When
HFF Webinar
The Odd & Unusual and the Particular & Precious Ferns of My Travels with Richie Steffen
Thursday, October 17, 2024
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PT
$10 Members (with coupon code) / $15 Non-Members
Members, watch for HFF email for registration.
A fern lecture dedicated to an assortment of fantastic species and Victorian oddities that have eluded widespread cultivation. Richie has been collecting and gardening with ferns for over 30 years. He has had the pleasure of visiting dozens of specialty fern gardens and nurseries and has traveled to several countries to see ferns in the wild. He will share images of pteridophyte gems he has encountered over the years that kindled a love and lust for these fabulous foliage plants.
Few people have a passion for plants or an excitement about gardening more than Richie Steffen. Richie is the executive director for the Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden, overseeing the development of the garden, its programs, and the rare plant collections. His expertise comes from over thirty-five years of experience in the horticultural field, with the last 24 years spent at the Miller Garden. Ferns have become a specialty for him, and he maintains extensive collections at the Miller Garden and his home garden. He has traveled to Europe, Japan, Chile, New Zealand and Costa Rica as well as numerous trips around the US studying ferns and other plants.
He is active in the gardening community and is currently past president of the Hardy Fern Foundation and the Northwest Horticultural Society. A noted lecturer, writer and photographer, Richie is the co-author of the “Plant Lover’s Guide to Ferns” with his friend and fern mentor Sue Olsen.