2025 Poetry in the Gardens
Experience the Vibrant Literary Arts Community in South Puget Sound!
Each year, Lakewold invites local poets to submit original poems to the Winter Garden Poetry competition to be included in the Poetry in the Gardens self-guided tour. Between March and through the end of summer, Lakewold guests can listen to the poetry as they wander the gardens. Watch for the signs and scan the QR codes with your phone!
2025 Poets & Poems
1. The Cottonwoods
by Alison Leigh Lilly
2. The Faded Sign
by Chandra Sadro
3. She hoped for strawberries
by Sasha Victor
4. Bamboo
by Jonathan Mahaffie
5. Afternoon's Delight
by Kathryn Hillig
6. Garden Song
by Linda Cooper
7. An Edible Garden
by Monica Schley
8. duwamish
by Michael Miller
9. Self-Portrait as Natural History Museum
by Nathalie Kuroiwa-Lewis
10. Entretejidas: Interwoven
by Maiah A Merino
Lakewold Gardens | 12317 Gravelly Lake Drive Southwest, Lakewood, WA 98499
Mailing Address | Post Office Box 39780, Lakewood, WA 98496
Phone | 253-584-4106
Email | contactus@lakewoldgardens.org
Spring/Summer/Fall Hours | 10 am to 5 pm Wed - Sun
Winter Hours (Nov - Mar) | 10 am to 4 pm Fri - Sat
This page is made possible, in part, by a City of Lakewood Lodging Tax Grant.