NPA Lectures

NPA members enjoy four free lectures a year, plus just $5 for the annual Nicolay Lecture in April.

Most NPA lectures are held at the Center for Urban Horticulture (CUH). Driving directions. CUH offers plenty of free parking. Doors open at noon for plant and seed sales, and refreshments. For the convenience of our members in the South Sound area, one or two lectures are held at Lakewold Gardens in Lakewood. On the day of these lectures, members enjoy free admission to this beautiful garden.

Be sure to bring your NPA card to get in free. Spouses are included in your membership, so they get in free, too. You’re also welcome to bring a friend—nonmembers pay $10. Not a member? You can join at the door or join now.

This is your chance to browse choice plants from select nurseries, at tables set up outside the lecture hall. At the Seed Exchange, NPA offers a large assortment of fresh seeds collected from the NPA Border and members gardens, available to NPA members at a fraction of retail price. See our Seed List.

The meeting begins at 1 pm with a drawing for door prizes. This is followed by brief announcements about NPA events, then the lecture itself, which usually lasts an hour.

Nicolay Memorial Lecture

This lecture, usually in spring, features a celebrity speaker and costs $5 for NPA members/$10 for nonmembers. Kevin Nicolay was one of the founders of NPA. His story.

2012 Lecture Schedule

January 15, Sunday
Lecture - Creating Successful Container Gardens
with Tina Dixon
1 pm - Doors Open at Noon for Plant and Seed Sales
NPA members free/Nonmembers $10
Center for Urban Horticulture
3501 NE 41st Street, Seattle

March 18, Sunday
NICOLAY ART AUCTION & LECTURE
Steve Lorton will help NPA auction an original Kevin Nicolay painting!
Read more about the auction.
Followed by:
Pacific Northwest Native Plants & Perennials At Our Fingertips
with media personality Greg Rabourn
Read more about Greg.
Doors open at noon for MsK Native Plant Sale
Auction & Lecture at 1 pm
NPA members $5/Nonmembers $10
Center for Urban Horticulture
3501 NE 41st Street, Seattle

MORE TO COME!

For the complete list of NPA events, see our calendar.