Current News and Happenings

November 30th, 2005 - UW Botanic Garden discussion The University of Washington Botanic Gardens is having on informal discussion in the Northwest Horticulture Society Hall at the Center of Urban Horticulture from 5:30 to 7:00 pm on Wednesday November 30. The UW Botanic Gardens include The Arboretum, CUH, the Miller Library, the Hyde Herbarium and the Union Bay Natural Area. The purpose of this discussion is to help answer the question “What does society want in a modern botanic garden?”. If you are interested in attending this meeting please call 543-0415 no later than November 21.

February 8th - 12th, 2006 - The 2006 Northwest Flower and Garden Show will be held in the Convention Center. The price of the tickets are $19.00 for individuals. The price drops to $15.00 for groups of 20 or more. We will check with CCSS members at the coming meeting to see of we can get sufficient persons to get the reduced rate. The Volunteer Park Conservatory is looking for volunteers to help with their table. A volunteer will receive free admission for working a three hour shift. Then there will plenty of time to look over the exhibits. Call 206-322-4112 to sign up.