Horticultural Organizations
Northwest Horticultural Society
NHS provides a forum for gardeners and plant lovers in the Pacific Northwest to share their interests and learn about horticulture. Here’s where you’ll be inspired and educated through an ongoing series of lectures, symposiums, workshops and classes. Meet other great gardeners, learn about the latest plant introductions and hear from some of the garden world’s most notable speakers.
NPA is dedicated to the use of perennials in Pacific Northwest gardens. Through lectures, garden tours, classes and special events, members can dive deeply into the subject of gardening with perennials. NPA has created and continues to maintain one of the premier perennial gardens in the U.S. The NPA Borders at the Bellevue Botanical Garden are 22,000-square-feet of fantastic perennials and companion plants for our region.
The Hardy Plant Society of Oregon, also known as HPSO, serves gardeners of all levels – beginning through experienced and amateur through professional. HPSO’s focus is on hardy herbaceous perennial plants in the PNW, but its programs and events extend to all kinds of gardening.
Publications
Pacific Horticulture . . . the magazine for West Coast gardeners Pacific Horticulture is a non-profit publication, written by and for gardeners in the west and in related climates around the world. I have the honor and pleasure of serving on the board of directors of this premier journal for West Coast gardeners. Pacific Horticulture is produced quarterly (January, April, July, October), it is available as a direct subscription or as a benefit of various California and Pacific Northwest horticultural societies. You can also find copies on the newsstands of local Barnes & Noble stores.
Garden Writers You Should Read
Bill Wright and I frequently collaborate on landscape design and lifestyle/architecture articles. He is a talented artist and I feel privileged to be his partner on our new book, "Stylish Sheds and Elegant Hideaways."