Garden-Worthy Native Plants for the Pacific Northwest

From the dry and rocky serpentine soil of the Siskiyou Mountains to the wet and lush Olympic Mountain range this class will introduce you to native plants of the greater Pacific Northwest region worthy of growing in the garden. From the east side of the cascades to the west we will focus on plants less commonly found in the garden setting that have potential.

Del Brummet got interested in plants through hiking and building trails in high school. While working on a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology at the University of Washington he worked in a Terrestrial Ecology lab which had a focus on seed propagation research. Through propagating dozens of different native species from seed he got interested in the mechanisms which keep seeds dormant and the conditions which favor germination. An internship at Elisabeth Miller Botanical Garden just north of Seattle lead to working in and learning from the small but diverse garden and nursery. Currently Del works as the head gardener at Elisabeth Miller Botanical Garden.

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