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Local gardens that welcome visitors

Bellevue Botanical Garden
12001 Main Street, Bellevue, WA 98005
425-452-2750 Hours: The Garden is open from dawn to dusk every day of the year. Check their website for current hours for the store and cafe, as well as a calendar of upcoming classes and events.
Admission Fee: Free
Website: bellevuebotanical.org

Closed Loop Park Demonstration Garden
2420 Hogum Bay Road NE, Lacey, WA 98516
360-490-8398 Hours: Dawn to Dusk, 7 days a week except some holidays
Admission Fee: Free
Website: https://extension.wsu.edu/thurston/gardening/demonstration-gardens-2/#CLP

Dunn Gardens
13533 Northshire Road NW, Seattle, WA 98177
206-362-0933 Hours: Monday-Saturday 9 am – 4 pm
Admission Fee: See website for details
Website: dunngardens.org

Elisabeth C. Miller Library
3501 NE 41st St., Seattle, WA, 98105
206-543-0415 Hours: https://depts.washington.edu/hortlib/hours-and-contacts/
Admission Fee: The library is open to the general public. Registration is required to borrow books, no UW affiliation required.
Website: https://depts.washington.edu/hortlib/

Evergreen Arboretum and Gardens
145 Alverson Blvd., Everett, WA 98201
425-257-8597 Hours: Open 365 days a year
Admission Fee: Free
Website: evergreenarboretum.com

Heronswood Garden
7530 NE 288th Street, Kingston, WA
360-297-9620 Hours: Wednesday through Sunday, 9 am to 3 pm
Admission Fee: See website for details
Website: heronswoodgarden.org

Highline SeaTac Botanical Garden
13735 24th Ave. South, SeaTac, WA 88168
206-391-4003 Hours: The garden is open dawn to dusk.
Admission Fee: Free
Website: highlinegarden.org

Kubota Garden
9817 55th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98178
206-684-4075 Admission Fee: Free
Hours:  6am to 10pm
Website: https://www.seattle.gov/parks/allparks/kubota-garden

Lake Wilderness Arboretum
2250 SE 248th St., Maple Valley, WA 98038
253-293-5103 Hours: Open dawn to dusk, every day of the year
Admission Fee: Free
Website: lakewildernessarboretum.org

Lakewold Gardens
12317 Gravelly Lake Drive SW, Lakewood, WA 98499
253-584-4106 Hours: April through October: Wednesday-Sunday, 11 am to 5 pm; November through March: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, 11 am to 4 pm
Admission Fee: See website for details, free parking

Website: https://lakewoldgardens.org/


Website: LakewoldGardens.org

Meerkerk Gardens
3531 Meerkerk Lane, Greenbank, WA 98253
360-678-1912 (leave message)
Hours: Open year-round, 9 am to 4 pm, weather permitting
Admission Fee: $10.00 per person. Children under 12 are free

Website: meerkerkgardens.org

PowellsWood Garden
430 S. Dash Point Road, Federal Way, WA 98003
253-529-1620 Hours: Last self-guided tour starts 2:30 pm; garden gate closes at 3 pm
Admission Fee: See the website for details
Website: powellswood.org

Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden
2525 S. 336th St., Federal Way WA 98003
253-838-4646 Hours: 10 am - 4 pm, Tuesday-Sunday. Closed: Monday
Admisson Fee: See website for details
Website:  rhodygarden.org

Soos Creek Botanical Garden and Heritage Center
29308 132nd Ave SE, Auburn, WA 98092
253-639-0949 Hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm, March to October
Admission Fee: See website for details
Website: sooscreekbontanicalgarden.org

Streissguth Gardens
1640 Broadway E, Seattle, WA 98102
Email: ben@streissguthgardens.com
Hours: Dawn to Dusk year-round
Admission Fee: Free; see website to book a guided tour ($)
Website: streissguthgardens.com

UW Botanic Gardens: Elisabeth C. Miller Library and the Center for Urban Horticulture
3501 NE 41st Street, Seattle, WA 98105
204-543-8616 
Hours: Dawn to Dusk year-round
Admission Fee: Free; see website to book a guided tour ($)
Website: botanicgardens.uw.edu

Vista Gardens
124 NE 31st Street, Bremerton, WA 98310
944-777-3660 Hours: Dawn to Dusk year-round
Admission Fee: Free; see website to book a guided tour ($)
Website: vistagardens.org

 

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Our Past Lectures

"Going Vertical with Vines”

Speaker Trevor Cameron, CPH - April 8, 2025.

Going vertical with climbing plants adds visual interest to any garden, providing nice foliage and often ideal seasonal flower power.  There are useful vines out there in all kinds of shapes and sizes; some for larger areas and others to use as smaller garden accents, or even as simple container specimens.  Whether you are trying to grow on a decorative trellis or obelisk, up a post, along a railing, over a large pergola or arbor, or even naturalize something along a fence line, vines may be exactly what you are looking for. Trevor is a longtime gardener/plant enthusiast, a certified professional horticulturist and Sunnyside Nursery’s General Manager.  Click here for Trevor's "Vine List"

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