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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Choosing trees, shrubs and vines for smaller garde

Choosing trees, shrubs and vines for smaller gardens is difficult. With limited space, there’s only room for a few, so they need to really earn their place. This Wednesday, plantsman Dan Hinkley will discuss his top choices in an online webinar. Visit our Events Calendar for tickets. Here’s a few of my suggestions… #smalltrees #smallgardens

A selection of some of the remarkable plants colle

A selection of some of the remarkable plants collected by our Director Emeritus Dan Hinkley in Vietnam over 20 years of expeditions. Join him Saturday 27th as he recounts his exploration of this fascinating country in a Zoom webinar. For tickets, visit the Heronswood events calendar #floraofvietnam #travelersgarden

Eucryphia glutinosa is undoubtedly beautiful in fl

Eucryphia glutinosa is undoubtedly beautiful in flower, but it’s fall color is also pretty good. It’s the only deciduous eucryphia and ours is the dwarf form ‘Snowball’ #eucryphia

Heronswood‘s volunteers are an awesome crew! Tod

Heronswood‘s volunteers are an awesome crew! Today, they helped us protect our young tree ferns from winter cold. We tie up the fronds with string, wrap a cage of chicken wire around the trunk, then fill this with woodchips. With over 30 ferns, it’s a big task, made better by their great enthusiasm. Thanks everyone! #dicksoniaantarctica #protectplantsinwinter #volunteersaregreat

We always try to protect our bananas before Thanks

We always try to protect our bananas before Thanksgiving, and we’ve just finished the process. They are fully hardy, but cold weather can kill the stems resulting in much shorter plants. We wrap the stems in a wire cage, fill it with straw and fallen leaves, then stretch a tarp over the top, ensuring it is peaked to allow drainage #hardybanana #protectbananaplants

Whose bright idea was it to plant bulbs? We’ve a

Whose bright idea was it to plant bulbs? We’ve added 2,000 tulip and daffodil bulbs to the Potager’s inner beds, so make sure to visit next spring and see if our efforts were worthwhile #plantingbulbs #tulipsanddaffodils

This pond has been dry for a long time, but plenty

This pond has been dry for a long time, but plenty of water now! After considerable rainfall over the past few weeks, and more to come, Heronswood’s water features are back, providing homes for plants and wildlife #winterrain #washingtonrainydays

Grevillea victoriae is a great garden plant for th

Grevillea victoriae is a great garden plant for the PNW - evergreen, coppery buds, winter blooms that hummingbirds adore - but why does it always fall over? #fallingforplants #grevilleavictoriae

Yesterday, my class on Mahonias for the Pacific No

Yesterday, my class on Mahonias for the Pacific Northwest was rudely interrupted by a tornado warning. Today, we found a Douglas fir branch that had crashed down on to Mahonia x media ‘Winter Sun’, one of the plants I was due to show to the class. Probably a good thing we took shelter then #tornadogarden #mahonia

We had a visit from Cousin Itt today at Heronswood

We had a visit from Cousin Itt today at Heronswood. Well not really, but this weeping larch Larix decidua ‘Pendula’ looks great in fall and adds sculptural effect year-round, plus it never grows taller than this. Perfect garden plant if you ask me #perfectgardenplant #weepinglarch

The forecast may be dull, but there’s still plen

The forecast may be dull, but there’s still plenty of color at Heronswood, open this weekend 10am-3pm. Check out the fall foliage before it blows away! #leafpeeping #opengarden

Keep your eyes open during Fall garden cleanup, an

Keep your eyes open during Fall garden cleanup, and you might find an amphibian. This long-toed salamander and rough-skinned newt are bug-hunting warriors and very welcome in our garden. We leave plenty of undisturbed areas for them to thrive in #gardenamphibians #nativeamphibians

The chilly weekend brought an end to our dahlia di

The chilly weekend brought an end to our dahlia display, but these beautiful blooms can live on, on paper. Join renowned botanical artist Jean Emmons this Wednesday (11/03) as she provides an introduction to botanical art. Have your brushes ready for this unique opportunity to learn from an expert, whilst in the comfort of your own home. Get tickets for this webinar on our website; this webinars recorded so you can watch when convenient #botanicalart #jeanemmons #learntopaint

Heronswood is closed this weekend, so the birds ha

Heronswood is closed this weekend, so the birds have the place to themselves! We reopen Saturday November 6th, weekends only until April #hummingbirdgarden

Alas we are closed this weekend so you’ll have t

Alas we are closed this weekend so you’ll have to enjoy our fall color via social media #leafpeeping

A valiant crew of volunteers helped us kick off cu

A valiant crew of volunteers helped us kick off cutback season in the Potager. In preparation for winter mulching, we cut back various perennials, protecting the most tender with a layer of prunings on top #gardenclearing #gardencutback

It’s our last open weekend of the summer season

It’s our last open weekend of the summer season so take a trip to Heronswood and see some of those late blooming jewels, such as Nerine, climbing Aconitum and Mahonia. We’re closed over Halloween, reopening Saturday November 6th, weekends only through March #winterhours

Take a bird’s eye view of Heronswood in fall wit

Take a bird’s eye view of Heronswood in fall with these amazing drone shots from photographer Tom Twigg #gardenfromabove #dronegarden

Despite being October, our new Rock Garden is stil

Despite being October, our new Rock Garden is still blooming. Less than a year old, it has more than lived up to expectations and will be expanding this winter #rockgardenplants

The first flush of fall is upon us, and with short

The first flush of fall is upon us, and with shorter days and cooler nights, more color is on its way. Come visit Heronswood while this show lasts. We’re open Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 3pm #fallcolors #leafpeeping #pugetsoundpublicgardens

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