Making a Garden: Art in Bloom

Get inspired when plant expert, author and renowned speaker Daniel Hinkley shares insights into the joys and challenges of creating beautiful, low maintenance gardens in Northwest landscapes 3 p.m., Sunday, June 10 at VAA. Known for his sense of humor and deep knowledge of plants, Hinkley has written several resource books including The Explorer’s Garden: Rare and Unusual Perennials, and another on shrubs and vines.

For his Vashon talk, Hinkley will share the gardener’s journey of his second garden, Windcliff, now in its 9th year. He says, "Windcliff provided the opportunity to change gears from the shaded forest of Heronswood to a full sun, blustery bluff above Puget Sound."

Hinkley will show the parameters, principles, inspirations and consequences of his second attempt at taming, but not too much, a six-acre parcel in the luxurious gardening climate of Washington’s western slope. Vashon-appropriate plants will be highlighted along the way.

Tickets, available at VAA, are $30 per person ($45 per person includes Garden Tour ticket). Wine and hors d’oeuvres reception to follow. Call 463.5131 for more info.