Garden Notes

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by  Northwest Horticultural Society. 64297

University of Washington
Center For Urban Horticul^P 2 * 2001
ELISABETH C. MILLER LIBRARY
Box 354115
Seattle, Washington 98195-4115
206-543-0415
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NORTHWEST HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY FALL PLANT SALE 2001
Celebrate Autumn in the Garden
LITERATURE, LECTURES AND PLANTS
By Debra Prinzing
No ONE CAN DENY that Bold Visions (see article and review on
September and October are pg. 6), enjoy wine and cheese and bid on
two of the very best planting, a very select group of rare plants—all to
transplanting and gardening months benefit NHS education, grants and
around. The NHS Plant Sale has scholarships. S
become a horticultural
‘autumn tradition,’ for
^good reason: we all need
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a jump-start on the next
growing season; we’re in
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night, showcasing NHS president Richard
Hartlage, who will lecture on his new book:
SPECIAL PLANT SALE ISSUE!
Sale Hours
Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 N.F. 41st Street, Seattle
Friday, September 14, 2:30—6:30p.m. @ Saturday, September 15, 9 a.m. ■4 p.m.
NORTHWEST HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ~ FALL PLANT SALE 2001
SUCCESS, THANKS AND THE
BURNING REALITY FOR THE NHS
LIBRARY SUPPORT COMMITTEE
By Daniel Zatz
Like most of the activities and programs of NHS, the Library scenes to allow the auction to be the great success that it was.
Auction is such a success because of the help and dedication of The NHS is fortunate to work in partnership with the
members, directors and volunteers. Because of this, the Sixth Pendleton and Elisabeth Miller Charitable Trust in support
Annual NHS Auction helped to raise more than $43,000 to sup¬ of the Miller Library; the Trust’s generous financial support
port the Miller Library at the Center for Urban Horticulture, the through matching funds is a tremendous sen-ice to our
single most successful auction to date. Each year, our auction community.
has witnessed an appreciable financial increase; in the past six Yet for all of this good news, we are now faced with the
years, the auction and matching funds have raised more than tragic results of the May 2001 arson attack. The Library, the
$150,000 to support the library. CUH and indeed the entire University, was the victim of an act
I was quite fortunate to serve as auction co-chair with Ann of terror, which nearly destroyed the CUH. This is the time for
Johnson whose organization and skill in working with others the NHS, the University of Washington and the gardening
helped assure that we would have such a success. public to come together in support of the library and CUH.
Pat Riehl handled the demanding job of procurement chair The NHS as a support organization will continue to do
with grace under pressure. We were treated to a tremendous everything in its power to assist the University of Washington,
selection of lovely treasures to bid on and buy. the Center for Urban Horticulture and the Miller Library in these^
Dan Huntington served again as our chair of cashiering, an difficult times. Please help us in this endeavor. ^
all-important department. Dan serves the horticultural As more information becomes available, we will of course
community in so many ways—we have been quite fortunate to keep you informed. For more specifics, NHS has invited
have had his help this year, as well as last. horticultural librarian Brian Thompson to provide an update:
Ann LeVasseur proved once again her support and
dedication to NHS activities. She coordinated and collaborated
with designer Constance Bollen in the design, printing and MILLER LIBRARY UPDATE
distribution of the beautiful invitation.
Ed Poquette tackled the task of producing the evening’s By Brian Thompson
catalog, as well as the special collection of Chinese poetry,
which was selected and translated by John and Stella Chien The Miller Library continues to be closed in the aftermath of
(many thanks go to the Chiens for their efforts). the May 21st firebombing of the Center for Urban Horticulture.
The evening was so special and festive, and for this we can However, this doesn’t mean the staff has been idle! We are
all thank Dolly Vinal who chaired the party committee so ably. expecting to re-open in interim space at CUH by the end of the
The food, music and decorations were all so lovely. year and there is much to do before that can happen.
