NPA Lectures
NPA members enjoy up to five free lectures a year, plus reduced fees to 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 for just 25 cents. 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.
2010 Lecture Schedule
January 24, Sunday
Lecture - The Accidental Chocolate Gardener
with Marie Lincoln of the Chocolate Flower Farm
1 pm - Doors Open at Noon for Plant, Book, and Seed Sales
NPA members free/Nonmembers $10
Center for Urban Horticulture
3501 NE 41st Street, Seattle
Read more about Marie Lincoln
April 25, Sunday
Nicolay Memorial Lecture - People, Places and Plants: Inspirational Highlights of My Horticultural Career"
with John Elsley
1 pm - Doors Open at Noon for Plant, Book, and Seed Sales
NPA members $5/Nonmembers $10
Ticket sales begin at noon. Seating is limited.
Center for Urban Horticulture
3501 NE 41st Street, Seattle
Learn more about John Elsley.
May 22, Saturday
South Sound Lecture
1 - 4 pm
NPA members free/Nonmembers $10
Lakewold Gardens
12317 Gravelly Lake Drive SW, Lakewood
September 19, Sunday
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
November 21, Sunday
Planting for Drought Tolerance with David Mason
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
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Garden Borders from Dull to Drama with Sue Goetz
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
For the complete list of NPA events, see our calendar.
For more information, contact our office.
