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Back by popular demand: Fruit Tree Grafting on Feb 19

Friday, February 4, 2011


Saturday, February 19, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm - Preregistration required

Fruit Tree Grafting
Bill Davis of the Western Washington Fruit Research Foundation and Dan Vorhis of Sky

Learn the basics of fruit tree grafting and rootstock and scionwood selection. Apples, pears, plums. Create your own dwarf tree or start an espalier!

A short lecture will be followed by a hands-on class (with rootstock, scionwood, and grafting supplies available for purchase). The lecture is free.

Please preregister by emailing or by calling 206-546-4851 so we can order enough supplies for the hands-on participants. Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave N Shoreline, WA 98133, 206-546-4851.

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Confess your sins at the 2nd Annual Prune-a-thon with Plant Amnesty

Thursday, February 3, 2011


Saturday, February 12,  9 am – 4 pm
2nd Annual Prune-a-thon with Plant Amnesty
Sky Nursery
18528 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline 98133, 206-546-4851

Enjoy a full day of free pruning and garden planning demonstrations, talks and slideshows. Topics include:
  • Training Young Fruit Trees, Roses, Japanese Maples, 
  • My Rhodie’s Too Big!, 
  • How to Prune and Renovate the Overgrown Garden 
  • and more...
Author and PlantAmnesty founder Cass Turnbull and a host of other gardening experts will be presenting. For more details on seminars, call Plant Amnesty, 206-783-9813.

Professional Designers
PlantAmnesty approved designers will be on hand to provide 15 minute free 'design solution' consultations for your garden area. You bring -- photos, estimated square footage, soil type (sand, clay or in-between), light and direction of exposure (eg. full sun, south-facing or part shade, north-facing).

Representatives from various plant societies will be there to answer your questions: Master Gardeners, International Society of Arboriculture, Seattle Tree Fruit Society, PlantAmnesty, Seattle Tilth (organic vegetables) and the Seattle Rose Society.

Father Weedo Sarducci will be here with his confessional. He will hear your gardening sins and, when appropriate, dispense forgiveness. Also Lawenda, the beautiful and intriguing plant-channeler, will be there to read your horticultural fortune.

Sky Nursery will donate a portion of the day's sales to PlantAmnesty, which is a non-profit organization promoting better pruning.

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Sky Nursery: Worm Composting

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Sky Nursery Seminars are free and no pre-registration required


Saturday, February 5, 11am – 12:30 pm

Worm Composting -  Emily Wilkins

Didn’t your mom ever tell you to clean your plate and not waste food? Well, you shouldn’t waste your food scraps either! If you’ve got banana peels and coffee grounds, you can set up a worm bin to turn food waste into rich worm wastings, a.k.a. vermicompost. Known as one of the richest types of compost, worm castings help plants grow bigger, healthier, and sweeter. Treat your plants while reducing your waste stream! Emily Wilkins will tell you everything you need to know to get started.

Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave. N. Shoreline, WA 98133 206-546-4851

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Sky Nursery: WinterFruit Tree Care seminar Saturday, Jan 29

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Saturday, January 29, 11 am – 12:30 pm
Winter Fruit Tree Care, led by Dan Vorhis

Seminars are free and no pre-registration required unless noted

What you do now determines how abundantly your fruit trees will bear this summer. Are you interested in apples, pears, cherries, peaches, or more exotic fruit like quince and persimmons?

Sky will cover pruning to maximize plant health and fruit production, dormant spraying to control insects and diseases, and pollination requirements.

Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave. N. Shoreline, WA 98133 206-546-4851

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Sky seminars Saturday and Sunday, January 22 and 23, Grafting, Edible Gardens

Wednesday, January 19, 2011



Saturday, January 22nd 11 am – 12:30 pm

Fruit Tree Grafting
Bill Davis of the Western Washington Fruit Research Foundation and Dan Vorhis of Sky

Learn the basics of fruit tree grafting and rootstock and scionwood selection. Apples, pears, plums—create your own dwarf tree or start an espalier! A short lecture will be followed by a hands-on class (with rootstock, scionwood, and grafting supplies available for purchase). The lecture is free, but the hands-on class size is limited; please call or email to pre-register. More details to follow. Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave N Shoreline, WA 98133 206-546-4851


Sunday, January 23rd 1 pm – 2:30 pm
Edible Garden Design
Brad Halm and Colin McCrate of the Seattle Urban Farm Company

Want to grow food in your yard this season? Join the owners of the Seattle Urban Farm Company as they guide you through designing your own "backyard farm". They'll discuss how to find the best spot on your property for a vegetable garden, how to lay out the space for maximum production and ease of use, and how to get your soil into condition to grow top quality organic vegetables. They'll also teach you how to incorporate fruit trees and berry bushes into your existing landscape. For those of you with more urban yards, they'll cover growing edibles in container gardens. Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave N Shoreline, WA 98133 206-546-4851

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Winter Fruit Tree Care class at Sky Nursery Saturday, January 15

Wednesday, January 5, 2011


Saturday, January 15
11 am – 12:30 pm

Winter Fruit Tree Care

What you do now determines how abundantly your fruit trees will bear this summer. Are you interested in apples, pears, cherries, peaches, or more exotic fruit like quince and persimmons? Sky will cover pruning to maximize plant health and fruit production, dormant spraying to control insects and diseases, and pollination requirements.

Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave N Shoreline, WA 98133 206-546-4851

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Photos: Sky Nursery

Monday, November 29, 2010

Steven H. Robinson took this night view of Sky Nursery, ready for Christmas

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Plant a Pot of Paperwhites - Junior Gardener Event

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Paperwhites.  Photo by Magnus Manske, Creative Commons
Sunday, November 14, 2 pm

Plant fragrant paperwhite bulbs in a colorful pot that you can enjoy indoors this winter. Class is limited to 10 Junior Gardeners. Please sign up in advance to reserve your spot. Cost is $10. Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave. N. Shoreline 98133, 206-546-4851.

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Sky Nursery Harvest Fest Saturday, October 9

Monday, October 4, 2010

Photo by Steven H. Robinson
Sky Nursery s first ever Harvest Fest on will take place on Saturday, October 9, with free cider and pumpkin cookies, and activities for children.  


From 9 am to 6 pm you can browse fall displays, and get seasonal gardening tips from the staff.  The Dahlia Care booth staff will teach you how to overwinter your dahlias.  The Garlic display will show you how to grow garlic.  Joanie from the Rent's Due Ranch will have garlic wreaths and braids for sale from 2 - 4 pm.  Potion Mistress Erin Munday from Siochain Lavendar will have creams and lotions for sale from 10 am to 4 pm

Photo by Steven H. Robinson

Bring your camera to take family photos at the festive Harvest Backdrop.  Enjoy a Pumpkin Latte at the coffee kiosk.


Radio personalities will be on hand.
  • Corine from KPLZ Star 101.5FM from 10 A.M. – noon
  • Sarah from Spirit 105.3 FM from 1 P.M. – 3 P.M.
For the Kids
  • Live animals including "Hercules" the Tom Turkey and a small herd of goats.
  • Sky's artists will Paint Your Face
  • Build a Scarecrow!
  • Decorate a Pumpkin!

Hopelink Kickoff
Honor the abundance of the harvest season by remembering those with less.
Bring in canned or other nonperishable food items for Hopelink.

The Children’s activities are free, but your Hopelink food donation will be appreciated.

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Sky Nursery seminar: plant now for summer

Monday, September 20, 2010

Saturday, September 25, 10 am – 11:30 am

Plant Now for Summer Wow! Peggy Campbell

Sponsored by the Saving Water Partnership
Discover why fall planting really is the best time to launch a healthy, beautiful garden in concert with nature! Horticulturist Peggy Campbell will share favorite plants for adding color and texture that thrive in NW gardens. Hear Peggy's easy-care tips on how to create a gorgeous garden in YOUR yard. Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline 98133, 206-546-4851.

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Sky Nursery seminars this weekend - bonsai, carnivorous plants, designing garden beds

Wednesday, September 15, 2010


Saturday, September 18, 11 am – 12:30 pm
Bonsai Basics, Robert Cho of Asia Pacific Gardening

Let Robert Cho introduce you to the wonderful art of bonsai. These living sculptures are surprisingly easy to create or maintain once you master a few basic techniques and learn how to work with your tree’s natural growth habits. Robert will cover what you need to know to create and care for your bonsai. Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave. N. Shoreline, WA 98133 206-546-4851


Saturday, September 18, 1 pm. – 2:30 pm
Carnivorous Plants, Jerry Addington of Courting Frogs

Pitcher plants that lure unsuspecting insects to their doom… Venus flytraps that snap jaws shut on unwary flies… sundews sparkling innocently in the sunlight, until a whitefly or midge lands…. There are few plants more spooky or fascinating than the carnivores, and our grower, Jerry Addington of Courting Frogs Nursery, is delighted to introduce you to them. Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave. N. Shoreline, WA 98133 206-546-4851


Sunday, September 19, 11 am – 1:30 pm
Garden Design: How to Design Garden Beds - pre-registration required

Doug Rice of "Yard Talk"
Become your own garden designer in under three hours. By using a unique category system devised by the great garden designers of England, you can learn to create fail safe planting beds using combinations that you devise yourself, or better: in groups. We will discuss the principles, then break up into small teams to practice hands-on with real plants. Bring your camera and tablet; you will want to take notes that will serve you for a lifetime. 

