Bellevue Botanical Garden

WEBINAR Glasswings plant director, Tassy de Give, will discuss how to choose the right plant for your indoor environment and troubleshoot potential plant problems. Whether you are a first-time plant owner, or are looking to expand your knowledge of your existing collection, this Virtual Houseplants 101 class will give you the know-how for improving the life of your indoor plants. Environmental factors, plant identification, and general care techniques will be discussed. $10.50/$15.

WEBINAR Presented by Gia Parsons and Joan Baldwin, Master Gardeners. The Pacific Northwest’s climate is an ideal place for many types of small fruits such as strawberries, blueberries and kiwis, to name just a few. We will focus on how to use environmentally friendly methods to grow small fruits that are not only delicious and nutritious, but are also a beautiful addition to your backyard and container garden. $10.50 BBGS & King County Master Gardener members/$15 nonmembers.

IN PERSON INSIDE Taught by Alison Johnson. In this in-person, hands-on workshop you will learn how to make the wire cloches NPA uses in the Perennial Border at Bellevue Botanical Garden to keep rabbits from eating the plants. They make great plant supports too! Once you learn the wiring skills, you can make them any size that suits you. Keep them simple, or twist, bend, and curl to create something worthy of a place in your garden. We will supply...

In-person Are you looking for ways to engage early learners with nature? This workshop will introduce you to two valuable guides: Project Learning Tree’s Environmental Experiences for Early Childhood guide & Project WILD’s Growing Up WILD guide. These activity guides use best practices in early childhood education to get young children exploring their natural world. The guides contain 38 nature-based themes and over 100 activities complete with background information, outdoor activities, ideas for healthy snacks, math, art, songs, literature, and...