Join us in the garden on Sunday, August 19th for our 6th annual Ice Cream Social.

This year's Celebrity Guest will again be Ciscoe Morris, who hosts "Gardening with Ciscoe" on KIRO 97.3 FM radio and KING 5/NWCN television, and is the author of the best-selling garden tome, "Ask Ciscoe", as well as a weekly column in the Seattle Times. Ciscoe's topic will be announced soon.

SEE BELOW FOR 2011's ICE CREAM SOCIAL DETAILS

2011 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

1:00 p.m. Silent Auction Opens, Ice Cream available

2:15 p.m. Fuchsia Garden Dedication

2:30 p.m. Ciscoe's talk

3:45 p.m. Silent Auction closes

 

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Other featured events include:

Silent Auction!

Bid on a variety of great items, including:

• Four pots donated by Aw Pottery and personally planted by Ciscoe

                                   

• 10 designer pots donated by Aw Pottery and planted by local nurseries and designers, including Lavina Mays, Clinton Bamboo, Herr Backyard Garden Center, Furney's Nursery, Minter's Earlington Greenhouse, Village Green Perennial Nursery, West Seattle Nursery, Design of the Times, and Dogwood Design.
• Round trip air fare for two on Horizon Air to Portland and two free tickets to the Portland Rose Festival
• Dinner for 6 at 909 Coffee and Wine in Burien.  Grab 5 of your friends and feast on a 3 course meal from the always inventive kitchen of Chef Frank Ricci; includes one appetizer, entree, and dessert per person. This is a fabulous auction item; the cuisine at 909 has been given Ciscoe's highest rating, 4 Brussels Sprouts!  (Sorry, alcohol not included; but  an impressive inventory is available for purchase, including a first-class wine list and creative cocktails from their adjoining lounge, "913: the Place Next Door".)
• Dinner and a Movie for Two at the Tin Room and Tin Theater ($75 gift card). Treat yourself and a pal to an evening of entertainment at Ciscoe's favorite B-town watering hole, and then catch a film at Burien's very own Tin-sel town, the Tin Theater. Or just blow it all on 7 Classic Burgers with their irresistible Tin Fries. It's your decision...
• Burien Pub Crawl; includes $75 worth of gift cards from Vino Bello, Mick Kelly's Irish Pub, and Elliot Bay Brewpub.  Start your tour with appetizers and wine by the glass at Vino Bello, Burien's premier wine bar. Then pop down the block to Mick Kelly's Irish Pub for a pint of Guinness and an order of Harp Beer Battered Fish and Chips. Top off the evening by waddling to Elliot Bay Brewpub for a nightcap and one of their famous desserts. Also works in reverse order. (Designated driver not included and highly recommended! Even if you don't consume any libations, you'll be too stuffed with delicious food to drive!)
• Rose Package including an autographed copy of Jeff Wyckoff's new rose book, a rose plant, and vase
• Instant Tropical Paradise Turn your back yard into a garden of earthly delights with this package of plants from L&B Nurseries, Seattle's premier wholesaler of tropicals, temperennials, and nursery stock. Includes 5 gallon pots of Carpenteria californica, Michellia crassipes, Trachycarpus fortunei, Hedychium gardenerianum 'Tara', Tibouchina urvilleana and Begonia "Irene Nuss". All wrapped up in a tasteful cardboard box.
• Live Watercolor in  the Garden Regional watercolor artist Susie Short will create a live watercolor to be auctioned off during the silent auction! Susie’s painting style could be classified as traditionally realistic and when you see her floral watercolors it’s easy to see that she loves to paint garden subjects. What sets Susie apart from the average watercolor artist is her unique approach to painting.  Susie paints “alla prima” - directly on the paper without drawing first and completes her plein air watercolors within a few hours.
• A gorgeous handmade quilt
• An exquisite book of Japanese Floral Art
• Four passes to the 2012 NW Flower and Garden Show
• Concrete Garden Art Bid on a stunning and durable concrete casting of a gunnera leaf crafted by  local artisan Cheryl Bateman. (Sculpture size is 22" x 24")
• A lavender basket from the garden, and more!

Plant Sale!!

A delightful variety of plants will be on sale from our garden club partners and the Elda Behm Paradise Garden.

Bonus Prizes for Foundation Members!!

Be one of the first 40 people to join the Highline Botanical garden Foundation or renew a membership and receive a free pot from Aw Pottery!

Door Prizes Galore!!!

And Free Ice Cream to the first 300 guests!

Please join us in the garden for an afternoon of the very best in gardening "edu-tainment", ice cream, and of course, brussels sprouts!

Watch this space for further details! For directions to the garden, click here