Botanical Workshops

Native Garden Design

April 22, April 29 and May 1, 2010

Isaacson Classrom, Center for Urban Horticulture, University of Washington, 3501 NE 41st St, Seattle

Taught by Deborah Horn

Learn about evaluating your garden site, drawing plans, site considerations, design principles and approaches, plant selection, and more, with a focus on Northwest native plants.

Deborah Horn, owner of Artemis Gardens Landscape Design, has designed and installed residential gardens throughout the Puget sound region since 2001, often drawing on her special love for red cedar and Douglas fir ecosystems of the Pacific Northwest. She was nursery manager of the MsK Rare Plant Nursery within the Kruckeberg Botanic Garden of Shoreline, Washington from 2003-2007. In addition to being a King County Native Plant Steward and Seattle Tree Steward, Deborah has designed native plantings for public spaces and volunteered on stream restoration projects in both Seattle and Shoreline. She has written articles and given lectures on fine gardening to community groups and horticultural organizations throughout the Puget Sound area.

This course includes two Thursday evening classes (6:30-9:00 p.m.) on April 22 and April 29, with a garden-tour field trip on May 1.

Workshop Cost: $100 for WNPS members, $120 non-members

To sign up, print out and complete the Workshop Registration Form and send it to WNPS by April 18:

Washington Native Plant Society

c/o Maria Yousoufian - Garden Design Workshop

6310 NE 74th Street, Suite 215E

Seattle, WA 98115

For more information, call WNPS at 206-537-3210 or e-mail maria@wnps.org.

Lichens Workshop

March 10, 13 and 17, 2010

Room 246, Hitchcock Hall, University of Washington, Seattle

Taught by Dr. Katherine Glew

Workshop is now full.

Lichens are major components of terrestrial ecosystems. They are indicators of air quality and forest health, contributing to nitrogen and carbon fixation. This course will provide an opportunity to learn the most frequently found lichens in the Puget Sound region and major taxonomic groups. In addition, an overview of how they have been used by people, both economically and in monitoring pollution, will be discussed. This course includes two Wednesday evening classes (6:30-9:00 PM) on March 10 and March 17, with a field excursion on March 13 to the Hylebos Wetlands in Federal Way (9 AM-1 PM). Bring a hand lens on the field trip, if you have one, since there will be plenty of lichens to look closely at.

Dr. Katherine Glew has researched lichens in Norway, the Russian Far East, and throughout Washington State. She received her Ph.D in Botany from the University of Washington specializing in alpine lichens and their ecology.

Workshop Cost: $80 for WNPS members; $100 Non-members

To sign up, print out and complete the Workshop Registration Form and send it to WNPS by March 8. For more information, call WNPS at 206-537-3210 or e-mail maria@wnps.org.

Beginner's Botanical Workshops

The Central Puget Sound Chapter offers regular plant identification workshops to help members improve plant ID skills.

A free plant identification workshop is offered before each

chapter meeting:

Time	5:30 p.m.
Location	Center for Urban Horticulture - Main Hall University of Washington Campus 3501 NE 41st Street Seattle

While the workshop is oriented primarily toward beginners, anyone who wants to work on improving keying skills or their familiarity with the northwest flora is welcome. Our main objectives are practice with technical identification keys, familiarity with plant families, and recognition of common Northwest species. No prior experience is necessary; the only requirements are interest in the topic, patience with beginners if you are an old hand, and patience with old hands if you are a beginner. If you have them, bring a hand lens, a copy of Hitchcock or another favorite plant book, and some plant specimens to ID. We will have plenty of material and tools if you come empty handed. CPS Assistant Botanists will be the instructors.