Doug Rice is a landscape architect and co-host of the TV series "YARD TALK," available on many municipal networks. He has been teaching garden design for 18 years. Free, but class size is limited to 24; so please come in, email us, or call 206-546-4851 to preregister. Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave. N. Shoreline, WA 98133 206-546-4851

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Sky Nursery Fall Gardening Festival, Saturday, Sept 11

Tuesday, September 7, 2010


Saturday, September 11 
9 am - 6 pm
Fall Gardening Festival

A day of free gardening knowledge & family fun. 

Learn how to care for your lawn, tend to your pond, and winterize your worms.

Jr. Gardeners are invited to build a roadster and enter the Zucchini Derby. Sky supplies the parts - You supply the smarts.

All this and free refreshments. Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline 98133, 206-546-4851

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The Odd Plant Show and Sale, cactus and succulents, August 28-29

Thursday, August 19, 2010


Wikimedia Commons. SCC.
What’s the point of cactus?  Come find out as the Cascade Cactus and Succulent Society has its annual sale of cacti and succulents, known as the The Odd Plant Show and Sales (TOPPS).  

The event will be held at Sky Nursery, 18528 Aurora Ave N, 206-546-4851, on Saturday and Sunday, August 28-29, from 9 am to 6 pm.

A variety of plants, including many unique varieties, will be on sale.  Growers and members of the Cascade Cactus and Succulent Society of Washington State will be available to answer questions about these interesting plants.

Wikimedia Commons. SCC.
The Cascade and Succulent Society of Washington State is an organization that meets generally once a month in the Douglas Classroom of the Urban Horticultural Center at the University of Washington.  Meetings consist of a review of a chosen cactus and succulent, and a program on a subject of interest.  Refreshments are served, and visitors are always welcomed.  

Wikimedia Commons. SCC.
 We encourage those who are interested in cactus and succulents to join, and yearly membership is a nominal amount which helps pay for expenses. Skill level is from basic through advanced knowledge.  

Meetings are usually on the third Sunday afternoon of the month at 2 pm.  The Society has an annual picnic, Christmas party, and schedules field trips to observe both cacti and succulents.

The seminar on Saturday, August 21, is Japanese Maples.

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Sky Nursery July seminars

Friday, July 9, 2010


These popular seminars at Sky Nursery are free and require no pre-registration.  Sky Nursery is located at 18528 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline 98133, 206-546-4851.

Saturday, July 10                         11 am – 1 pm
Pondless Water Features          Charlie Shull
Would you like the sight and sound of water in your landscape, but you aren’t really a “fountain” person and you don’t want a pond? Then build a “pondless” water feature, where the water seems to disappear into the ground. This can be a waterfall, a group of rock columns, or an overflowing urn. Sky’s own Charlie Shull will take you through the seven simple steps to complete one.


Thursday July 15                         5 pm – 6 pm
Lavender Magic                        Emily Wilkins
Can’t make it to Sequim for the Lavender Festival?  Then come to Sky instead!  Let Sky’s own lavender enthusiast, Emily Wilkins, tell you everything you need to know about growing and using this wonderful plant.   Lavenders come in an assortment of sizes, colors, fragrances, and uses—she’ll help you pick the perfect ones for your garden, craft uses, or even cooking. 


Saturday July 17                          11 am – 12:30 pm
Gorgeous Container Gardens:  the Principles of Design        Megan Bonner
Join Sky’s own Megan Bonner for an intro to the principles of container design.  It all starts with choosing a great container… then balancing heights, foliage textures, and shapes; matching and contrasting colors; choosing plants that are right for your sun exposure… in short, designing a miniature garden.


Saturday, July 24                        11 am – 1 pm
All About Ponds                       Charlie Shull
Join Sky’s own water gardening expert, Charlie Shull, for this informative seminar on installing and maintaining your own backyard pond. Learn about filter and pump requirements, plants and edging, and how to establish and maintain a healthy ecology and clear water. Find out why water gardening is one of the “hottest” trends.

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Sky Nursery Customer Appreciation Day

Sunday, June 27, 2010


Sky Nursery held its official grand opening and Customer Appreciation Day on June 12, celebrating its beautiful glass greenhouse and new store space as well as its loyal customers.

The greenhouse has curtain walls and a roof which open in response to a computerized system responding to a weather station on the roof.

Sky is a regional business, with loyal customers from Mukilteo to Burien. A family business, it has been in Shoreline for over 50 years.  

As well as outdoor plants, Sky has an indoor plant shop and all supplies and goods for gardeners.

The new buildings were built by another family-owned Shoreline company, SGA Construction.

 

The new building re-orients the business with the main parking lot and main entrances to the north, with access from Midvale Avenue as well as Aurora.


The Interurban Trail runs the length of the nursery, along Midvale. Shoppers and trail users alike will be pleased when Sky's coffee kiosk opens in a few months.

