This beautiful handmade quilt made by a local artist for the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden is available for purchase through our Garden Gift Shop for $500. It measures 6 x 6 ½ feet and can be purchased by calling 253-838-4646 Ext. 140 or visiting the Gift Shop directly – what a great gift idea for […]
There are fragrant azaleas in bloom and this includes R. luteum ‘Golden Comet’. You can also find this one the RSBG Plant Nursery for sale.
Featured artist David Fishman – photography – Rutherford Conservatory (Fishman Botanical Portraits) Claudia Riedener – ceramic tile – near Stumpery (Ixia Tile) Mary Lou Sumioka – pottery – across from meadow Ross Brown – sculpture – throughout Garden (Owings Brown Studio) Marion Head – photography – near Stumpery (Marion Head Photography ) Anette Lusher-Cree – […]
May 18 2013, Saturday 10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Local gardening personality, Marianne Binetti, is the host of the new Dig In® Seattle TV show. Last month filming at the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden took place including an interview with Executive Director and Curator, Steve Hootman. The Garden was showing off for the camera with beautiful blooms everywhere. Even a little hummingbird nest nestled into […]
“We are participating in The Seattle Foundation’s third annual GiveBIG on May 15! Plan on supporting the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden as part of our community’s biggest day of giving of the year!”
The Washington Native Plant Society is promoting Native Plant Appreciation Week, April 28-May 4. They will be promoting our Spring Plant Sale plus, we’ll offer a special tour. Special Native Plant Tour at the RSBG, Tues. April 30, 1pm. RSBG Staff will showcase native plants on this hour long tour through the Garden. Cost […]
Listen to Steve Hootman’s podcast of his live interview with Mike Darcy on his radio show, “In The Garden“, on Sat March 16, 2013.
Large rounded evergreen shrubs with pale tomentose branches. The dark and shiny leaves have a woolly whitish to fawn indumentum on their undersides. The flowers emerge from the most amazing-looking large buds in early spring. The fuzzy overlapping scales of the buds give the appearance of some strange small pineapple and provide a great show […]
