When
HFF Fern Maintenance Workshop – SOLD OUT
Saturday, March 8, 2025
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM PST
$20 members (with coupon code) / $30 non-members
Please email the HFF to be added to the Wait List.
Do you wonder what is the best time to cut back your ferns? Can your ferns be divided and how and when do you do that? Then this is the workshop for you!
Richie Steffen, fern expert, past president of the Hardy Fern Foundation and executive director of the Elisabeth C Miller Botanical Garden, will answer these questions plus much more. Learn the basics of fern cultivation and the finer details of what to do now to make your ferns look their best for spring and summer.
Work in the Hardy Fern Foundation’s Victorian stumpery in the heart of the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden. Participants will cut back ferns applying the techniques learned and will be shown the ferns that require special care to thrive in your garden.
After the stumpery session of the workshop, the class will visit the HFF Growing area to see some of the new ferns in cultivation and rare treasures that are currently being propagated.
About Richie Steffen: Richie Steffen is the past president and long-time member of the HFF board. Richie serves as the executive director of the Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden where he oversees the garden’s plant collections. Known for taking beautiful photos you can see many of his images on the Great Plant Picks website, www.greatplantpicks.org.
About Emily Joseph: Emily Joseph is the Nursery & Sales Manager for the Hardy Fern Foundation and the Assistant Nursery Manager & Retail Sales Manager at the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden. She is a Washington state Certified Professional Horticulturist and holds degrees in Environmental Horticulture and Fine Art. As a visual artist by training, she uses botanical illustration in her painting, printmaking, and design work and enjoys photographing plants, gardens, and wild places.