This was a special auction because we had such fabulous Final plans for our temporary home are still being made, but
support of the entire NHS board. Gillian Mathews organized they will include the return of the Plant Answer Line, our quick
the distribution of Chinese pots, which were then creatively reference service for gardeners, and many of the other services
filled and donated by board members. Kirsten Fitzgerald and resources the Library offers to the horticultural community
coordinated the checkout of items, helping our guests easily of the Pacific Northwest.
find and take home their treasures. Once again, Karin Kravitz During this closed period, the Library staff has been working
has proved herself invaluable. Karin coordinated all of our with conservation professionals on the restoration of the collec¬
efforts, allowing us all to look good! tions. This is a slow process that has included freeze-drying |
To all of you I haven’t mentioned specifically, please accept the wet items to eliminate moisture and prevent mold. After
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my apologies. So many people worked so hard behind the
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PLANT REPORT: 2001 PLANT SALE
A preview to some of the best plants you’ll find
14 & 15
September
FANCY FRONDS—Specializing in temperate
ferns.
• Victorian cultivars
• Polystichum neolobatum (Long-eared
holly fern)
• Cyrtomium macropbyllum
(Big-leaf holly fern)
• Dtyopteris lepidopoda (Sunset fern)
• Dicksonia antarctica (Tasmanian tree
fern)
FOLIAGE GARDENS—Specializing in hardy and
exoptic ferns and Japanese maple cultivars.
• Dryopteris indusiata (new introduction
from Japan, bright green, evergreen, 2').
• Polystichum setiferum ‘Bevis’ type—
rare British sterile cultivar, evergreen,
3', from tissue culture.
• Athyrium niponicum ‘Branford rambler’
—deciduous creeper, l'+, related to the
Japanese Painted Fern, but not silver.
All of the plant material at the sale is of the highest quality; fall planting is an
investment that will pay off in the spring with a larger specimen and the satisfaction LEE FARM & NURSERY—Specializing in hardy
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fuchsias, ornamental grasses, a large variety of
of having a “second year" plant at first year prices.
small shrubs, trees, including willows and giant
sequoias.
Thanks to the creative endeavors of BOUQUET BANQUE—Collectable perennials.
• Lilies, grasses, and bog plants MADRONA NURSERY
Anita Dunn, who has worked closely
• Petasites • Arisaema tortuosum
with many of these growers to help • HemerocaUis • Begonia grandis var. alba
• Alstromeria • Saxifraga fortunei
them prepare for the NHS Plant Sale, we
• Convallaria • Saxifraga dentata
have an abbreviated list, a “preview,” of
• Impatiens omeana • Asarurn
what you’ll find at the growers’ tables
BOTANICA—Specializing in unique perennials NAYLOR CREEK NURSERY—Specializing
this September. There will be much
and garden plants in hostas, epimedium, helleborus, astilbe,
more than this list to choose from, but • Decaisnea (divided compound leaves; pulmonarias, grasses and carex.
electric blue fruit in winter) • Brunnera m. ‘Silverwings’
here’s some inspiration to get your
• Eupatorium maculatum • Brunnera m ‘Jack Frost’
shopping list started! ‘Atropurpureum’ • Ligularia varieties
• Hebe pinguifolia • Farfugium ‘Gigantea,’ F. ‘Dragonshead’
“This is a great time of year to buy
• Roscoea alpina (looks crumpled, like it was hit with a
plants and add them to your garden,”
• Salvia patens blow torch)
Anita points out. “And what better way • Stokesia laevis
Ol DEAN'S WILLOW CREEK NURSERY—
to do it than to help benefit NHS, buy
CAROL LYNN IVES NURSERY Specializing in carnivorous and bog plants.
from some of our area’s best growers • Iris japonica ‘Variegata’
• Hebe anomala (red stem, green leaf RAMBLE ON ROSE PERENNIALS
and have fun at the same time!”
variety, 2-3' small shrub) • Meconopsis
More than 30 growers are confirmed, • Hebe groundcovers, including H. pin¬ • assorted primulas, Siberian iris and
guifolia ‘Pagei’ and H. gloucophylla hemerocallis varieties.
promising to bring their highest quality
• Hardy fuchsias
plant material, grown and selected
• Agastacbe SECRET GARDEN PERENNIALS—Featuring
especially for the NHS sale. You gotta • Lonicera nitida ‘Silver Beauty’ choice 1-gallon perennials, especially shade
• Lonicera pileata ‘Hohen Krummer’ lovers. Also specializing in “robust,” field-grown
>l ove 'em!
