NPA lecture with Tina Dixon
Creating Successful Container Gardens

May 6, Sunday
1:30 pm
NPA members free/Nonmembers $10
University Place Library
3609 Market Place W, Tacoma

Drop Dead Gorgeous! That's pretty much anyone's response to seeing Tina Dixon's planted containers, whether in her own Bothell garden or in numerous books and magazine spreads.  Now, Tina is going to share her knowledge with NPA members so that our containers, too, can be the talk of the town. In her program, she'll show us how to choose the right soil, containers and plants, and discuss design principles and elements as well.

But what brought her to her current status as Queen of Containers? Tina admits gardening is in her genes. Her childhood family gatherings were spent in her grandparents’ postage stamp sized garden in Seattle's View Ridge neighborhood. Even though it was small, it was well planned, meticulously kept and filled with love. “I remember helping my grandma weed as she taught me plant names,” Tina said. 

After their passing, Tina learned the work behind that love when she moved into their home--and how she felt the duty to keep it up. “I sort of faked my way through it, watching Ed Hume and gleaning what I could from other gardeners.”

Fast forward 30 plus years: A degree in Environmental Horticulture from Lake Washington Technical College, membership in NPA, countless garden tours, lectures, classes, lots of trial and error, all while building her business, Plants a la Cart. 

Tina's creations have been featured in: Sunset magazine, where her designs were heralded as “richly textural & inventive”; Garden Design, where her home garden earned their prestigious Golden Trowel award; Pacific magazine, and numerous books. She has created a garden and spoken at the Northwest Flower & Garden Show, and also been a speaker at the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show.  

She’s doing what she loves, digging in the dirt, and sharing her passion and knowledge of gardening with others. Her grandparents would be proud.