Waterwise Garden Resources:

Alpine Garden Club of BC
P.O. Box 5161
Vancouver, BC V6B 4V2
Membership:
R.R. 1, B38
Bowen Island, BC V0N 1G0
Contact: Joy Curran, Membership Secretary
Tel: (604) 947-0457
Membership Newsletter (fives times per year), Monthly Meetings, Lectures, Garden Tours and Field Trips; Free Seed List to Members; Plant Sales/Shows in April/May and Mid-September

Naturescape British Columbia
Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks
Province of British Columbia
300 - 1005 Broad Street
Victoria, BC V8W 2A1
Tel: 1-800-387-9853
In Victoria, call 387-9369
Public Education Program, Publications, Membership $10

VanDusen Botanical Gardens
City of Vancouver Parks Board
5251 Oak Street (at 37th Avenue)
Vancouver, BC V6M 4H1
Tel: (604) 878-9274 [Main Office]
Fax: (604) 266-4236 [Main Office]
Seedy Saturday (February): Lectures, Educational Exhibits, Seed List and Sale; Master Gardeners Plant Sale (April/May)

University of British Columbia Botanical Garden
Friends of the Garden
6804 SW Marine Drive (at 16th Avenue)
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4
Tel: (604) 822-4529 [Shop-in-the-Garden]
Fax: (604) 822-2016
Seed Lists; Plant List and Sale
[See also listing under nurseries]

Vancouver Natural History Society
Botany Group
Box 3021, Main Post Office
Vancouver, BC V6B 3X5
or
1200 Hornby Street [Office]
Vancouver, BC V6Z 2E2
Tel: (604) 738-3177 [Information Line]
Botany Lectures and Field Trips/Tours

Canadian Wildflower Society
4981 Highway 7 East, Unit 12A, Suite 228
Markham, ON L3R 1N1
Tel: (905) 294-9075
or
c/o 5229 Sonora Drive
North Vancouver, BC V7R 3V7
Tel: (604) 985-2758
Contact: Jim Rainer, Field Editor
Publication "Wildflower";
Free native wildflower seed list to members.

The Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs
18811 51st Street NE
Seattle, WA USA 98155
Tel: (206) 362-3201
Contact: Jo Ann Goldman, President

Northwest Horticultural Society
Centre for Urban Horticulture
University of Washington GF-15
3501 NE 41st Street
Seattle, WA USA 98195
Tel: (206) 527-1794
Pacific Horticulture Magazine

The Washington Park Arboretum Foundation
Native Plant Study Group
University of Washington, XD-10
Seattle, WA USA 98195
Tel: (206) 325-4510
Arboretum at
Graham Visitor's Centre
Lake Washington Boulevard
Tel: (206) 543-8800

Friends of the Medicinal Herb Garden
University of Washington
Botany Department KB-15
Seattle, WA USA 98195
Tel: (206) 543-1126
Fax:

Northwest Perennial Alliance
P.O. Box 45574
University Station
Seattle, WA USA 98145-0574
Tel: (206) 451-3982
Contact: Marion Raitz, President
Bob Lilly, Secretary
Drought Tolerant Data Base

Washington Native Plant Society
P.O. Box 756
Woodinville, WA USA 98072-0576

Native

Hardy Fern Foundation
P.O. Box 166
Medina, WA USA 98039-0166
Gardens at
the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden, Federal Way
and Lakewold Gardens, Tacoma;
Northwest Horticultural Society Fern Festival, June 1-3

City of Vancouver
Waterwise Demonstration Garden
A Project of City Farmer,
Canada's Office of Urban Agriculture
2150 Maple Street (at 6th Avenue)
Vancouver, BC V Tel: (604) 736-2250 [Compost Hotline]
(604) 685-5832 [City Farmer]
Fax: (604) 685-0431
Internet/e-mail: cityfarm@unixg.ubc.ca
Contact: Michael Levenston, Executive Director

City of Vancouver Greenways Program
Planning and Engineering Departments
Third Floor, East Wing
City Hall
453 West 12th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V5Y 1V4
Tel: (604) 873-7172
Contact: Alan Duncan, Major Projects Planner
Water Conservation Demonstration Site
on Ridgeway next at Van Dusen Gardens
37th Avenue between Granville and Oak Streets

VanDusen Botanical Gardens
City of Vancouver Parks Board
5251 Oak Street (at 37th Avenue)
Vancouver, BC V6M 4H1
Tel: (604) 878-9274 [Main Office]
Fax: (604) 266-4236 [Main Office]
Internet/e-mail: @vandusen.org
Canadian Heritage Garden; Horticultural Line

University of British Columbia Botanical Garden
6804 SW Marine Drive (at 16th Avenue)
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4
Tel: (604) 822-9666 [General Information]
(604) 822-4208 [Botanical Garden Gatehouse]
(604) 822-5858 [Horticultural Line]
Fax: (604) 822-2016
Native Garden (8 acres); Plant Introduction Scheme;

Native Education Centre/ Mount Pleasant Walkway
285 East 5th Avenue (at Scotia Street)
Vancouver, BC
Tel: (604) 873-3761
Native Garden Using Plants in BC Indian Technology
Ethnobotany

Delta Compost Demonstration Garden
A Project of the Delta Recycling Society
7046 Brown Street (off River Road)
Tilbury Industrial Park
Delta, BC Tel: (604) 946-9828 Fax: (604) 946-3823
Contact: Pat Reith
Compost and Water Conservation Demonstration Garden

Park and Tilford Gardens
440 - 333 Brooksbank Avenue
North Vancouver, BC V7J 3S8
Tel: (604) 984-8200 Fax: (604) 984-6099
Native Garden

