This article is courtesy of Metro Parks Tacoma
There’s nothing lovelier than springtime at Point Defiance Park in Tacoma. Whether you’re an expert gardener, a budding plant lover or just enjoy smelling the roses, the Point Defiance Flower & Garden Festival is the perfect place to find garden inspiration, shopping, food and fun.
The festival will be held both outdoors and in, gracing Point Defiance Park’s garden, pond and entrance area June 3-4, 2023. Some free activities but most activities require a ticket.
Lectures, Demonstrations, Classes, Tours
Visitors to the event will enjoy a showcase of gardening with hands-on programming, garden tours, children’s garden, food trucks, farmers market, shopping, lectures and demonstrations, live music, a beer and wine tasting garden, and more.
Lectures and demonstrations will be held at the Rose Garden Stage and inside the Pagoda. Speakers and workshop sessions include:
- Growing Pollinator Friendly Xeric Gardens – Ann Amato
- A Tour of Heronswood – Ross Bayton
- Western Washington Native Plants and the Habitats in Which they Grow BEST – Anna Thurston
- No Fear Garden Design – Sue Goetz
- Sogetsu Ikebana -Shirley Hill
- Built Indoor Ecosystems -Maggie Hellis
- Birds, Bees, Flowers, and Trees – Pierce County Beekeepers Association/Tahoma Audubon Society
- Sound Horticulture: The Benefits of Beneficials – Alison Kutz
- Connecting to Nature – Sarah Low
- Is it a Zoo, or is it a Garden? Excerpts of Zoological Horticulture – Bryon Jones
- Herbal Workshop: Natural Care Recipes – Sue Goetz
- Seeds! – Ann Amato
- Japanese garden history – Peter Putnicki
- Pacific Bonsai Museum – Aarin Packard
- Transitioning Landscapes Towards Sustainability – Anna Thurston
Purchase plants at the Vendor Village, enjoy the Tacoma Farmers Market and Guided Garden Tours, or tour the demonstration gardens on your own.
Festival Details:
When: June 3-4, 2023
Saturday, June 3, 2023
Festival Hours: 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Tasting Package Event: 12 – 4 p.m.
Happy Hour: 4:30-7:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 4, 2023
Festival Hours: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Tasting Package Event: 11 am – 3 p.m.
Where: Point Defiance Park, 5400 N. Pearl St. Tacoma WA 98407
LEARN MORE AND PURCHASE TICKETS: ptdefiancegardenfest.org.
For more events, visit Northwest Prime Time’s calendar at Northwest Prime Time Calendar of Events
