“On the road again” is the theme for a weekend nursery foray to the Emerald City.  I am teaching a seminar at Molbak’s Garden and Home in Woodinville which is just outside Seattle.  Having never visited Molbak’s I am excited about speaking  to and meeting their customers and exploring the  nursery for the first time.  Am anticipating a weekend of satiated plant lust.

Seminars, vendors and informal demonstrations are all part of Molbak’s Spring Celebration Weekend, April 10 and 11.  At 10-11 am Saturday  I’ll present Voluptuous Vignettes: The Art of Perennial Plant Combinations focusing on creating expressive, artistic and culturally compatible plant combinations.

From 1-2 Willi Evans Galloway, west coast editor of Organic Gardening Magazine discusses Gardening Gifts: Family, Friends and Community.  She’ll share ideas for creating inspired gifts from the garden, gardening activities for children and ideas for community- building projects.

Lorene Edwards Forkner speaks from 11-12 on Sunday offering 10 Tips for a Delicious and Productive Veggie Garden.  Her years of experience as a food enthusiast, gardener and writer come to the fore as she discusses which home- grown vegetables are the most easily canned and preserved.

How to Create a Healing Herb Garden is the subject of Jenny Perez’s presentation from 1-2.  She is adjunct faculty in the Botanical Medical Department at Bastyr University where she is also the garden manager.  She discusses new medicinal plants and ways to use familiar herbs for great therapeutic benefit.

Fred, my long suffering partner and AV specialist, can handle only so much nursery time.  If the weather relents I expect to see his golf clubs in the car when we load up.  He is busy researching golf courses near the nursery –something for everyone is our motto.