Featuring hundreds of large exhibition English mums & amazing plant culture!
It’s showtime at Volunteer Park Conservatory! For 75 years Evergreen Chrysanthemum Association members have been growing and showing exhibition chrysanthemums in the greater Puget Sound area. We will have hundreds of blooms on display October 27th - 29th between 10 am and 4 pm at VPC. Chrysanthemum come in many shapes and forms. Come check them out!
The Evergreen Chrysanthemum Association is an amateur non-profit garden club that was established in 1947. We have a long history of growing Chrysanthemums in the greater Puget Sound region and showing them in regional, national and international competitions. The Club presently has approximately 200 different mum cultivars circulating among our club members. Many of these will be on display at our annual show. These varieties are seldom available at garden nurseries or in flower shops. New stock is perpetuated from cuttings taken each year by our members and supplemented by assorted specialty nurseries.
Over the course of each and every season, a myriad of gardening questions are thrown my way. I am always happy to answer them all because that it is what I truly enjoy – helping in any way I can, attempting to steer each unique gardener towards unbridled success. There are no black thumbs after all, just duller green ones that require some polishing to bring out the hidden shine. One consistently common issue that many gardeners inquire about is…