Photos by Steven H. Robinson

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Sky Nursery Gardening Seminar on water plants Saturday June 19

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

This seminar is free and requires no pre-registration.

Saturday, June 19, 10:30 am to noon

Wet and Wonderful Water Plants - Kathy and Scott Ramin, Still Waters Aquatic Nursery

Whether you have a single ceramic water pot or a series of cascading ponds, the right water plants add beauty and help keep your water clean. Kathy and Scott, the experts from Still Waters Aquatic Nursery will tell you about oxygenators, floaters, marginals… flowers from water lilies to iris… vertical accents from rushes to cattails… and that’s only a few. How to choose the right plants for different conditions, how to plant them, how to take care of them… everything you need to keep your water feature alive with beauty. Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave N Shoreline 98133,  206-546-4851.

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Sky Nursery Celebrates New Store Grand Opening

Friday, May 21, 2010

Sky Nursery is pleased to announce the Grand Opening of their new store and greenhouse. 

The event will take place June 12, from 9 am to 6 pm.

Sky Nursery is a family owned and operated business. Founded in 1953, Sky has served generations of gardeners in the Shoreline and Seattle communities. 

Today Sky Nursery is recognized as the "Gardener's Garden Store" throughout the region.

Long before the economic downturn, Sky Nursery was planning to change in a big way. The proposed widening of Aurora was going to take away critical storefront parking. Ownership took the opportunity to redesign the layout of the nursery.

The result is 52,000 square feet of new retail space, including a 35,000 square foot state-of-the-art greenhouse, and a new parking lot at the north end of the property.

Both the store and greenhouse offer added shopping convenience. “We have a lot more undercover shopping than before, wider aisles, double the parking space and new product lines,” said Mary Heide, Manager.

In conjunction with the Grand Opening from 9 am to 6 pm, Sky Nursery will celebrate their 10th Annual Customer Appreciation Day.

The Grand Opening/Customer Appreciation event will feature sales in every department, and vendors will be on hand to answer questions. Plants and garden products will be raffled off throughout the day and Sky's Junior Gardener’s Club will host events in the afternoon for kids, K-6th grade.

Three FM radio stations will be represented at the event, KJR, KCMS, and KMTT.  Refreshments will be provided throughout the day.

Sky Nursery is located at 18528 Aurora Ave N in Shoreline. For store hours and additional information call 206-546-4851 or visit the website

Photos by Steven H. Robinson



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Sky Nursery celebrates Herb Day

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

On Saturday, May 1, from 10 - 11:30 am, Sky Nursery will have a special event and book signing: Cooking with Fresh Herbs: Planning, Planting and Using Your Kitchen Garden with Kathy Gehrt, author of Discover Cooking with Lavender.

Add flavor to food while saving money by growing your own herbs. Learn how to create your own kitchen garden and use herbs to add fresh and flavorful taste to everyday recipes and meals. Growing your own can save you money over pricey store-bought herbs. 
Spring is the best time to plant a perennial herb garden in your yard or in containers. Kathy will show you how to get started and demonstrate five easy ways to bring fresh herbs into your everyday cuisine. Be prepared to nibble on lavender-infused cookies and taste lavender-ginger lemonade. You’ll also have an opportunity to purchase a signed copy of Discover Cooking with Lavender.


Sky Nursery
18528 Aurora Ave. N.
Shoreline, WA 98133

206-546-4851

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Junior gardeners - Salad-To-Go

Friday, April 2, 2010

On Sunday, April 11, from 2 - 3 pm, Sky Nursery will teach Kindergarten to 6th graders how to grow a beautiful and healthy salad for dinner or a family picnic. In the Salad-To-Go class, experts will teach them to select salad greens and plant a salad bowl or basket.

Cost is $5 per child and pre-registration is required. Call 206-546-4851 or register in person. Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave. N. Shoreline WA, 98133.

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Sky Nursery add-on gardening seminar for March

Thursday, March 4, 2010

 Sky Nursery has added a seminar in their spring gardening series:

Sunday, March 14, 1 pm.

Veggies for All! JoanE McIntyre of Rent’s Due Ranch Lettuce help you get your vegetable garden started this year! Whether you have a half acre kitchen garden or a few pots on a balcony, you can grow your own fresh and tasty vegetables. Nothing tastes quite like a vine-ripened tomato warm from the sun, sweet raw peas savored while you work, a salad of five different crisp and tender lettuces in an array of colors…. JoanE of Rent’s Due Ranch, Sky’s source for succulent organic vegetable and herb starts, will guide you through the intricacies of choosing the best varieties for Northwest conditions, seeds vs. starts, soil preparation, fertilizing, planting and harvesting times, “succession” and “companion” planting, and more! Sky Nursery 18528 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline, WA 98133 206-546-4851 

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