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:

Wreath Making at Heronswood, November 21 & 26, 2026

Garden d’Lights at Bellevue Botanical Garden, November 28, 2026 – January 3, 2027

Welcome Wednesday at Bloedel Reserve, December 2, 2026

Holiday Wreath Workshop at Kruckeberg Garden, December 5-6, 2026

Holiday Plants Vendor Pop-Up at the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden, December 6, 2026

Adaptive Stroll & Roll Solstice Walk, Bloedel Reserve, December 9, 2026

Wreath Making at Bloedel Reserve, December 9, 2026

Winter Solstice Celebration at Dunn Gardens, December 11, 2026

Winterglow at Lakewold Gardens, December 11-13 and 18-20, 2026

Holiday Wreath Workshop at Powellswood, December 12, 2026

Silent and Family Solstice Walks begin December 12, 2026 at Bloedel Reserve, see their calendar for all dates

Awesome Praise Community Gospel Choir at Bloedel Reserve, December 12, 2026

Winter Solstice Stroll at Kruckeberg Garden, December 19, 2026

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.