Classes - Schedule
Gesneriad Society Discussion Panel
Join the cast of characters from the Gesneriad Society here in the greater Seattle area and ask questions, learn propagation and cultural techniques from the local masters!
Orchid Basics
There are two sessions for this, and these discussions will focus on care, growing conditions, plant health, sprinkled with nuggets of interesting information about orchid cultivation, history, science and other fun tidbits.
Joe Grienauer is the owner of Emerald City Orchids and has been in the orchid business for more than a decade.
Ben Johnson is the co-owner of Standard Orchid, a local Orchid focused tissue culture laboratory, successful cultivator and speaker.
Monstera culture and new growth forms
Learn more about Monstera culture, and the various wonderful forms that until recently cost too much money (and some still do) Josh will walk you through the various forms of different species of this plant.
Culture of Tropical Pitcher Plants - Nepenthes
Meet and learn from local expert Andy Wright the carnivorous adaptation of this group of tropical pitcher plants, and how they grow in cultivation, including tips on how to develop good pitchers, propagation, and more!
Latin Nomenclature - what do those plant names actually mean?
Join our Botanical Latin workshop to learn more about plant nomenclature, decoding, pronunciation and taxonomic classification. Julian has a great program to dive in to some of the terms and naming many of us simply skip over but still use to discuss these plants.
Begonia - Culture essentials
Stella Barnum of the local branch of the American Begonia Society will give a discussion on the cultural needs of the begonia family.
Indoor Cactus Culture
Theresa O’Young - an expert from the Cascade Cactus and Succulent Society will give a high level overview of this wonderful group of plants with this really interesting adaptation.
Cold Hardy Carnivorous Plants
Learn more about the care and culture of our North American Pitcher Plants from Phaedra at Courting Frogs Nursery, one of the best and most prolific cultivators of this plant group in the nation (if not world!)