2-gallon perennials.
CLINTON INC. BAMBOO GROWERS— • Epimedium pubigerum
AGUA MANSA (CALM WATERS) Specializing in hardy bamboos, ornamental • Cimicifuga simplex ‘Brunette’
Look for ornamental herb plants: “Culinary herbs grasses and larger phormiums. • Hosta ‘Fire and Ice’
that are attractive for the garden.”
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NORTHWEST HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ~ FALL PLANT SALE 2001
2001 Plant Sale cont. from page 3 STEAMBOAT ISLAND NURSERY • hardy ferns
• Drimys lanceolata (native to Tasmania; • choice grasses
evergreen shrub with red petioles and • Oakleaf hydrangea
• Hosta 'Twilight'
cinnamon bark)
• Thalictrum delavayi 'Hewitt’s Double’
• Clerodendron trichotomum ‘Carnival’ SWAN’S TRAIL NURSERY
• Asarutn splendans
(variegated harlequin glory bush) • Digitalis (5 varieties)
• Evergreen ferns
• Juncus patens ‘Carman’s Gray’ (very • Eryngium varieties
• Sedutn 'Frosty Mom’
upright blue-gray stems) • Potentilla
• P biellia
• Hardy eucalpytus—many species, • Phytolacca (variegated variety of
• Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola’
including E. archeri, E. coccifera, E. Pokeweed)
• Heuchera ‘Silver Maps’
glaucescens, E. mitchelliana, • Francoas
• 5 types of blueberries
E. neglecta, E. parvula,
E. pauciflora [Pendula] = TWIN CREEK PEONIES—Specializing in
SCHUGMANN’S NURSERY—Specializing in
E. lacrimans, E. pauciflora ssp. sedums, unusual perennials, dish gardens
foliage plants, fine alpines, trees and shrubs,
debeuzeviUei, E. pauciflora ssp. planted with sedums, dried wreaths featuring
select natives with foliage interest.
niphophila, E. perriniana, peonies and lavender, and many plants that
• Stewartia monadelpha and
E. pulverulenta, serve as elements of the Japanese garden,
other varieties
E. subcremdata, E. umigera. including ginko and katsura trees.
• Salix magnifica
• MeUanthus major, M. comosus,
• Gentiana
M. viUosus WILD FLOWER FARMS—Specializing in peren¬
• Rosa glauca (reddish-purple leaves) nials, hostas, ornamental grasses and sedums.
SMARTYPLANTS
• Luma apiculata (Chilean myrtle, hardy
• Salvias, hardy, half-hardy and tender
to 15-degrees F) Other growers who have confirmed for the
varieties
• Garrya x issaquahensis Plant Sale include:
• Digitalis dubia
• Digitalis ‘Thatsia’ (a short, rockery-type
SUNDQUIST NURSERY—Specializing in creative A PLETHORA OF PRIMULA, Vader
digitalis)
plants that perform well. CASCADE CUTS, Bellingham
• Genista
• Geranium ‘Midnight Reiter,’ and other LANGLEY FINE GARDENS, Vashon
• Agastache
must-have geraniums MELROSE NURSERY, Olympia
• Tweedia caerulea
• Dierama ‘Fairy Wand’ MOUNT FOREST FARM, Snohomish
• Dahlia ‘Bishop of Llandaff
• colorful foliage plants MUNRO NURSERY, Bothell
• Voodoo lilies
NORTHWEST PERENNIALS, Mt. Vernon
THORNTON CREEK NURSERY, Seattle
* RARE PLANT AUCTION * WALKER MT. MEADOWS, Quilcene
WIND POPPY FARMS, Ferndale
WOODLAND GARDENS, Poulsbo
Here’s your opportunity to discover and bid on a select group of unusual,
hard-to-find or downright rare plants for Northwest gardens. A lineup of
generous private growers, horticultural specialists and nurseries have donated their
Garden Hardgoods and
special plants to the Friday evening auction, which will follow the lecture. We don’t
have a complete list, but we hope this serves to tempt you: Art at the Plant Sale
'|s STEAMBOAT ISLAND NURSERY (Laine McLaughlin)— 6-gallon Luma apiculata We’ve invited a select group of craftspeople
(Chilean myrtle) to sell their work and wares at the NHS Plant
Sale. Here is a preview:
❖ BEN HAMMONTREE—a substantial Euphorbia cotinifolia.
