Garden Delights: Flora & Fauna
Outstanding In Its Field Gallery
July 5- 27
July 5, First Saturday Live Music 5-8pm

Garden Delights: Flora & Fauna brings the beauty of nature into focus, July 5 - 27, 2025, at the Outstanding In Its Field Gallery. Fourteen Vashon artists offer their take on flowers, veggies, bugs, and other denizens of the nursery and patch. The show includes garden art, art glass, painting, sculpture, oils, baskets, and pastels. A portion of the proceeds benefits the Vashon-Maury Island Garden Club. The Gallery is located at 10524 S.W. 188th St, just west of Sawbones, and will be open Saturdays and Sundays, Noon – 5 pm, and weekdays by appointment by calling 206.419.0199.

Garden Delights presents Gail Hapeman’s stained glass stepping stones and fused glass lanterns, oil and acrylic paintings from Barbara Benedetti Newton; blown glass flowers from Brian Brenno; Lynn McClain’s monoprints and art cards; bug sculptures and encaustics from Charlotte Masi; Lisa Witherspoon’s jewelry; soft pastels by Janeen Bramwell; acrylics by Anne Moses and Sarah Edwards; baskets from Barbara Gustafson; watercolors from Jeanne Marie Thomas and Nancy Putney; floral art cards from Janis McElroy; and bas relief bronze sculpture and etched glass from White Hart Art.

The First Saturday celebration, July 5th, from 5 pm to 8 pm, will include the chance to meet the artists, enjoy fresh-baked treats, and a performance by Gus Reeves in the gallery’s party pasture. Attendees are welcome to bring blankets or camp chairs.

The Vashon-Maury Island Garden Club was founded in 1952 and promotes fun and interest in gardening among Islanders while educating club members and the larger community on environmentally sound gardening practices and the preservation of native plants and wildlife through educational programs and charitable projects.

The gallery will follow all CDC and Washington State COVID guidelines and respectfully requests that all visitors wear a mask while inside the gallery itself.

Outstanding In Its Field Gallery is open April – October each year with monthly themed exhibits featuring Vashon Island Artists almost exclusively. Additional shows planned for 2025 include Winging it, Behoove Yourself, and Into the Woods. The gallery will also be open for the VIVA Art Tour in December.