Instagram Gallery – Heronswood

Instagram Gallery

Our Instagram gallery is new, a great way to share photos of what is going on in the garden on a daily basis. This gallery will be curated by Ross Bayton, Heronswood’s Assistant Garden Director.

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Are your borders fizzling out? Here’s some easy

Are your borders fizzling out? Here’s some easy fall flowers you can add to boost your borders. Come to Heronswood to see them for real, open Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 3pm #fallflowers #pugetsoundpublicgardens

The hardy ginger Hedychium wardii flowering for th

The hardy ginger Hedychium wardii flowering for the first time at Heronswood. Exotic gingers bring a touch of the tropical to our gardens. If you’d like to turn yours into an oasis, join us on Wednesday for our online Lunchbreak Lecture on Palms & Exotics. Tickets available on our website Events Calendar, with a free recording for every holder #hardypalms #exoticplants

On days when weddings are taking place, our Potage

On days when weddings are taking place, our Potager purple moor-grasses (Molinia caerulea ‘Strahlenquelle’) take on a ponytail appearance, so guests get a proper view of the ceremony #gardenweddings #moliniacaerulea

Visit Heronswood over the next few months to enjoy

Visit Heronswood over the next few months to enjoy Tribal Tales. We’re placing handmade characters from Native folklore throughout the garden, with a new story every week until mid-October. Each character has a QR code that will link to the full story, so bring your phones and enjoy these time-honored tales in the lush and beautiful surroundings of Heronswood #tribaltails #pugetsoundpublicgardens

Daffodils? In September? Well now is the perfect t

Daffodils? In September? Well now is the perfect time to buy/order spring flowering bulbs, like these Narcissus ‘Pacific Rim’. If you’re free tomorrow, we also have a few spaces left on our in-person bulb class, held here at Heronswood. Get tickets on our website https://heronswood.odoo.com/event #springbulbs

Always a joy when a plant flowers for the first ti

Always a joy when a plant flowers for the first time! This is the silky soft Senecio niveoaureus in the Heronswood backyard gravel border. Come see it this weekend! Open Sat-Sun 10-3, closed Labor Day #pugetsoundpublicgardens #firstflowers #senecioniveoaureus

There’s something comforting about watching bees

There’s something comforting about watching bees busy working, here on Sedum #flowersforpollinators

Two vines with variegated leaves, a yam (Dioscorea

Two vines with variegated leaves, a yam (Dioscorea polystachya ‘Variegata’) and a kiwi (Actinidia tetramera var. maloides). Can you tell which is which? #gardenvines

The leaves may still be green, but it’s beginnin

The leaves may still be green, but it’s beginning to look a lot like autumn. Here’s some floral fireworks to blast off the weekend - visit Heronswood for more #pugetsoundpublicgardens #gardenvisit #fieryflowers

This Friday, join us as we tour Argentina with exp

This Friday, join us as we tour Argentina with expert guides Sue Milliken and Kelly Dodson. Discover exciting plants like this fern Elaphoglossum gayanum on a voyage of discovery. For tickets to this webinar, visit the Heronswood website https://heronswood.odoo.com/event #travelersgarden #floradeargentina #farreachesbotanicalconservancy

It’s time for our latest Traveler’s Garden lec

It’s time for our latest Traveler’s Garden lecture and this month we are heading to Argentina. Join Far Reaches Farm duo Sue Milliken and Kelly Dodson as they share some of South America’s botanical treasures, such as Chuquiraga calchaquina. This webinar is on Friday at 12 noon Pacific, with a recording available to all attendees. Get tickets on our website: https://heronswood.odoo.com/event #travelersgarden #farreachesfarm #floradeargentina

Visit Heronswood this weekend to feed your soul wi

Visit Heronswood this weekend to feed your soul with fantastic flowers. We’re open Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 3pm #fantasticflowers #pugetsoundpublicgardens

This glorious ginger is flowering now at Heronswoo

This glorious ginger is flowering now at Heronswood. Collected in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, it resembles Hedychium ellipticum, but we see a lot of variation in material collected in AP, so who knows? Looks lovely! #travelersgarden #plantcollecting #hedychium

Heronswood continues to collect wild plants in the

Heronswood continues to collect wild plants in the hope of finding better garden plants. With that in mind, we’re developing our new Traveler’s Garden, which will feature wild-collected species like these: Lilium poilanei from Vietnam and Dicentra (formosa) oregana from Oregon #travelersgarden #plantcollectors

What do these Heronswood plants have in common? Be

What do these Heronswood plants have in common? Berberine! This yellow alkaloid, which has been used for centuries as a dye and medicine, is found in the roots, stems and/or bark of all these plants. Berberine can cause numerous side effects, and is produced by plants presumably to ward off herbivores #plantdefensemechanisms

We’re already well into Hydrangea season, but no

We’re already well into Hydrangea season, but now the asperas have started blooming. This is Hydrangea aspera ‘Plum Passion’ and there are many more delectable forms of this large striking shrub flowering at Heronswood now. Come take a look, Wednesday to Sunday 10am to 3pm #hydrangeaaspera #hydrangeaseason

It’s baby basjoo time! One of Heronswood’s har

It’s baby basjoo time! One of Heronswood’s hardy bananas (Musa basjoo) is flowering, no doubt encouraged by recent hot weather. You can be see the mini hands of bananas forming #floweringbanana #musabasjoo

Visit Heronswood this weekend for a floral fantasi

Visit Heronswood this weekend for a floral fantasia! All around the garden, plants are blooming their socks off. Open Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 3pm #pugetsoundpublicgardens

Do you like variegated plants? This is Clethra bar

Do you like variegated plants? This is Clethra barbinervis ‘Variegata’ and it’s unusual leaf mottling attracts both admirers and critics. The flowers sure smell good though! #variegatedplants #clethrabarbinervis

Heronswood is part of the Port Gamble S’Klallam

Heronswood is part of the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribal family and today, we completed some landscaping around the new health center. We hope it inspires and comforts those using this amazing new facility. Thanks to Ralph Purser and Jordan Caldera for making it happen #plantsforhealth

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