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Garden Galleries open two weekends in November + Wreath making classes

We’ll be open for holiday shopping four days in November! 

Sat. & Sun., Nov. 22 – 23, 11 a.m – 3 p.m.
Sat. & Sun., Nov. 29 – 30, 11 a.m – 3 p.m.

It’s your chance to shop for unique gifts of art made by local artists, handmade wreaths from Bassetti’s Gardens, and more.

holiday wreath on a red wall

We want you to enjoy the same fun experience visitors had at our July boutique during the International Daylily Convention in Lynnwood, Washington.

Our Boutique at the Daylily Convention with Judy Thomas’ ceramic sculptures
Our art-filled Garden Gallery Diane Trevett’s paintings and cards

In our Garden Galleries, you’ll find gifts for family, friends, and yourself, featuring local artists and select goods.

Local artists:

  • Artcycled by Darcy Thompson: mosaic earrings, bracelets, necklaces, and butterfly saucers
  • Bob Swartz: carved wood sculpture and bowls
  • Poul Erickson of WishPoosh: handmade found-wood bowls
  • Aiko Vail of WishPoosh: mosaic mirrors
  • Rusty Birds: metal garden art
  • Linda Covey: glass art featuring bees, frogs, butterflies, and daylily dishes
  • Splash Fabric (made in Seattle): backpacks/carryalls, aprons, folded containers, and purses
  • Evergreen Association of Fine Arts: paintings
  • Andrew Holmberg: hand-blown glass pieces
  • Kristi Silver: ceramic art, beaded jewelry, tiny dishes, and cocktail weed eaters
  • Sherrill Hull: illustrated book “A Different Kind of Dog,” plus bird and landscape paintings
  • Diane Trevett: daylily paintings, zinnia buds, and tulips

Featured goods and brands:

  • Foxglove gloves
  • New oilcloth from Mexico
  • Terrebonne garden tools
  • Francesca: Italian kitchen towels (birds, flora, cats and dogs), plus fabric carryalls and containers

To keep you fueled up coffee beverages, cider and baked goodies will be available for purchase. We hope to see you there.

Sign up for a Wreath Making Class at Bassetti’s

We’re pleased to offer our popular wreath making classes again season. You will have a fun time designing and making one of a kind wreaths.

holiday wreath on a barn wall

The cost of the 3-hour class is $65 including tax, instructor fee, one wreath form, all supplies for the wreath from our gardens such as greens, dry pods and rose hips, dried flowers, cones, other evergreen branches, ribbons, and other accessories if you so choose from our collections of ‘doodads.’  We will serve hot spiced apple cider, coffee, tea, and some goodies to fuel your creativity.

DateTimeGroup/ Status
Sat, Nov 292 – 5pmSara’s Family / Full
Sun, Nov 3011am – 2pmLaryssa’s Friends / Full
Fri, Dec 510am – 2pmBill’s Friends / Full
Sat, Dec 611am – 2pmHolly’s Friends / Full
Sun, Dec 711am – 2pmOpen – Call 206-465-6868 to register
Sat, Dec 1311am – 2pmCarmen’s Friends /Full
Sun, Dec 1411am – 2pmOpen – Call 206-465-6868 to register
Sat, Dec 2011am – 2pmOpen – Call 206-465-6868 to register
Sun, Dec 2111am – 2pmOpen – Call 206-465-6868 to register
Call Leanette at 206-465-6868 to register.

We hope to see you this season and wish you happy holidays!

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Shop Bassetti’s Boutique July 11 -12 in Lynnwood!

Meet artists, volunteers, and staff from Bassetti’s Gardens at the Boutique in the National Daylily Convention, Embassy Suites in Lynnwood, WA. We will be selling art, gifts, gardening tools, and more. Read on to learn about our offerings and talented featured artists. We hope you can join us in Lynnwood.

NOTE: Bassetti’s Gardens will be closed Saturday, July 12. Instead we encourage you to come meet us and our artists in Lynnwood. We reopen our Gardens and Galleries at Bassetti’s Crooked Arbor Gardens on Saturday, July 19th from 11:30am to 4:00pm.

