Join Sunnyside Nursery this year at Sorticulture, at our retail booth & at one of our talks!
Sorticulture is a three-day outdoor festival that celebrates the best parts of Pacific Northwest outdoor living. Hosted in the seaside city of Everett, WA, Sorticulture is the premier festival for garden art, local plants and flowers and handmade outdoor products. There is FREE admission, a great lineup of artists & vendors (including US!), excellent bars and restaurants as well as a few snack vendors AND classes by us & THE Ciscoe Morris, as well as some great music acts lined up on the Sunnyside Nursery Garden Stage this year!
In 2021, Sorticulture was moved to Downtown Everett to meet the state's COVID guidelines for outdoor events. At the time, the intention was to move the festival back to Legion Park in 2022. However, vendors and festival goers alike preferred the new downtown location; therefore, we will continue the event downtown on Colby Avenue in 2023.
The downtown location offers the following benefits:
Guests do not need to take a shuttle to get to the event and parking is ample and free on the weekends
Better accessibility for folks with limited mobility
Simple, drive-up package pickup for guests and easier load-in for vendors
Walking distance to local attractions, shopping, dining, museums and hotels
Much-needed economic support for small brick and mortar businesses and local restaurants
As we head into the peak spring season and the temperatures continue to rise, more and more of our landscapes are popping with spring color. Another shrub all gardens should contain is a deciduous Azalea. Us gardeners have plenty of evergreen options to help with our Azalea and Rhododendron addictions, but a deciduous Azalea specimen offers…