BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20261018T063915Z DTSTART:20250510T170000Z DTEND:20250510T230000Z UID:20250510T170000Z-20250510T230000Z-9604@rhodygarden.org SUMMARY:Blue Poppy Day 2025 DESCRIPTION:The mystical Himalayan blue poppy\, Meconopsis\, will grac e us with its ethereal beauty once again at the Rhododendron Species B otanical Garden. Come celebrate these fabulous flowers Saturday\, May 17 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and enjoy a feast for your eyes. Walk throug h a meadow glowing with blooming blue poppies or stroll along the ADA accessible path through the blue poppy glade. The RSBG nursery will be stocked with a stunning selection of plants for sale\, including Meco nopsis (blue poppies).\n\nADMISSION\n$10 - General admission\n$7 - Sen iors and students\nFREE - RSBG members\, children (age 12 and under)\, and military with ID\nInterested in volunteering? Email info@rhodygar den.org\nInterested in vending? Email info@rhodygarden.org\nFor sponso rship opportunities email media@rhodygarden.org\n\n\n\n2025 Lineup:\nF OOD TRUCK\nZaytoona Mediterranean\, Zaytoona - Food Truck Schedule - G yro\, Mediterranean\, Middle Eastern - Food Truck Reviews - Phone Numb er - Menu\n\n\n\nART MARKET\nHannah Nicholson: Ceramics inspired by th e beauty and magic of Western Washington. Delicately handcrafted cups\ , bowls\, mugs\, travel tumblers\, spoon rests\, planters\, and more. Each piece is 100% unique\, and made by hand in Gig Harbor\, Washingto n.\n\nJody Deam: Five years ago\, Jody came across plaster casting flo wers as a craft and fell in love with this unique way of preserving pl ants from the garden\, nature walks and other found objects. Her botan ical tiles are handmade by pressing fresh and sometimes dried flowers into clay and pouring a plaster casting of the flowers. She uses flowe rs and plants from her garden and walks around the neighborhood. Jody also gets inspiration from the produce isle in the local grocery store \, veggie garden or nearby nurseries and farms. Jody also teaches clas ses.\n\nMaster Gardeners of King County: The King County Master Garden er program\, an extension of Washington State University\, provides a multitude of resources for home gardeners. Gardening information is av ailable to the public and is research-based and focused on environment ally friendly and sustainable gardening practices.\n\nOuter Rim Art: K risty loves coffee. She loves it so much that one day in 2016 while wo rking at a coffee shop\, she decided to try and paint with it! Since t hen\, she's been creating unique coffee paintings inspired by literatu re\, pop culture\, nature\, and The Great Pacific Northwest. She loves to use coffee from local roasters\, and experiment with technique. Kr isty lives in Tacoma with her husband and two cats.\n\nSaze Glass: Sue and Zeke are partners in life and glass who love to share their creat ions through Saze Glass. Whether making large scale home decor in the hot shop or objects for everyday use\, they like to capture the shiny and refractive essence of glass. They use precious metal fume\, opals\ , and special colors in their mugs\, jewelry\, and sculpture.\nNatalie Haywood: Nat Haywood Goods & Readings\nNatalie is a PNW native and wo rks out of Tacoma\, WA. Her multimedia art is playful\, vivacious\, an d Earth based. Natalie explores the whimsy of the natural world\, espe cially the PNW\, with rocks\, moss\, and other foliage. Her primary me dium is resin sculptural arrangements but also designs digital collage prints.   www.nathaywood.bigcartel.com\n \n\n\n\nCALL FOR VOLUNTEERS! \nWe're looking for friendly\, plant loving people to volunteer in the Visitor Center for an hour to help hand out maps\, tally plants\, and general visitor direction and guidance. We have several slots availab le. The Visitor Center is open from 10 am-4 pm and we're hoping to fil l every hour with a knowledgeable and friendly plant person to help en sure visitors have an amazing experience at the garden. Volunteers wil l receive a free day pass to attend Blue Poppy Day (which they can par ticipate in before and/or after their shift in the Visitor Center). Vo lunteers must commit to coming to the garden for orientation the morni ng of event day between 8-9 AM or any time between now and event day.\ n\nIf you're interested\, please email info@rhodygarden.org.\n\nThank you for supporting the garden!\n\n  X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The mystical Himalayan blue poppy\, Me conopsis\, will grace us with its ethereal beauty once again at the Rh ododendron Species Botanical Garden. Come celebrate these fabulous flo wers Saturday\, May 17 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and enjoy a feast for yo ur eyes. Walk through a meadow glowing with blooming blue poppies or s troll along the ADA accessible path through the blue poppy glade. The RSBG nursery will be stocked with a stunning selection of plants for s ale\, including Meconopsis (blue poppies).

