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IN-PERSON Taught by Laura Watson in partnership with the Master Gardeners of King County. Learn to bring the amazing beauty and variety of clematis to your garden—with ease. Laura Watson will tell you how.  Using great photos and a friendly speaking style, she will showcase the splendor of clematis and their amazing variety in color, shape, bloom time, and growth habit. Get details about the care of clematis, information about simplified pruning, and recommendations for easy clematis to try. You...

ONLINE CLASS Taught by Dorota Haber-Lehigh. Celebrate the ephemeral beauty of spring by creating a drawing of a flower, flower petals, or a flowering branch. Using a variety of colored pencil techniques, you will draw and sketch from observation. The workshop will include a presentation of Dorota’s botanical drawings of various flowers and flowering branches. There will be a demonstration of how to approach drawing from observation with various techniques and then a time to draw together. Participants are encouraged...

THIS IS A HYBRID EVENT: IN-PERSON OR WEBINAR Presented by David Montgomery, UW professor, and Anne Bikle, biologist and environmental planner. David and Anne will describe how the roots of human health begin in the soil with how we grow crops and raise livestock. They will offer their books to sell and sign. Webinar recording will be available to all registrants for two weeks following the live presentation.                        ...

WEBINAR Taught by Molly van der Burch and Jim Little, in partnership with the Master Gardeners of King County. Start to demystify the complex topic of climate change and how it is affecting our PNW gardens. Learn the causes of climate change and how we can make our gardening more climate-friendly by reducing our gardening greenhouse gas emissions and by storing atmospheric CO2 in plants and soil. Finally, encourage all of us as gardeners to educate and inspire others to...

In Person Taught by Dan Paquette. Learn about the mosses in the Bellevue Botanical Garden as well as a history of moss, its life cycle, and how to differentiate the moss and liverworts from other plants. Find out how many mosses there are in Washington State and the world. Dan belongs to the American Bryological and Lichenological Society, the Bryology Chapter of the California Native Plant Society, and the International Association of Bryologists. $24.50 BBGS Member/$35 Non-Member.  

This is a hybrid event: in-person and online After working from home for nearly a year because of the pandemic, Jason Morse decided to leave his four walls behind, and set off on a five-month road trip to visit over thirty of America’s most compelling botanic gardens. While photographing gardens over time, he noticed a great overlap between photographic composition and  the principles of good landscape design. Jason will share examples of photography from his trip and discuss some of...

In person Join Alex Wright, Bellevue Botanical Garden Curator, for a series of Curator Walks. The first is Passing the Barberry (and their cousin Vancouveria).  You will walk the garden as Alex talks about the barberry family (Berberidaceae) and its myriad forms. This program is outdoors and will go on rain or shine. Please dress for the weather. $10.50 Member/$15 Non-Member.   Join us for upcoming Curator Walks on June 16 and July 21.

IN-PERSON Taught by BBGS Adult Education Program Manager Anne Dziok. In this class we will explore the basics of fern table materials, construction, and composition. We will look at examples of types and uses of fern tables and how they are displayed. Participants will be building their own small fern table to take home. Fern tables can look great in your garden or among your potted plants on the patio. $35 Member/$50 Non-Member.