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The Point Defiance Flower & Garden Festival

May 29, 2023 at 8:43 p.m.

The Point Defiance Flower & Garden Festival features free and ticketed experience June 3-4. Photo courtesy Metro Parks Tacoma.

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.

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