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Right Ferns for the Right Place with Richie Steffen
Live webinar in partnership with the Northwest Horticultural Society – will be recorded
Do you have dark shady places in your garden? Are you in need of a fern for dry shade or perhaps a wet, waterlogged location? Find out about ferns that will thrive in these locations as well as here about other useful ferns for groundcovers, colorful foliage and striking containers. Richie Steffen, HFF board member and executive director of the Elisabeth Miller Botanical Garden, is ready to share his years of experience on fern cultivation and finding the right fern for the right spot.
About Richie Steffen
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.