Events
In 2020 the pandemic hit our public gardens hard, but all have rebounded afresh, more determined in purpose than ever. Please look to individual websites for up to date visitation specifics, online classes and public events.
Most importantly, please remember to give your financial support to help our public gardens flourish into the future, for the health of the planet and every citizen.
Public Garden Events:
Heronswood Spring Plant Sale, May 2 & 3, 2026, featuring nurseries from across the Pacific Northwest
Heronswoof Pets on Parade, a day to celebrate our furry friends in the garden at Heronswood, June 6, 2026
Arts in the Garden 2026 at the Bellevue Botanical Garden, August 28-30, 2026
Heronswood Hydrangea Festival, August 8, 2026, 10am-2pm
Ongoing Events
Self-guided Forest Bathing (University of Washington Botanic Gardens)
Past Special Events
Each year, simultaneous to the famed Chelsea Garden Show, an alternative “Chelsea Fringe” occurs. In 2022 we heard there was a chance to be the first satellite in North America. We pounced. See what Chelsea Fringe is all about here: www.chelseafringe.com/history. Check out our Seattle participants in this “First in North America” event May 21-29, 2022:
- Color Collective – Seattle!
- Garden Suprises, May 28 at the Dunn Gardens
- Picture! Picture! Seattle!
- Seattle Bumbershoots
- Seattle Fern Table: When Spore to Table is Great!
- We ❤ Gardens + Folly
- Joie de Vivre in the Garden
- Seattle Fern Table: When Spore to Table is Great!
- A Visual Joy of Botanical Prints on Clay
- Seattle to Naples: Plants, Gardens, Landscapes, Earth
- From Seattle: A Murder Mystery at the Chelsea Flower Show
Read the Seattle Times article about Seattle’s first Chelsea Fringe festival.
Check this out! “S’Klallam Connections Garden Grows at Heronswood” is a feature in the September, 2022 issue of PCC’s Sound Consumer. Highly recommended!
Check out #solsticegardengatherings on social media, and visit them at www.facebook.com/solsticegardengatherings.