❖ CLINTON, INC. BAMBOO GROWERS—unusual Phormium (New Zealand flax),
IMAGE CUSTOM IRON WORKS
variety to be decided. Georgetown artist Rickey Cabine makes trellises,
❖ MILLER BOTANICAL GARDEN (Richie Steffanj—Bergenia ciliata “Large Leaf arbors, pyramids and smaller ornamental iron
and rebar garden pieces.
Form”—a seedling selected out by Glenn Whithey and Charles Price for its bold
foliage. The rounded lilypad-like leaves are about 12 inches long. Likes partial
METAL AND MUD
shade. 2 gallon container. Clematis fasciculiflora—An evergreen clematis with Based on the Olympic Peninsula, Dana Hyde
dark green leaves splashed with silver markings. Small creamy white flowers in fabricates large garden pieces from stainless steel
and weathered steel. Some of her pieces feature
late winter. Moderate growing. Three 1 gallon plants will be provided. Approx.
herons, salmon and tropical fish, as well as other
2 feet talk Salvia guaranitica ‘Omaha’—A tall bold salvia reaching five to six feet
water life. She also creates decorative metal art
tall. Brilliant violet-blue flowers from mid-summer through falL The dark green panels and sculpture featuring Chinese charac¬
foliage emerges with chartreuse edging that fades to lime by late summer. Likes a ters, Southwest and Northwest Native American
symbols and seasonal themes.
sunny spot with well drained soil. 5 gallon container. Kirengeshoma palmata—
An outstanding perennial for a shady location. Interesting oak-like foliage fol¬
CHEN RAGEN will showcase Chinese pottery
lowed by unusual waxy yellow pendulous flowers. Blooms in late summer and and bamboo crafts for the garden.
fall. This is a mature specimen from the garden. 3 feet tall by 5 feet wide with
GOOD NATURE PUBLISHING i
perfect shape.
Tim Coleman publishes posters, writing pads,
E. B. DUNN GARDEN (Glenn Withey and Charles Price)—Trillium cuneatum— stationary and other printed items with nature
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a vigorous, clumping trillium with deep burgundy flowers and mottled foliage. and botanical themes.
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^Library Update cont. from page 2 others, plus the contacts that have been
made will prove invaluable when the
this, every piece spent 3-4 days in an
Miller Libraiy is back on its feet. Even
ozone chamber to remove smoke odor,
some anticipated projects, such as adding
followed by careful hand cleaning.
periodicals and electronic resources to
In July, the treated books, journals,
our on-line catalog, have gotten off the
newsletters, catalogs, etc., began
ground much more quickly than
returning to temporary library storage at
expected because of this summer hiatus.
Sand Point—in the most random order
Updates on the reopening of the
one could possibly imagine! The staff launched in August. Created to be a
Miller Library will be announced on the
and volunteers began unboxing and more attractive and useful electronic .
website and on our voice mail at (206)
sorting, a process that will continue well portal into the many services the Miller
543-0415. The staff will be at the Fall
into September. The condition of the Library, it has much to offer patrons,
Plant Sale and are looking forward to
initial shipments was encouraging, but it both near and far. Check it out at
seeing our friends from NHS—we have
will be sometime later in the fall before www.millerlibrary.org and give us
lots of stories to tell! II
a complete assessment of the damages feedback. A generous grant from the
can be made. Miller Charitable Foundation made this
Brian Thompson is the Systems and
Our rare book collection has spent its project possible.
