Cutting Lavender after Blooming

By Sequim Gazette Staff • August 10, 2022 1:30 am
Photo by Leslie A. Wright Learn what to do after your lavender blooms at the Sequim Botanical Garden Society’s work-to-learn workshop, “Cutting Lavender after Blooming,” on Aug. 13. Pictured is Betty’s Blue lavender variety.
Photo by Leslie A. Wright Learn what to do after your lavender blooms at the Sequim Botanical Garden Society’s work-to-learn workshop, “Cutting Lavender after Blooming,” on Aug. 13. Pictured is Betty’s Blue lavender variety.

The Sequim Botanical Garden Society offers a talk and hands-on workshop about “Cutting Lavender after Blooming,” starting at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 13, at the society’s Terrace Garden at Carrie Blake Community Park, 350 N. Blake Ave.

This “Work to Learn” Party is presented by Sheri Dingmon, former owner of a lavender farm in Auburn. She will speak on end-of-season care for this lovely and popular plant.

Bring questions on such topics as: how to prevent unwanted little lavenders from growing; what to do with them if they do anyway, how to tell if your plants are ready to be replaced; how to keep plants from falling open in the middle; how to prune them to keep an attractive shape; other plants that grow well with lavender, and others.

Dingmon suggests attendees bring sharp “needle-nose” clippers and a short scythe as well as garden gloves.

The Sequim Botanical Garden Society is a volunteer partner with the City of Sequim and a 501(c)3) nonprofit providing education and a visual demonstration of what can be done in home gardening with research-based horticultural practices.

For further information about the event or educational volunteer opportunities, contact society president Dona Brock at BROCKDL88@gmail.com or 360-460-8865. Or, find the Sequim Botanical Garden Society online at fb.me/SequimBotanicalGarden or SequimBotanicalGarden.org.