Reminder: ‘Favorite Plant Picks’ topic of Jan. 28 Edmonds Floretum program

Sue Milliken and Kelly Dodson

Edmonds Floretum Garden Club will start 2019 with a program by horticultural superstar Kelly Dodson of Port Townsend-based Far Reaches Farm. His talk, “Some of Our Favorite Plant Picks” will be Monday, Jan. 28 in the Brackett Room, third floor of Edmonds City Hall.

The club meeting begins at 10 a.m. and the program will start at 11 a.m.  The meeting is free and open to guests.

Dodson will speak on vulnerable plant conservation and new plant introductions at the Far Reaches Botanical Conservancy. There will be a bit of botanical travelogue with plant hunting in remote parts of Asia, plus plant acquisitions in the UK, some breeding work at the nursery, and rare plants.

Kelly and his partner Sue Milliken have spent their lives learning about and working with plants in nurseries, botanic gardens and plant hunting expeditions. They are owners of Far Reaches Farm, which has been featured in Pacific HorticultureHorticulture, Garden Gate and Martha Stewart Living. They are also contributing editors for Fine Gardening magazine.  Learn more at www.farreachesfarm.com.

Edmonds Floretum Garden Club holds monthly programs on gardening and conservation.

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