Technical Services Librarian at the
summer somewhat differently. Furthest While overseeing the conservation
Miller Library.
from the fire and in its own vault, this work and the building of the new web
most valuable part of the library suffered site, the staff has also continued many of
MEMBERSHIP
the least damage and was the first the normal functions of the library,
removed to secure storage in, befitting including fundraising, collection HIGHLIGHTS
its prestige, the stately Suzzallo Libraiy development, processing incoming
'on the central campus. The old, leather subscriptions and other mail. Fall launches a renewed
membership recruitment effort for
bindings are not good candidates for Maintaining contact with our volunteers,
NHS. Look for a special membership
ozone treatment, so a more passive loyal patrons and many friends has also
display at the Plant Sale and
approach must be taken. Under the been an important part of this difficult
encourage your friends to join NHS.
watchful eye of the University Libraries transition period. Flowever with the
Learn about opportunities to share
Preservation Administrator, Gary Menges, libraiy’s collections unavailable to
your talents and how you can benefit
a number of odor absorbent materials provide reference services, we’ve also
from the many select privileges of
were placed near the books in a sealed been able to give some of our time to
joining the region’s premiere
chamber. The most effective proved to help other libraries on the UW campus.
horticultural organization.
be paper imbedded with zeolite, a Answering questions at the
When you join NHS, here’s what
mineral similar to the perlite that’s so Suzzallo/Allen Information Desk or the
you’ll receive: (Annual dues: $35)
very familiar to container gardeners. Natural Sciences Library Reference Desk,
# Four issues of “Garden Notes”
If reality isn’t possible, a virtual or cataloging Art Flistory slides or books
library is the next best thing. Despite on every imaginable subject was not # Free admission to three “Second
Wednesday” evening lectures
the chaos of the summer, a newly how any of us expected to spend the
# Discounts on top garden books at the
designed website for the library was summer. But these experiences and
NHS book table
>!< Access to the best horticultural
lectures, programs and symposia in
To learn more about the horticultural research destroyed in the fire, go to
the region.
http://www. Washington, edu/newsroom/news/2001archive/06-01 archive/poplarfact. html
# Camaraderie, collegiality and countless
Tire Center for Urban Horticulture has established a “Urban Hort Recovery> Fund. ”
new ideas for your garden!
Donations are welcome; please make checks payable to the University Foundation:
❖ Discount rates on all lectures,
CFR Development Office
symposiums, classes and tours
' “Urban Hort Recovery Fund”
* Invitation to the Ultimate
University of Washington, Box 3521000
Garden Auction and Party
Seattle, WA 98195-2100
* Discount on Pacific Horticulture
❖ Exciting Volunteer Opportunities
NORTHWEST HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ~ FALL PLANT SALE 2001
BOLD VISIONS FOR THE GARDEN
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Photos and Text By Richard Hartlage
Fulcrum Publishing October 2001 ISBN 1-55591-316-4, $29-95 (paperback)
Review by Debra Prinzing
“I started gardening because I love plants. Now I Form and Texture; Features
and Accents; and the
garden because I thrive on the creative possibilities.
concluding chapter on courage
Gardening is so endless in its opportunities, one
and style, called “Don’t Just
could argue that it is only the brave or foolhardy Stand There—Say Something!”
In this final chapter, Richard
who consider trying to make a garden. ”
writes: “Many of us forget that
To read Bold Visions is almost as we are saying something about
good as having a conversation with ourselves when we embark on
Richard Hartlage. You can hear his this journey called gardening.
distinctive, energetic and convincing The best gardens are those
voice when you read his passionate made by someone who has
essays and advice. The only thing wrestled his or her statement to the
missing is watching his expressive face ground and tried to say something
light up when (in person), he describes beyond ‘Aren’t these beautiful plants,
a favorite planting scheme or beloved and lovely paving, and a well-crafted
rare horticultural treasure. fence?’ Style can converge with theme to
Yet even without literally seeing reflect the heart and soul of the owner
and hearing Richard, his first book to such a degree that after we have
treats us to a visual explosion of visited a garden we know that person
color, from subtle tones to high- better.”
contrast, graphic images. That is the challenge for each of us to
Richard is well known for his pursue in our own landscapes. And one
photography; we’ve seen his wonderful garden architecture inspiring tool we can use while doing so
slides of gardens and plants in numerous and deft horticulture converge to create is “Bold Visions.” 0
NHS lectures. But here is your own a unique place.”
