Kul Kah Han Native Plant Garden

06/07/2026

So many gorgeous blooms in the garden this week!

05/14/2026

Many thanks to everyone who joined the weeding party at the garden yesterday! Despite the drizzle we collectively got a lot accomplished and got to enjoy many native plants in bloom!

05/07/2026

Heather, dogwood, Woody Penstemon and more blooming this week!

05/05/2026

Join us for our first speaker of the year, coming right up on May 23!

04/30/2026

It's amazing all the blooms that are popping out at the garden these days!

04/16/2026

03/25/2026

Despite the confusing spring weather, some beautiful blooms in the garden! Red and white flowering currant and glacier lily.

01/01/2026

Happy New Year from the Kul Kah Han Native Plant Garden team! We are so grateful for all our volunteers, donors, supporters and friends and look forward to another productive year of spreading the word and the seeds and specimens of native plants!

For a year end summary of our activities at the garden, in the nursery and out in the community, see our 2025 End of Year summary here:
https://www.nativeplantgarden.org/s/2025-KKH-Year-End-Summary.pdf

Also note some interesting upcoming events

Join the Olympic Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society (WNPS) for a special presentation: Good Fire: The History and Reintroduction of Anthropogenic Fire in the Pacific Northwest by Gina Smith, Prairie Restoration Ecologist
Saturday, Jan 10th 2026
10:45 am - 1pm
Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson Rd, Sequim

Look for the KKH table at the Jefferson County Master Gardener Foundation (JCMGF) Yard and Garden 2026 Lecture series
Saturdays: Jan 10, 17, 24, 31 and Feb 7 and 14
10am - 12pm
Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 4907 Landes St., Port Townsend
Find more information at the following link:
https://jefferson.mastergardenerfoundation.org/home/what-we-do/yard-garden-lecture-series/

Stay tuned for more information about APRIL Native Plant Appreciation Month

Bringing inspiration for the gardening season Home/HOME/What We Do/Yard & Garden Lecture Series Nearly three decades of great gardening advice Every year between January and March, the Jefferson County Master Gardener Foundation and WSU Jefferson County Extension sponsor a lecture series featuring w...

10/07/2025

Our annual fall plant sale is almost here! We'll have some different plants to choose from and a variety of herbaceous perennials, shrubs and trees. Hope to see you there!

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 2025
11 AM - 2 PM
HJ CARROLL PARK salmon shelter (in the Native Plant Garden)

09/16/2025

Hello friends of Kul Kah Han Native Plant Garden, new and old!

The region's enthusiasm about native plants was on display at the Garden last Saturday for our final featured speaker in the 2025 speaker series, Joe Holtrop! At least 39 folks spent some time on the lovely, sunny fall-ish day to hear Joe talk about landscaping with natives. He introduced a few concepts in the Salmon Shelter then led the group around the garden, giving specific advice about mostly trees and shrubs (flowers are a whole other topic!). He shared his experience with evergreen huckleberry (an under-rated shrub), thimbleberry, low oregon grape (has lots of natural pectin!), salal (hard to transplant due to growth via rhizome), vine maple (a real staple), cascara (latter is another underutilized tree), red flowering currant (white to red blossoms, the more sun the more blossoms) and so much more!!

If you are interested in learning much more, there are several openings in Joe's next class that he teaches through the Jefferson County Conservation District. You can get more information by following the link below, and there is a button on that page to register for the class.
https://www.jeffersoncd.org/news-events/natural-landscaping-course

We are so grateful to Joe, Kris Ethington, and Forest Shomer, our 2025 speakers, for sharing their knowledge, experience and love for our region's native plants! Stay tuned next winter/spring for announcements about our 2026 speaker series!

Meanwhile, we hope to see you again in the garden, either wandering through enjoying it, at our work parties, and/or of course at our annual fall plant sale!

Kul Kah Han annual fall plant sale
Saturday, October 18
11 am - 2pm
At the garden Salmon Shelter at HJ Carroll Park