Jay Sifford: My Greatest Design Secrets

Name: Jay Sifford: My Greatest Design Secrets
Start: 2026-09-24
End: 2026-09-24
Location: Whatcom Museum

Hear Jay Sifford’s discoveries from 20 years of garden design. Learn how to create a magical, immersive, and profound space versus 'decorating a yard.' He shares tips on rhythm, lines, shapes, and light; creating theater using scrim; and the power of emotion.

Jay Sifford is an award-winning landscape designer based in North Carolina. Several of his garden designs have been featured in Fine Gardening, including a one-of-a-kind modern meadow garden and a series of beautiful, functional dry creek beds. He is often featured in “Southern Living” and was named "North Carolina's Most Outstanding Landscape Designer 2021" by LUXlife Magazine. Design awards include the Perennial Plant Association and 23x "Best of Houzz".

Starts: September 24, 2026

Time: 7 - 8:30 p.m.

Admission: $15

Location: Whatcom Museum
121 Prospect St., Bellingham, WA 98225

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Produced By: Whatcom Horticultural Society

Contact Person: Sandi Madison

Email: publicity@whatcomhortsociety.org

We acknowledge that Whatcom County is located on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples. They cared for the lands that included what we’d call the Puget Sound region, Vancouver Island and British Columbia since time immemorial. This gives us the great obligation and opportunity to learn how to care for our surrounding areas and all the natural and human resources we require to live. We express our deepest respect and gratitude for our indigenous neighbors, the Lummi Nation and Nooksack Tribe, for their enduring care and protection of our shared lands and waterways.

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