Bassetti’s Boutique at the 2025 American Daylily Society National Convention 

The convention Boutique and Plant Sale is open to the public exclusively on:
Friday, July 11 — 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Saturday, July 12 — 12:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Embassy Suites, Rainier Room, 20610 44th Ave. W., Lynnwood, WA

Peruse and purchase new artists’ boutique items including:

  • Francesca’s Handsewn fabric carryalls and containers, plus her towels of birds, flora, and cats and dogs, all from Italy
  • An array of new garden tools and Foxglove gloves
  • Linda Covey’s glass art featuring bees, dragonflies, frogs, and daylily bowls
  • Splash Fabric Items (made in Seattle)
  • Rusty Birds
  • Handmade wooden bowls by Poul Erickson
  • Carved wood sculpture by Bob Swartz
  • Mosaic earrings, necklaces, and butterflies by Artcycled Darcy Thompson

Other familiar artists will be represented at Bassetti’s Boutique, with some present to discuss their artwork:

  • Judy Thomas: Fun crows on poles, birds on vases, cups, plaques, and nests. A local ceramic artist, she has sold her art at Bassetti’s Gallery for several years and has a whole new line of ceramics. For this event, she has created daylily mugs, a Daylily Girl wall piece, and Daylily Leaf vases. Judy is also volunteering to set up her artwork in our Convention Boutique.
  • Diane Trevett: Daylilies painted on beautifully constructed box frames, plus other paintings, prints, and cards. Meet Diane (from Salem, Oregon) on Saturday and see her new Daylily Paintings and cards. She also is volunteering/helping to set up her display!
  • Deborah Knetzger: New paintings! She is volunteering her time all four days and has helped us work on the planning and setup.
  • Sherrill Hull: Illustrated book “A Different Kind of Dog” and bird and landscape paintings. She will be at the boutique all four days to meet the conventioneers and the public Friday and Saturday. We’re grateful she’s volunteered her time helping us plan and produce the Convention Boutique.
  • Evergreen Association of Fine Arts: Still life paintings (soon we’ll be showing their paintings at Bassetti’s Gallery!)
  • Andrew Holmberg: Handblown glass pieces, including Fern Fronds and Mushrooms (a new design!)
  • Darcy Thompson, Artcycled: Gorgeous mosaic bird baths, jewelry, mosaic vases, ladybug, turtle, rooster, and blue bird motifs. She’s helping set up her artwork and be at the Convention the first day to meet conventioneers.
  • Kristi Silver will have her ceramic art and beaded jewelry at the Boutique. She has tiny dishes, egg dishes, and cocktail weed eaters (hmm, is your interest piqued?)
flowing and rhythmic painting of a orange daylily
Original daylily painting by Diane Trevett
Tile mosaic bird bath by Darcy Thomas, Artcycled

A Convention Boutique takes a village

A hearty thank you goes to the artists and volunteers who helped plan and organize this project and who will help set up and meet and greet conventioneers and the public.

Will we see you there?

We hope you will come say hello, meet artists, and see our grand selection of offerings. Treat yourself (and a friend). We appreciate your support!

~Leanette

A sampling of work by our Boutique artists:

Ceramic vase by Judy Thomas
artist, Bob Swartz with a wood carving of a oystercatcher bird, and fish low profile bowl
Artist Bob Swartz with his carved bowl with inlay and carved wood Oyster Catcher
Glass butterfly by Linda Covey-Campbell
Handblown glass art by Andrew Holmberg
Hand carved Wood bowl by Poul Erickson
Eight tiny ceramic dishes, low profile bowls with playful and floral designs.
Tiny ceramic dishes by Kristi Silver
Handblown glass garden art by Andrew Holmberg

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Gardens are open + we’ll be at the National Daylily Convention!

Spring is here—my favorite time of year—and I am amazed that I never planted big swaths of daffodils or tulips to make a grand splash at the entrance to our property. Instead, Bill and I planted rhododendrons and ferns, which are flourishing spectacularly this year.

Fern Walk with the sculpture Aeros in the Spring; Unfurling of fronds of Polystichum munitum (Western sword fern)

Over the years, we’ve enhanced the milk barn annex area with small alpine plants, native flowering red currant, roses, and delicate maidenhair fern (Adiantum raddianum).