160-page collection of both photographs Bold Visions teaches us that Richard Hartlage is a garden designer,
and writing. There are 125 full-color marvelous plants are best appreciated lecturer, writer and photographer. A
photographs of gardens around the in the context of relevant and well- native of Kentucky, he has worked at
country. Some you’ll recognize as noted executed gardens. By walking his reader both private and public gardens in North
public and private gardens in the through the classic design principles that Carolina and New Jersey, and he is
Northwest. Others illustrate bold garden apply to any space (interior, built or currently the curator and director of the
ideas from some of Richard’s favorite planted spaces), Richard helps beginning Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden in
designers in other corners of the U.S., as and veteran gardeners with fresh ideas Seattle. His work has appeared in
well as his own creative installations for to explore in one’s own landscape. Horticukure, Pacific Horticulture, Fine
clients on the east coast. Lovers of good garden literature will Gardening and Rebecca’s Garden.
Bold Visions is devoted to the enjoy the special passages that Richard
practice of adventuresome garden has selected to open each of his Bold Visions was designed by Constance
design, but for Richard, great design is chapters on Defining Your Vision; Bollen of CB Graphics, the graphic £
not the only motivation behind his work. Setting: Architecture; Sequence and genius behind ‘Garden Notes" and
He is most inspired when “thoughtful Progression: Scale; Time: Color; Light; many other NHS publications.
~NHS~
) SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER 8. NOVEMBER
LECTURES AND SPECIAL EVENTS
Friday, September 21, 7:30 p.m.
Andrew Lawson, “THE GARDENER S PALETTE**”
Widely published British garden photographer, painter and author, Andrew Lawson
will lecture on color in the garden. He will discuss four approaches for planting, creat¬
ing color effects that include single colors, harmonies, contrasts and multicolors.
A keen gardener, Andrew brings a specialist’s eye to the photography of plants and
gardens. Self-taught as a photographer, he trained as a painter. Andrew’s work can
frequently be seen in Country) Life, the (London) Sunday Times Magazine, House &
Garden and Country> Living, but his main body of work is books. He took the
photographs for Rosemary Verey’s “Good Planting” and “Planting Plans,” Stephen
Lacey’s “Scent in Your Garden,’ the “RHS Encyclopedia of Garden Plants,’ and Penelope
Hobhouse’s “The Flower Garden,” and “The Gardener’s Book of Colour.”
Andrew lives in Oxfordshire, England, where his small walled garden is decorated with sculptures by his wife Briony. Their
garden is open under the British. National Garden Scheme.
In an email interview, we asked Andrew to briefly share his thoughts on photography, color and gardening:
NHS: Photography clearly enables you to integrate your fine arts training with a love of gardening; how do you translate the
three-dimensional garden into the two-dimensional photograph? What elements do you use (i.e., lighting) to “read” the garden
kwith such depth and interest?
Lawson: I think photography is inadequate in conveying the experience of a garden in time and space. All it can do, like
painting, is to convey an image, a symbol of the subject. I don’t use lighting at all, but I do respond to the natural light, and I
wait until it is right.
NHS: We’re so intrigued by your color philosophy. Can you comment briefly on each of the four themes/approaches to
plantings: Single colors; Harmonious colors; Contrasts and Multi-colors?
Lawson: These four choices are the subject of my lecture. I shall take an hour to explain my feelings about them. In short,
each single colour planting can suggest a mood; this is part-intuitive, part-cultural. Harmonious colours are ‘easy’ on the eye,
unchallenging, and so make for a peaceful setting. Contrasts are more ‘exciting’, even aggressive sometimes. Multi-colours are
what nature does, and what we need to do if we want our gardens to look natural.
NHS: What’s the trick to continuing these themes through the 4-season garden, especially in winter?
Lawson: The trick of planting for colour is to stick to a particular colour scheme in each area of the garden. For winter one
uses any colour one can get, and one has to abandon any attempt at arranging it to a scheme.
NHS: What are your latest projects or future projects?
Lawson: Currently I’m doing projects with a poet (Ian Hamilton Finlay) and a water sculptor (William Pye). I’m preparing a
lecture, and maybe a book about the Art of Gardens, i.e. garden-making as an art-form, comparable to painting.
