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  • Weeding and chatting

    Photo by Claudia Gorbman
  • Native Plant Garden volunteers at a spring 2024 work party

    Volunteers at a work party April 2024

    Photo by Claudia Gorbman
  • Lupines bloom for weeks in the garden

    Spring: lupines bloom for weeks in the garden

    Photo by Lindsey Vallance
  • Summer blooms of columbine mingle with Douglas iris

    Summer: blooms of columbine mingle with Douglas iris

    Photo by Chris Brinton
  • Great camas and Douglas iris

    Spring: great camas and Douglas iris

    Photo by Chris Brinton
  • Western trumpet honeysuckle blooms in June next to the garden fence

    Honeysuckle along the fence in June

    Photo by Pam Keeley
  • Buck Lake Native Plant Garden south entrance

    Spring: south entrance to the garden

    Photo by Lindsey Vallance

  • Native ("false") Solomon's seal in flower

    Photo by Marilyn De Roy
  • The spring blooms of <em>Ribes sanguineum</em>

    Spring: blooms of Ribes sanguineum (flowering currant)

    Photo by Betsy Leuner
  • May at the south entrance: weeding around the false Solomon's seal

    Spring: Weeding at the south entrance

    Photo by Marilyn De Roy
  • Vine maple in winter

    Winter: vine maple

    Photo by Betsy Leuner

  • Summer: Flowers and goodies at work party break

    Photo by Chuck Holland

  • Summer: Native ("False") Solomon's seal berries

    Photo by Claudia Gorbman

  • By the swale during a morning of work

    Photo by Chuck Holland

A Busy Spring

Not only is there new green growth, there's plenty of activity among humans here too. Master gardeners and native plant groups have toured the garden, and the volunteer work parties on the 1st & 3rd Mondays of each month are in full swing--join us!
Ribes sanguineum (red-flowering currant)
Red-Flowering Currant

At the south entrance to the Buck Lake Native Plant Garden, the path is flanked on both sides by cultivars of beautiful Ribes sanguineum.

Arctostaphyllos uva-ursi (kinnikinnick)
Kinnikinnick

One of the Northwest's most attractive and well-known all-season ground covers, Arctostaphyllos ura-ursi grows in a variety of settings.

Trillium ovatum (western trillium)
Western Trillium

Trillium ovatum, Western trillium, needs conditions of light to dappled shade and a moist, but well-drained, humus-rich soil to thrive.

Upcoming Events

Join us for garden work parties on the first and third Monday of each month through October, 9am-noon. Dig, prune, learn! All are welcome.

BLNPG Work Parties

  • May 6 2024 - 9:00am
  • May 20 2024 - 9:00am
  • Jun 3 2024 - 9:00am
  • Jun 17 2024 - 9:00am
  • Jul 1 2024 - 9:00am

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Plan to visit the Buck Lake Native Plant Garden located at 6959 Buck Lake Rd,
(in Buck Lake Park), Hansville, WA

The Buck Lake Native Plant Garden is designed to show how easily and beautifully native plants can be integrated into the home landscape. The garden features plants native to Southern British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and Northern California, west of the mountains. Divided into various areas and planted accordingly, visitors will find moist, shady beds, a hedgerow, a sunny meadow, a semi-shady birch grove, a seasonal streambed and an extensive rain garden.

Since 2006, the BLNPG has been developed by a group of Kitsap County Master Gardeners, local garden club members, and other interested Greater Hansville area residents.

Anyone with an interest in gardening and conservation is encouraged to join our group to learn about native plants and their benefits to our local wildlife. Work parties are held on the first and third Mondays of April through October.

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