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  • Pink checkermallow

    Photo by Claudia Gorbman

  • Surveying the New Moss Garden

    Photo by Claudia Gorbman

  • Landscaping for the New Moss Garden

    Photo by Claudia Gorbman

  • Mary talks about berries during October work party

    Photo by Claudia Gorbman

  • Volunteers at a work party, October 2025

    Photo by Claudia Gorbman
  • 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

  • Bunchberries (smallest in the dogwood family) in June

    Photo by Claudia Gorbman

  • Weeding and chatting

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

    Photo by Claudia Gorbman

Visit the Native Plant Garden

Winter--especially this warm late winter--is a great time to visit the BLNPG, when buds are popping out and everything is so green. There's plenty to learn about using natives in your own garden.
Oxalis oregana (redwood sorrel)
Redwood sorrel

In the wild, Oxalis oregana, redwood sorrel, is found in moist Douglas fir and Coastal redwood forests in the Cascade, Olympic and Coast Mountains, from Southern B

The spring blooms of Ribes sanguineum.
Blooms of Ribes sanguineum (flowering currant)

Various colors of Ribes sanguineum bloom in March and April.

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.

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's 20th Anniversary at the Kitsap Great Give 2026

  • Mar 10 2026 - 8:00am

    On Tuesday March 10 we will participate with scores of other nonprofits in the Kitsap Great Give. A special year for the Garden: help celebrate our twenty-year anniversary with your support! Make the 13th 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.

BLNPG Work Parties

  • Apr 6 2026 - 9:00am
  • Apr 20 2026 - 9:00am
  • May 4 2026 - 9:00am
  • May 18 2026 - 9:00am

Contact Info, Map, & Donations

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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.; they're divided into various areas and planted accordingly. Visitors will find moist, shady beds, a hedgerow, a sunny meadow, a semi-shady birch grove, a moss garden (new this year), a seasonal streambed and an extensive rain garden.

Visit the garden on its twentieth anniversary! 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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