own garden haven, even if you have zero experience or think you have a brown thumb.

With a combination of common sense, lived experience, and hands on practical knowledge (all shared with humility, encouragement and an eye toward sustainable environments), he hopes to help you become addicted to working in your garden (just like he is at home!).

We will cover some easy planting projects, basic landscaping projects, and a few fun purchases you might choose to make to celebrate nature and feel more invested in your own home, whether you live in an apartment or have four acres.

Some of the projects are quick (one to three hours), and some might take you a weekend. But once you start gaining some confidence, you will love working in your own evolving green space.

Here are a few of the projects:

   – Easy water garden for your patio

   – Make a mulch path

   – Take out your least favorite shrub or tree (addition by subtraction!)

   – Plant a sedum garden

   – Plant a tree or shrub in the middle of your lawn

   – Make a bulb garden

   – Mini rock garden or stepping stones

Click the link below to RSVP directly with the teacher. 

About your teacher and Willows End Garden and Nursery: Willows End is the garden (and fledgling nursery) at the home of Christopher and Erin Cox. They have owned the property in North Seattle since 2013. Christopher has been working over the course of a dozen years (and counting) to create a garden that lives up to his inspirations: cottage gardens, wildlife and pollinator habitat gardens, and gardens with four seasons of foliage and flowering interest (with a dash of food forest, arts whimsy, and private urban sanctuary to boot).

Along the way, the garden became the dominant feature of Christopher’s life, a pursuit that rewards with ever-increasing beauty and connection to nature.