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ADMIS SION
\n$10 –\; General admission
\n$7 ̵ 1\; Seniors and students
\nFREE –\; RSBG members\, children (a ge 12 and under)\, and military with ID

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Interested in volunte ering? Email info@rhodygarden.org< /a>

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Interested in vending? Email info@rhodygarden.org

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For sponsorship opportunit ies email media@rhodygarden.org

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2025 Lineup:

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FOOD TRUCK\n

Zaytoona Mediterranean\, Zaytoona –\; Food Truck Schedu le –\; Gyro\, Mediterranean\, Middle Eastern –\; Food Truck Reviews –\; Phone Number –\; Menu

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ART MARKET

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Hannah Nicholson: Ceramics inspired by the beauty and magic of Western Washington. Delicately handcrafted cups\, bowls\, mugs\, travel tumblers\, spoon rests\, planters\, and more. Ea ch piece is 100% unique\, and made by hand in Gig Harbor\, Washington.

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Jody Deam : Five years ago\, Jody came across plaster casting flowers as a craft and fell in love with this unique way of preserving plants fr om the garden\, nature walks and other found objects. Her botanical ti les are handmade by pressing fresh and sometimes dried flowers into cl ay and pouring a plaster casting of the flowers. She uses flowers and plants from her garden and walks around the neighborhood. Jody also ge ts inspiration from the produce isle in the local grocery store\, vegg ie garden or nearby nurseries and farms. Jody also teaches classes.

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Master Gardeners of King County: The King County Master Gardene r program\, an extension of Washington State University\, provides a m ultitude of resources for home gardeners. Gardening information is ava ilable to the public and is research-based and focused on environmenta lly friendly and sustainable gardening practices.

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Outer Rim Art : Kristy loves coffee. She loves it so much that one day in 2016 while working at a coffee shop\, she decided to try and paint with it! Since then\, she’\;s been creating unique coffee paintin gs inspired by literature\, pop culture\, nature\, and The Great Pacif ic Northwest. She loves to use coffee from local roasters\, and experi ment with technique. Kristy lives in Tacoma with her husband and two c ats.

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Saz e Glass: Sue and Zeke are partners in life and glass who love to share their creations through Saze Glass. Whether making large scale home decor in the hot shop or objects for everyday use\, they l ike to capture the shiny and refractive essence of glass. They use pre cious metal fume\, opals\, and special colors in their mugs\, jewelry\ , and sculpture.

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Natalie Haywood: Nat Haywood Goods &\; Readings
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Natalie is a PNW native and works out o f Tacoma\, WA. Her multimedia art is playful\, vivacious\, and Earth b ased. Natalie explores the whimsy of the natural world\, especially th e PNW\, with rocks\, moss\, and other foliage. Her primary medium is r esin sculptural arrangements but also designs digital collage prints.    www.nathaywood.bigcartel.c om
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CALL FOR VOLUNTEE RS!
\nWe’\;re looking for friendly\, plant lov ing people to volunteer in the Visitor Center for an hour to help hand out maps\, tally plants\, and general visitor direction and guidance. We have several slots available. The Visitor Center is open from 10 a m-4 pm and we’\;re hoping to fill every hour with a knowledgeable and friendly plant person to help ensure visitors have an amazing exp erience at the garden. Volunteers will receive a free day pass to atte nd Blue Poppy Day (which they can participate in before and/or after t heir shift in the Visitor Center). Volunteers must commit to coming to the garden for orientation the morning of event day between 8-9 AM or any time between now and event day.

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If you’\;re interest ed\, please email info@rhodygarden .org.

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Thank you for supporting the garden!
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