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  • Gardening with Deer in Your Landscape

    VIRTUAL (WEBINAR)

    WEBINAR Taught by Adam Romero. Deer are common visitors to many of our gardens, and their voracious appetites can present a challenge. Join us for an exploration of how to garden with deer in the landscape, with a focus on deer biology, plant selection, and garden design. Designing gardens and selecting plants with deer in mind can help turn deer from pests that eat our prized plants into animals that coexist with us in our garden ecosystems—all while offering a...

    $10.50 – $15

  • Botanical Drawing: Celebrating Fall Seed Pods

    VIRTUAL (WEBINAR)

    ONLINE CLASS Taught by Dorota Haber-Lehigh.  Fall seedpods are fascinating autumnal sculptures dazzling with unexpected forms and textures. In this workshop we will explore drawing fall seedpods in colored pencils and how to visually emphasize form, paying attention to highlights, shadows, contrast, and cast shadows. The workshop will include a presentation of Dorota’s botanical drawings, step by step examples, a demonstration of how to approach drawing from observation and various colored pencils techniques and a time to draw together. Feel...

    $38.50 – $55

  • Storytime at the Garden for K-2

    Storytime at the Garden for K-2
    Sharp Cabin 12001 Main St., Bellevue, WA, United States

    Join us for storytime at the Bellevue Botanical Garden! We will have a reading of a garden-related book and a brief activity. This event is for families with children in grades K-2 or those interested. This is not a drop off program. Adults must attend with children. Storytime for K-2 will take place in the Sharp Cabin at the Bellevue Botanical Garden (southwest of the Urban Meadow; follow the signs). This is a free event. Donations are appreciated. Registration is...

    Free

  • Audubon Bird Walk

    Garden Grounds 12001 Main Street, Bellevue, United States

    Learn more about the birds at the Bellevue Botanical Garden. Join Eastside Audubon for a monthly walk that explores the birds and their habitat in the Garden. This one-mile walk will be on trails with various surfaces and may include gravel, mulch, or pavement. Please dress for the weather and wear comfortable walking shoes. Parking in the lot is free. From the parking lot enter the garden through the breezeway and turn left. Meet your guide in the covered Gathering...

    $5

  • Mushroom walk: Fungi of the BBG & Lost Meadow Trail

    Garden Grounds 12001 Main Street, Bellevue, United States

    This walk will be led by Daniel Winkler, an enthusiastic mushroom educator, photographer, and guide. The Pacific Northwest offers a great diversity of fungi. Mushroom fruiting peaks in fall when the rains are back. Many fungi digest dead bio mass like fallen leaves, dead perennials, and woody debris and release in the process nutrients to the ecosystem. Other fungi are crucial symbionts to all kinds of plants trading water and nutrients for sugars. These are known as mycorrhizal fungi. Walking...

    $35 – $50

  • Story Time at the Garden for Preschoolers

    Story Time at the Garden for Preschoolers
    Sharp Cabin 12001 Main St., Bellevue, WA, United States

    Join us for Storytime at the Bellevue Botanical Garden! We will have a reading of a garden-related book and a brief activity. This event is for families with preschool-aged children or those interested. This is not a drop off program. Adults must attend with children. Storytime for preschoolers will take place in the Sharp Cabin (southwest of the Urban Meadow; follow the signs). This is a free event. Donations are appreciated. Registration is not required. If you will bring a...

    Free

  • Lichen Walk

    Garden Grounds 12001 Main Street, Bellevue, United States

    Taught by Dr. Katherine Glew. Have you always wondered what lichens are and why they are found on your trees, rhododendrons and azaleas? Lichens are harmless to your plants and add aesthetic value to your garden. Learn about common lichens found in an urban environment and what they tell us about air quality, forest health, and geology. Explore why lichens are indicators of changes in climate and ecosystems. You will leave with a fresh understanding of lichens and a user-friendly...

    $28 – $40

  • Build Your Own Wreath Class

    The Aaron Education Center at the Bellevue Botanical Garden 12001 Main St, Bellevue, WA, United States

    Taught by the BBGS Education Committee. Come and learn how to build a holiday wreath starting on a wire form, ending with a bow and natural greens, and botanicals in between.  We will provide all that you need, but you can bring additional accents (cones, rose hips, holly, etc.) to customize. We will show you how to wrap the evergreens onto the frame, wire pinecones, create a bow, and attach additional decorative materials. $42 BBGS member/$60 non-member  

    $42 – $60

  • Youth Nature Journaling Club

    The Aaron Education Center at the Bellevue Botanical Garden 12001 Main St, Bellevue, WA, United States

    Join us every first Saturday of the month for nature journaling club! This free program introduces kids aged 6-14 and their chaperones to nature journaling, inspired by John Muir Laws. We’ll start indoors with a prompt, then head outside to journal before regrouping to share discoveries. Bring a blank notebook and a pencil. You are welcome to attend without registration, but please be on time for the 12:00 pm start. Kids 6-11 must be accompanied by an adult; those 12+...

    Free

  • Build Your Own Wreath Class

    The Aaron Education Center at the Bellevue Botanical Garden 12001 Main St, Bellevue, WA, United States

    Taught by the BBGS Education Committee. Come and learn how to build a holiday wreath starting on a wire form, ending with a bow and natural greens, and botanicals in between.  We will provide all that you need, but you can bring additional accents (cones, rose hips, holly, etc.) to customize. We will show you how to wrap the evergreens onto the frame, wire pinecones, create a bow, and attach additional decorative materials. $42 BBGS member/$60 non-member  

    $42 – $60

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