NHS: What is the most beloved element, bed or feature of your own home garden?
Lawson: The most beloved element changes. That is the beauty of gardens. At present, the beloved element is the
compounded scents of lilies, tobacco flowers and jasmine of an evening, with swifts screeching overhead, shortly to fly away
again to Africa.
Interview conducted by Debra Priming., Garden Notes editor.
**Lawson’s lecture is sponsored jointly with Center for Urban Horticulture. To register, call Jean Robbins, CUH, at [phone].
I Fee: $15, NHS members; $20, nonmembers. Limit: 200participants.
For more information: Northwest Horticultural Society, 206-527-1794
See page 8 for details on other fall NHS events.
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harden NOTES
NHS SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER NOVEMBER
LECTURES AND SPECIAL EVENTS EDITOR
Debra Prinzing V
[email protected]
Monday, September 24, 7 p.m. Wednesday, November 14, 7
Celebrate Autumn by Bringing it Indoors p.m. reception, 7:30 p.m. lecture DESIGNER
Richard Hartlage The Latest Perennial Planting Constance Bollen
Trends from Germany CB Graphics
Bring your fall garden indoors to enhance your home. Richard
Anja Maubach, Arends Nursery
will demonstrate how to create beautiful and unique arrangements ALSO CONTRIBUTING
using foliage and flowers from the fall garden. He will reflect on Fourth-generation nursery owner and TO THIS ISSUE:
traditional and current trends in flower arranging and demonstrate internationally noted German garden Laurie Colman
how to create living art or just spruce up a dinner party. designer and educator, Anja Maubach Anita Dunn
Arrangements will be auctioned off at the end of the evening. will talk about perennial planting Kirsten Fitzgerald
styles for the new millennium. This is Richard Hartlage
FEE: MEMBERS, $15; NON-MEMBERS, $20 LIMIT: 200 PARTICIPANTS
Karin Kravitz
a garden designer with an amazing lin¬
Held at Center for Urban Horticulture
Ann LeVasseur
eage; she is the great-granddaughter of
"Event sponsored jointly with CUH—Preregister by calling Jean
Theresa Malmanger
George Arends (hybridizer olAstilbe x
Robbins at CUH [phone]-
Daniel Zatz
arendsii and countless other perenni-
als). Anja combines studies in land¬
Wednesday, October 10, 7 p.m. reception;
scape architecture with a lifetime of Questions aboi t
7:30 p.m. lecture
plant knowledge; the resulting spaces the Sale?
Building the Award-winning
Anja creates are vibrant and com¬ Here’s who to call:
2000 Chelsea Flower Show Exhibit
pelling. She runs a popular garden
Rosie Atkins, Editor-in-Chief, Gardens Illustrated To donate a rare plant to
design school at her family’s nursery,
the auction, contact
Rosie will introduce us to her marvelous magazine; the ambitious Arends Nursery in Westphalia (north-
Theresa Malmanger,
landscape display Gardens Illustrated commissioned for the west Germany). Her work has been
[phone] or *
2000 Chelsea Flower Show; and a look at the best flower shows in featured in Gardens Illustrated and
[email protected]
the country. A talented journalist with Art and Design degrees, Rosie other European publications.
worked at the London Sunday Times for 15 years; she subsequently To volunteer your time on
FEE: MEMBERS, $5;
established herself as a well-known garden writer for British Friday or Saturday, contact
NON-MEMBERS, $10
publications. In 1993, Gardens Illustrated, an ‘up-market,’ NHS office at (206)
international gardening magazine, was born—with Rosie at the 780-8172 or
helm. She was awarded Editor of the Year in 1996 by the British [email protected]
All lectures will he held
Society of Magazine Editors, and the magazine has gone on to win
To donate a plant(s) from
at the Center for Urban
a host of international awards.
your own garden to the
Horticulture
NHS Members’ plant table,
FEE: MEMBERS, $5; NON-MEMBERS, $10
call Ann LeVasseur, (206)
782-8233
For more information: Northwest Horticultural Society, 206-527-1794 |
or [email protected].
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Non-Profit
University of Washington Organization
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