Wildlife Rescue Habitat Demonstration Garden
A Project of the Wildlife Rescue Association of B.C.
5216 Glencairn Drive
Burnaby, BC V5B 3C1
Tel: (604) 526-7275

Victoria and the Capital Regional District

Government House
Residence of the Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia
A Project of Friends of the Government House Garden Society
1401 Rockland Avenue
Victoria, BC
Tel: (604) 356-5139 [Garden]
Native Plant Garden (20 acres)

Royal British Columbia Museum
675 Belleville Street at Government Street
Victoria, BC V8V 1X4
Tel: (604) 387-3701 [General Information]
Fax: (604) 356-8197
Native Plant Garden

Victoria Compost Demonstration Garden/ Water Conservation Garden Project
A Project of Victoria Compost and Conservation Education Society
1923 Fernwood Road
Victoria, BC V8T 2Y6
Tel: (604) 386-9676
Contact: Lorenzo Mele or Stephanie Bacon
or
Tel: (604) 385-1379
Contact: Nancy Fields, Project Consultant
Waterwise Lawn and Garden Education Program
Demonstration Garden (In Development)

Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary/Society
3873 Swan Lake Road
(off McKenzie Avenue, near Hwy 17)
Saanich, BC V8X 3W1
Tel: (604) 479-0211 Fax: (604) 479-0132
Contact: Terry Morrison, Executive Director
Willie MacGillivray, Site Manager
Native Plant Garden/Brochure,
Gardening Lectures and Courses

The Interior

City of Merritt
Engineering Department
Merritt, BC
Tel: (604) 378-4224
Contact: Alec Hunchak or Gina Penny
Water Conservation Education Program

City of Vernon
Engineering Department
Vernon, BC
Tel: (604) 545-8682 ext. 280
Contact: Eric Jackson, Environment Superintendent

Okanagan University College
Penticton Centre
A Project of the Penticton Naturalists Club
Penticton, BC
Tel: (604) 492-4305 [General Office]
Plants of the Dry Interior Demonstration Garden

Summerland Research Station
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Summerland, BC V0H 1Z0
Tel: (604) 494-6385
Contact: Brian Stretch, Gardens Manager
Dryland Garden in the Ornamental Garden

Washington Park Arboretum
University of Washington, XD-10
Graham Visitor's Centre
Lake Washington Boulevard
Seattle, WA USA 98195
Tel: (206) 543-8800
Woodland Garden
Drought Tolerant Garden (North patio of visitor's centre)

Centre for Urban Horticulture, McVay Courtyard
University of Washington
3501 NE 41st Street
Seattle, WA USA
Tel: (206) 685-8033

Erna Gunther Ethnobotanical Garden
University of Washington
Northern Edge of 45th Avenue
Adjacent to Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum
Seattle, WA USA
Native Ethnobotanical Garden

Medicinal Herb Garden
University of Washington
Botany Department KB-15
Seattle, WA USA 98195
Tel: (206) 543-1126
Medicinal Herbs

Point Defiance Park
5402 N. Shirley Avenue
Tacoma, WA USA 98407
Tel: (206) 591-5328
Native Plant Display Garden,
A Project of the Tacoma Garden Club (since 1963)

Woodland Park Zoo
Point Defiance Park
5402 N. Shirley Avenue
Tacoma, WA USA 98407
Tel: (206) 684-4040
Temperate Forest and Family Fun Exhibit

Blue Heron Garden
City of Lake Forest
Brookside Blvd. NE & Hamlin Road NE
Lake Forest, WA USA
Native drought-tolerant plants,
gardening without pesticides/herbicides, and
gardening and composting wisely near streams

Eastpoint Native Plant Demonstration Garden
A Project of NATIVE
Native Appreciation through
Indigenous Vegetation at Eastpointe
King County Land Use Services
Eastpointe Plaza Building
4th Floor, 3600 136th Place SE
Bellevue, WA USA
Tel: (206) 296-7266
Contact: Kate Stenberg

Bellevue Botanical Garden/Society, and
City of Bellevue,
Garden Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 40536
Bellevue, WA USA 98015-4536
Tel: (206) 451-3755
(206) 462-2749 [Botanical Garden Office]
A Project of
Parks and Recreation Department
12001 Main Street
Bellevue, WA USA
and
Utilities Department
301 - 116th Avenue SE, Suite 300
P.O. Box 90012
Bellevue, WA USA 98009-9012
Tel: (206) 451-4127 Fax: (206) 637-5286
Contact: Patricia Burgess, Water Conservation Coordinator
Waterwise Demonstration Garden

Woodinville Water District
17238 Woodinville-Duvall Road
Woodinville, WA USA
Tel: (206) 483-9104
Water Efficient Garden

Seattle Centre
305 Harrison Street
(Just Northwest of Pacific Science Centre)
Seattle, WA USA
Tel: (206) 684-7200
Low Water Use Garden

South Seattle Community College Arboretum
6000 16th Avenue SW (northern end of campus)
Seattle, WA USA 98106
Tel: (206) 764-5336 [Tours, General Information
[Landscape Horticulture Program]
(206) 768-6717 [Steve Nord, Instructor]
(206) 764-5323 [Garden Centre - Penny]
Northwest Natives Garden, Water Conservation Garden

Rhododendron Species Botanical Gardens
2525 S. 336th Street
Federal Way, WA USA
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 3798
Federal Way, WA USA 98063-9377
Rhododendron and Azalea Garden,
Hardy Fern Foundation Garden

Bloedel Reserve
7571 NE Dolphin Drive
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-1097
Tel: (206) 842-7631 Fax: (206) 842-8970
Native Woodland/Reserve

Waterway 19 Habitat Demonstration Project
(North shore of Lake Union, on eastern edge
of Gasworks Park)
City of Seattle
Parks and Recreation Department
Tel: (206) 233-3797

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