Join us in the garden on Sunday, August 16th for our 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, as well 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 "...And This Is Also My Favorite Plant..."

Many of the plants discussed will be available at our accompanying plant sale.

The fun starts at 1:00 p.m., with Ciscoe taking center stage in the Celebration Rose Garden at around 2:30 p.m.

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Other featured events include:

"Cool Pots for Hot Spots; Drought Tolerant Containers for Summer & Fall"

Local nurseries and designers will again plant up 10 gorgeous pots donated by Aw Pottery. Just show up and register to vote for your favorite container and get a chance to take it home for FREE!!! HGBF members get two extra chances to win! Memberships will be on sale the day of the event.

Participating designers and nurseries include Clinton Bamboo Growers, Design of the Times, Dogwood Design/Klein Art Fab, Grass Roots Home and Garden, Minter's Earlington Greenhouse and Nursery, Furney's, West Seattle Nursery, The Sacred Garden, Herr Backyard Garden Center, and Branches Garden Center.

Click on a pot for larger image: there are two more pots still in production

Branches Garden Center	Minter's Earlington Greenhouse	West Seattle Nursery	Clinton Bamboo Growers	The Sacred Garden
Dogwood Design	Design of the Times	Furney's Nursery	Herr Backyard Garden Center	Grassroots Home and Garden

 

(NOTE: IF YOU PLAN ON ENTERING THE CONTEST, BRING A VEHICLE LARGE ENOUGH TO TAKE HOME YOUR WINNINGS! THE PLANTED POTS ARE BETWEEN 24" AND 36" TALL AND MAY WEIGH AS MUCH AS 75 POUNDS!)

Free Aw Pottery Pot and free plant to first 40 new members!

Be one of the first forty people to join the Highline Botanical Garden Foundation during the event and receive a gorgeous, handmade, frost-proof Aw Pottery pot and a free plant! (Take your pick between Crocosmia 'Lucifer' or Iris 'Caesar's Brother'.)

HBGF members receive a 10% discount on HBGF plants at our plant sales, a free copy of our newsletter, and discounts on classes and workshops sponsored by HBGF.

(Photo shown is illustrative. A variety of pots will be available.)

 

Door Prizes Galore!!!

Register to win two free passes to the 2010 NW Flower and Garden Show, a "Cascadia" compost bin from the City of SeaTac, and gift packages from Hey Paison, The Tin Room Bar and Grill, the Mark Restaurant, 909 Coffee and Wine, Elliot Bay Brewpub, King County Iris Society, and the Puget Sound Daylily Club.

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