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  • A world of mosses and lichens

    Mosses and lichens

  • The colorful stems of dogwood in the winter

    Winter: the colorful stems of shrub dogwood as seen from the perimeter path

    Photo by Betsy Leuner

  • Winter: Robins among cranberries

    Photo by Claudia Gorbman
  • Douglas fir and shore pines

    Winter: Douglas fir and shore pines

    Photo by Betsy Leuner
  • Vine maple in winter

    Winter: vine maple

    Photo by Betsy Leuner
  • Sheri Kiley, Mary Booth, and Chuck Holland on a break (summer 2024)

    Sheri Kiley, Mary Booth, and Chuck Holland on a break

    Photo by Claudia Gorbman

  • Bunchberries (smallest in the dogwood family) in June

    Photo by Claudia Gorbman

  • Yarrow and cinquefoil in living color

    Photo by Claudia Gorbman

  • 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
  • Summer blooms of columbine mingle with Douglas iris

    Summer: blooms of columbine mingle with 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
  • May at the south entrance: weeding around the false Solomon's seal

    Spring: Weeding at the south entrance

    Photo by Marilyn De Roy

  • Summer: Flowers and goodies at work party break

    Photo by Chuck Holland

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

    Photo by Claudia Gorbman

Visit the Native Plant Garden

Winter is a quiet, beautiful time to visit the BLNPG, even though most everything is asleep and not in bloom. There's plenty to learn about using natives in your own garden.
White berries on bare branches.
Snowberry

Snowberry, or Symphoicarpus albus, is a deciduous shrub that grows up to 6' tall and can colonize an area to form a dense thicket.

Arctostaphyllos uva-ursi (kinnikinnick)
Kinnikinnick

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

Vaccinium ovatum (evergreen huckleberry)
Evergreen Huckleberry

Vaccinium ovatum, with its small glossy dark green leaves and new shoots tinged with bronze, is a tough, but well behaved, addition to the native garden.

Upcoming Events

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

Help Support Our Garden at the Kitsap Great Give 2025

  • Mar 11 2025 - 8:00am

    On Tuesday March 11 we will participate with scores of other nonprofits in the Kitsap Great Give. Make the 12th Annual Kitsap Great Give the biggest yet by supporting your favorite causes and help strengthen, unite, and empower our community. Early giving begins March 1!

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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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