed back thru Oregon on friday morning :o)

This message was edited Jun 25, 2008 10:52 PM

Hughes Water Garden in Tualatin is having its annual festival. We went last night. It was lovely! They are staying open late so you can see the water lilies in bloom. They have music and food and a wonderful assortment of water features on display. Even my husband loved it. I believe it ends August 3.

Thanks! I've added it to our calendar (Wish I'd known about last night, though-sounds wonderful!)

Washington Native Plant Society Central Puget Sound Chapter

Plant Sale

Date Saturday, October 25, 2008
Time 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Location Warren G. Magnuson Park, Building 30

A plant list will be posted when it is available - There will be a great selection of:

NW native perennials, ferns, shrubs and trees
Botanical, gardening, ecology books and cards
Cedar Grove compost and potting soil

To volunteer,contact Virginia Arnon; 206 230-9429, virginiaarnon@yahoo.com


http://www.wnps.org/chapter_info/chapter_sales.html

Salem Hardy Plant Society’s 12th annual fall plant sale, happening this year on Saturday, September 13, 2008 from 9:00-3:00. The sale will again be held in Building C at the Polk County Fairgrounds

Mount Pisgah Arboretum
34901 Frank Parrish Rd.
Eugene, OR 97405

http://mountpisgaharboretum.org/festivals

Office hours: 10am to 4pm weekdays

Office phone: (541) 747-3817
Education and rentals phone: (541) 747-1504
Site phone: (541) 741-4110
Fax: (541) 741-4904 (please call before sending a fax)

Office Manager, Katura Reynolds
mtpisgah@efn.org
phone 747-3817
(general inquiries, membership, donations)

The Mushroom Festival, co-sponsored by the Cascade Mycological Society, is held on the last Sunday in October, and features a broad range of fungi collected throughout western Oregon. Experts are on hand during the show to help with mushroom identification. The Mushroom Festival also includes hayrides, cider pressing demonstrations, wine tasting, and a scarecrow contest.
AND NATIVE PLANT SELLERS!

Oh good, more fall events in Oregon! Thanks Lisa!

Dunn Gardens - Annual Fall Foliage Festival Sunday, October 12, 2008 2-4pm

Enjoy the autumn colors, mini tours of the Gardens, a silent auction, refreshments and plant sale. RSVP required.

Dunn Gardens - EVENING LECTURE featuring Curators, Charles Price and Glenn Withey "The color green - considering Form and Texture"
November 13, 2008 7:00 pm

7pm light refreshments - lecture begins at 7:15PM Tickets limited

http://www.dunngardens.org/upcoming.html

I could not get an address for the Tri-Area-Garden club plant sale this coming Saturday - from the calender. I clicked on it and got a page that said it was unavailable.
It is at the Tri area senior center in Chimacum, Wa.
I do not have he exact address.
How do you put it with the calender so people know where it will be? Would you do that please?

Thanks.

It looks like the link is bad. Maybe the Garden Sale people changed it. The other links are working okay. Have you tried Googling it?

I looked at the url and it appears that there's an extra letter in the address. It should be www . gardencentral . org / wa / triareagardenclub /

Here's the link:

http://www.gardencentral.org/wa/triareagardenclub/

http://www.gardenpalooza.com/gpevent.htm

Saturday April 5, 2008
8:00am - 4:00pm

We'll have over 40 local nurseries and garden vendors to get you excited about gardening. See hundreds of plants, tools and garden art.

People can also enjoy petting farm animals, shopping at the country store, fresh doughnuts, delicious food and much, much more!

This free event will take place at
Fir Point Farms
located 20 miles South of Portland
at 14601 Arndt Road in Aurora, Oregon (97002).

oregoncoastgardeningexpo.com

2009 edition of the Oregon Coast Gardening & Landscaping Expo in beautiful Newport. Because of the tremendous response the inaugural Expo, we are expanding it to two days: Friday, June 26 & Saturday, June 27.

Newport Middle School

I just updated the calendar, enjoy!