Working and welcoming in the gardens

We experienced a wonderful visit from the Pilchuck Rhododendron Society on April 30th just when our many rhododendrons and deciduous azaleas were beginning to bloom. Thank you everyone for your visit, for having lunch in the gardens and studio, and for buying some nice garden items and plants. I truly enjoyed meeting all of you and walking around the gardens with you.

We opened the gardens to the public on May 3rd, and we’ll be open Saturdays through the end of September, 2025. (Except for July 12.) We have been pleased that neighbors, new visitors, and repeat customers have come to visit. Even with abundant rain and very cool weather, the gardens are looking lovely now. Ben has been busy cutting, trimming, and raking various lawns, moving plants out of the greenhouse, and setting up our fountains in the shade garden. Vicki, a great gardener and friend, has been hard at work too—trimming, weeding, and removing the rampant Alstroemeria aurea from the perennial border. She’s also been repotting plants, hanging them on the barn, and filling containers in both the Milk Barn window boxes and the cement planters in the Italian garden.

Refreshed Garden Galleries

Thanks to Dana for refreshing our garden galleries! She cleaned and painted the main gallery space, and brought out stunning artwork from storage by our local artists Diane Trevett, Deborah Knetzger, and Sherrill Hull. 

NOTE: Bassetti’s Gardens will be closed Saturday, July 12, because we’ll be exhibiting in Lynnwood! Read on…

Friday & Saturday, July 11 – 12, 2025

Bassetti’s Boutique at the 2025 American Daylily Society National Convention 

We are gearing up for a big boutique and will be selling art, gifts, gardening tools, and more at the American Daylily Society National Convention in Lynnwood, WA at Embassy Suites 

Come shop the Daylily Convention boutique! 

The convention Boutique and Plant Sale is open to the public exclusively on:
Friday, July 11 – Noon to 6 pm and Saturday, July 12th – Noon to 5:30 pm.
Embassy Suites 20610, 44th Ave. W., Lynnwood, WA

Peruse and purchase new artists’ boutique items including:

  • Francesca’s flora, birds, and bees linen from Italy
  • An array of new garden tools and Foxglove gloves
  • Linda Covey’s glass art featuring bees, dragonflies, frogs, and daylily bowls
  • Splash Fabric Items (made in Seattle)
  • Rusty Birds
  • Handmade wooden bowls by Poul Erickson
  • Carved wood sculpture by Bob Swartz
  • Mosaic earrings, necklaces, and butterflies by Artcycled Darcy Thompson

Other familiar artists will be represented at Bassetti’s Boutique, with some present to discuss their artwork or paint on-site:

  • Judy Thomas: Fun crows on poles, birds on vases, cups, plaques, and nests
  • Diane Trevett: Daylilies painted on beautifully constructed box frames, plus other paintings, prints, and new cards
  • Deborah Knetzger: Various medium landscapes and plein aire paintings, plus daylilies
  • Sherrill Hull: Illustrated book “A Different Kind of Dog” and bird paintings
  • Evergreen Association of Fine Arts: Still life paintings
  • Andrew Holmberg: New glass work

Historic landmark designation

I’m thrilled to announce that the King County historic landmark designation for our Highland Dairy Farm buildings was approved and awarded on May 22, 2025! More details about it will be added to the website soon.

That’s all for now! Hope to see you soon in Bassetti’s Crooked Arbor Gardens. 

On the Crooked Arbor for 40 years, unknown Wysteria, with very long racemes, 2-toned (lavender and dark purple.)

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Make a Holiday Wreath – Schedule a wreath making class for your group

Bassetti’s Crooked Arbor Gardens will be offering their annual wreath classes starting Friday, November 15, 2024 through Sunday, December 15, 2024 (Fridays, Saturdays, or Sundays.)  

The cost of the 3-hour class is $65 including tax, instructor fee, 1 wreath form, all supplies for the wreath from our gardens such as greens, dry pods and rosehips, dried flowers, cones, other evergreen branches, ribbons, and other accessories if you so choose from our collections of ‘doodads.’  We will serve hot spiced apple cider, coffee, tea, and some goodies to fuel your creativity.  

Book your class date now!

Book a day and time for your group of friends and/or relatives. We need to have at least 5 people in a group. Or, if you are just one or two, we can make accommodations.

Please call or text Leanette at 206-465-6868 to reserve a date early as class dates go fast. We look forward to hearing from you.
Cheers!