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GARDENING PARTNERS
The garden thrives because of our
strong community. |
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The City of Bellevue owns and manages the Garden in close
concert with dedicated community groups, such as the Bellevue Botanical
Garden Society, the Northwest Perennial Alliance, the Eastside Fuchsia
Society, Eastlake Washington District of Garden Clubs, and other
gardening groups.
The Bellevue Botanical
Garden is truly a public garden, created
for and sustained by the community.
Bellevue Botanical Garden Society
The Society is a non-profit organization established in
1985 in partnership with the City of Bellevue Parks Department. It
is managed by a Board of Directors and supported by volunteers.
Funds are raised through membership dues, fund-raising events, and
donations. The Board also seeks funding through grants.
The Society provides free Garden events such as the Mother's Day
Social, Pops in the Park, and Garden d'Lights and also funds the
Living Lab Program which educates over 1000 students annually with a
curriculum coordinated with the Bellevue school district. In 2002, the
Bellevue Botanical Garden Society funded a new 1/3 mile long trail
through a Botanic Reserve previously inaccessible to the public.
This new trail opened 20 acres of meadows and woodland for visitors. |
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Website
Photographers
Many thanks to our fellow
gardeners/photographers who so generously
contribute to this website:
Joan Bakeman, Elliott Brogren, Ruth Edwards, Udell Fresk, Kris Erikson, Tom Kuykendall, Peter
Littlewood, Peter Martin, Todd Medley, Kandy Mulrony, Sara Navarre, Judy Panjeti, Keith
Patrick, Rebecca Randall, Sandra Lee Reha, Bill Willard, June
Willard, and Chandra Zink |
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Northwest
Perennial Alliance
Members design, install and maintain the
gorgeous Perennial Border.
The NPA is a group of gardeners with a passion for herbaceous
plants. Members represent a wide range of gardeners, professional
and amateur, whose mission is to promote the use of and education
about perennials for Northwest gardens. Contact the NPA
at
info@northwestperennialalliance.org or (425)
647-6004. Anyone can participate
in
scheduled work parties, and
membership in the NPA is not required. |
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Eastside Fuchsia Society
Members
maintain the dazzling Fuchsia Garden and test various cultivars
that grow in the Pacific Northwest. The society is dedicated to
the study of the culture of fuchsias and encouraging fellowship
among fuchsia enthusiasts. They are an independent
organization which participates jointly with other fuchsia
societies in the state in the operation of the Northwest Fuchsia
Society. |
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THE NORTH AMERICAN GARDEN ROCK SOCIETY
was organized to encourage the study and cultivation of rock
garden plants. Through articles in the quarterly Bulletin,
lectures, slide presentations, meetings, and garden visits, the
North American Rock Garden Society provides extensive
opportunities for both beginners and experts to expand their
knowledge of plants, propagation techniques, even design,
construction and maintenance of gardens. |
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Bellevue Utilities Department
sponsors the stunning and award-winning Waterwise
Garden. The Utilities Department educates the public about how
to conserve water, protect the environment, and at the same time,
create a landscape which is healthier, less expensive, and easier to
maintain. It provides numerous valuable publications which
explain the basics of waterwise gardening, available free in the
Visitor Center |
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East Lake
Washington District of Garden Clubs
Members maintain the
Native Plant Garden.
They are dedicated to protecting and beautifying our world.
Neighborhood clubs study gardening , environmental
issues, flower arranging and landscape design while
encouraging good horticultural practices that conserve our
natural resources.
To locate a garden club in
your area or to start one of your own, contact
or
visit the
Washington
State Federation of Garden Clubs
website. For more information about garden clubs nationally visit
the
National Garden Clubs
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the Hardy Fern Foundation
was established in 1989 to introduce and test the world's
temperate ferns for hardiness and ornamental value and to
build comprehensive collections for public display,
information and education. The primary study garden is at
the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden in Federal Way,
Washington. The Hardy Fern Foundation is affiliated with
research plantings and displays at botanical gardens,
arboreta and related public institutions throughout North
America. In the 1990's Harriet and Cal Shorts, enthusiastic
members of the Hardy Fern Foundation, donated $25,000 to
create a fern garden at Bellevue Botanical Garden. Today 750
ferns are in a glen associated with the new rhododendron
garden.
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