Notice that I'm speaking that afternoon!! I hope you can make it!
So while we're crossing our fingers for flowers, guess who's blooming at Landwave:
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Showing posts with label Seattle Chinese Garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Seattle Chinese Garden. Show all posts
Thursday, May 17, 2012
PEONY TIME!
So we went shopping today to find peonies that will hopefully be in bloom come Sunday for the Seattle Chinese Garden's peony event!
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Seattle Chinese Garden's 1st Peony Festival
I'm kind of bummed that I won't be here to help celebrate China's most famous flowering plant at the Seattle Chinese Garden this Saturday.
Our horticulture committee has endured a few challenges lately, yet we're moving forward in hosting our first even horticultural event by showcasing the genus Paeonia
Peonies have long been popular garden plants, but it never seems popular enough in the Puget Sound Area to garner its own exhibition. Perhaps it's because of the busy time of year when you're competing with plant sales, garden opens, etc. etc., but in Chinese culture, the peony is much celebrated and we thought that we'd begin a tradition of acknowledging this beautiful flower each year so the Seattle Chinese Garden becomes a destination for folks to come visit what we hope to be the largest collection of tree and herbaceous peonies in Western Washington that's open to the public.
There will be a flower arranging demonstration, a running slideshow of a Peony festival in China and photos of many cultivars available in the trade. There will also be information about care and culture of peonies and potted herbaceous peonies for sale.
The event will also offer an opportunity to see the new "Knowing the Spring Courtyard" and the early stages of future construction.
I hope you'll come and support our humble horticulture committee and see some wonderful tree peonies in bloom and see the brand new courtyard!
WHAT: Seattle Chinese Garden's 1st Annual Peony Festival
WHERE: 6000 16th Ave. SW, Seattle WA 98106
WHEN: Saturday, May 21st. 12PM-5:30PM
COST: FREE!!!!
For more information visit the Seattle Chinese Garden website!
ALSO:IF YOU'VE GOT A PEONY BLOOMING IN YOUR GARDEN, DO CUT ONE OR A FEW TO SHARE AND SHOWCASE!!
I hope to share my peony pride and joy in future years with my precious:
Our horticulture committee has endured a few challenges lately, yet we're moving forward in hosting our first even horticultural event by showcasing the genus Paeonia
Peonies have long been popular garden plants, but it never seems popular enough in the Puget Sound Area to garner its own exhibition. Perhaps it's because of the busy time of year when you're competing with plant sales, garden opens, etc. etc., but in Chinese culture, the peony is much celebrated and we thought that we'd begin a tradition of acknowledging this beautiful flower each year so the Seattle Chinese Garden becomes a destination for folks to come visit what we hope to be the largest collection of tree and herbaceous peonies in Western Washington that's open to the public.
For our first attempt at this, Swanson's Nursery kindly lent us 3 plants for the festivities this Saturday. Here they are being delivered. Oh, driving around with these blossoms and their scent was heavenly!!
This first year is really a trial run using the handful of tree peonies we have in our nursery holding area that haven't received the best of care, but are still quite remarkable. They'll be showcased in glazed ceramic Chinese pots
There will be a flower arranging demonstration, a running slideshow of a Peony festival in China and photos of many cultivars available in the trade. There will also be information about care and culture of peonies and potted herbaceous peonies for sale.
The event will also offer an opportunity to see the new "Knowing the Spring Courtyard" and the early stages of future construction.
I hope you'll come and support our humble horticulture committee and see some wonderful tree peonies in bloom and see the brand new courtyard!
WHAT: Seattle Chinese Garden's 1st Annual Peony Festival
WHERE: 6000 16th Ave. SW, Seattle WA 98106
WHEN: Saturday, May 21st. 12PM-5:30PM
COST: FREE!!!!
For more information visit the Seattle Chinese Garden website!
ALSO:IF YOU'VE GOT A PEONY BLOOMING IN YOUR GARDEN, DO CUT ONE OR A FEW TO SHARE AND SHOWCASE!!
I hope to share my peony pride and joy in future years with my precious:
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Celebrating the year of the rabbit!! 新年快乐!!
The Chinese New Year brought with it a visit to the nearly complete Knowing The Spring Courtyard at the Seattle Chinese Garden.
The courtyard will be open to the public this Sunday, Feb 6th at 12PM. Visit the Seattle Chinese Garden website for more information!
Just in time for the festivities, the ever so fragrant wintersweet was in full bloom near the Song Mei Pavillion and its richly scented blossoms could be detected in the courtyard several meters away.
What a treat for us after a meeting of the horticultural committee for the garden: landscape designer, Phil Wood, who hosted our meeting, cut us sprigs of his wintersweet growing in his garden in Wallingford.
May the year bring you many warm and humble moments and the presence of loved ones around you at all times.
陆涛
The courtyard will be open to the public this Sunday, Feb 6th at 12PM. Visit the Seattle Chinese Garden website for more information!
Just in time for the festivities, the ever so fragrant wintersweet was in full bloom near the Song Mei Pavillion and its richly scented blossoms could be detected in the courtyard several meters away.
What a treat for us after a meeting of the horticultural committee for the garden: landscape designer, Phil Wood, who hosted our meeting, cut us sprigs of his wintersweet growing in his garden in Wallingford.
May the year bring you many warm and humble moments and the presence of loved ones around you at all times.
陆涛
Monday, April 12, 2010
"Knowing the Spring" and the Seattle Chinese Garden
I recently paid a visit to the evolving Seattle Chinese Garden just North of the South Seattle Community College campus in West Seattle. Gardener, Aaron Skinner, showed me around the existing Song Mei Pavilion and the frame work of a new courtyard dubbed "Knowing the Spring". I've been commissioned to acquire and grow plants for the new courtyard and I've also helped them gather donations to enhance the plantings around Song Mei.
Here's a glimpse of the future courtyard that will bear Landwave's plants:
This is a remarkable undertaking and the head of the horticulture sub-committee, Jan Whitner, is ecstatic about the upcoming year as artisans from Chongqing and Sichuan will be arriving to work on the courtyard and planting may begin as early as this fall!
For more information about the garden and how you may be able to contribute, visit their website. They have a work party coming up on April 18th that should be fun and productive.
In fund-raising efforts for the first ever Sichuan style Chinese Garden outside of China, I contributed my time and Chinese-native plants for a container design to the highest bidder in an auction that took place last fall.
I think it turned out well:
Here's a glimpse of the future courtyard that will bear Landwave's plants:
This is a remarkable undertaking and the head of the horticulture sub-committee, Jan Whitner, is ecstatic about the upcoming year as artisans from Chongqing and Sichuan will be arriving to work on the courtyard and planting may begin as early as this fall!
For more information about the garden and how you may be able to contribute, visit their website. They have a work party coming up on April 18th that should be fun and productive.
In fund-raising efforts for the first ever Sichuan style Chinese Garden outside of China, I contributed my time and Chinese-native plants for a container design to the highest bidder in an auction that took place last fall.
I think it turned out well:
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