You are invited to the Green Elephant Plant Swap in Redmond, Washington

Saturday, March 7, 10 AM to Noon. Holy Cross Episcopal Church.

Thanks Kathy both the March and November dates are added to the calendar (I also added a link to the website :0)

Upcoming events from the Rainyside calendar - both Washington and Oregon.

http://www.rainyside.com/events/default.asp

Thanks Kathy. I added a few of them to the calendar

I just got a Raintree Catalog and it looks like they are having day long classes for $10.

You have to scroll down to the 4th one which is FULL DAY OF CLASSES: http://www.raintreenursery.com/catalog/producttype.cfm?producttype=Workshops

Now I just have to figure out if I should take the all day classes of the grafting:)

Thanks. I just added it.

Hello,
I've attended the Sequim & Port Angeles. WA garden tours annually. Lots of GREAT IDEAS to be shared...

2009 Home Garden Tour

The 2009 Home Garden Tour, Petals & Pathways, is scheduled for June 27, 2009, running from 10:00 am until 4:00 p.m.

This year's self-guided tour will take you to seven great gardens in the Sequim Area. The tickets, which will go on sale in May, will cost $15 per ticket when purchased prior to the 27th and $20 the day of the tour. More information will be available soon."

I've added it to the calendar. Thanks for the info!

found this looking for a bug that I don't know ....
(not sure if this is what you might want on this calendar)

BugGuide Gathering 2009 (Northwest by Starlight)
This year's gathering is going to be Jul 10-12 in Washington State. There's a 90% chance at this point (Mar 23) that the site will be at the Center for Sustainable Forestry at Pack Forest run by the University of Washington. We would gather on Friday afternoon at the center. Have dinner there. Stay Friday and Saturday nights, and have our last meal together as lunch on Sunday. The approximate cost is going to be $75-100 per person per day for lodgings with meals included. They do have a limited number of private rooms which are slightly more expensive.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/260306

Langley Fine Gardens:

These guys start lots of different seedlings - I got an heirloom zinnia from them last year that I loved and also found Tweedia caerulea starts from them and they weren't anywhere else in the U.S. Primarily they grow vegetables. They are having a vegetable growing class on Vashon this weekend (March 28). Later in the summer is a farm tour (August 1). They are also regularly at local farmer's markets.

http://www.vigavashon.org/fs.cfm?id=17

Thanks for the info dirt and Kathy I have put the events on the calendar :0)

Well drat, something happening in my neck of the woods and I don't see it until it is all over! I don't suppose I needed the veggie growing class, but I might have gone on their greenhouse tour. I really should take the Beachcomber, our local paper, so I know what is going on.

I will plan to go on the Langley Farm Tour in August, and anyone coming over to Vashon is certainly welcome to visit my place if they wish after their tour. I'm not too far off Dockton Road, and maybe you would like to go out to Point Robinson Beach ( on past my house).

I usually get my tomato plants from Pacific Potager, which is on the southern end of the island and is marked on that VIGA map in the link above.

My DH picked up the Beachcomber today, and ,,,lo and behold....Langley Fine Gardens is having another nursery tour and plant sale from noon to 4 this Saturday, April 4th, and offering the free vegetable growing class at noon also.
I have been pretty sick the last 2 days, so don't know that I will be going unless I bundle up with a scarf, stock my pockets with throat lozenges, take an umbrella and stay only a few minutes. :>(

For anyone who might just come out to Vashon this weekend, there is also a 25% off sale at Colvos Creek Nursery.

Thanks for the info Holly. Hope that you feel better soon.

From safetyjoe: Event in Eugene on Saturday, April 11th

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/972121/

Have never been to this so can't give a personal testimonial, but a sale is being held as the Highline SeaTac Botanical Gardens on May 2nd. Found out through the Puget Sound Daylily Society, but also has a lot of other co-sponsors (iris, roses, fuschias, etc). Might be worth checking out.

http://www.highlinegarden.org/news_flowerSale.shtml

Sorticulture in Everett is coming up in June. 12th 13th and 14th

http://www.ci.everett.wa.us/default.aspx?ID=1228