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Northwest Flower & Garden Show: Sneak Peak
Putting the Garden to Bed: Part 2
Before the holiday hit I left you with a few things to do to put your garden to bed (click here to read part 1). Today I want to talk about putting your bulbs away for the season. I was waiting for some cold weather to hit so I could pull up the begonias, allium and...
Bringing in the New Year
It's exciting to start a new year and 2014 already looks to be a busy and fun year. Gardeners in our area look forward to the winter solstice with more expectation than Christmas. As the shortest day of the year, seeing the sun set at 4:24 is downright depressing...
It’s NW Flower & Garden Show Time!
The Northwest Flower and Garden Show is fast approaching. The theme this year is "Art in Bloom" and let me tell you it's been a fun theme to work with. Our focus is on the rhythm of the earth and how you can use garden space to help unwind and re-connect with...
Putting The Garden To Bed: Part 1
Smoke is rising from the chimneys, fog rolls down the bay, frost falls softly, quietly like snow on bare branches and dying leaves. Fall's relentless march is fast fading into the dark misty morning and winter is close on it's heels pushing its way in. The fabric of...
Blowing in the wind – Autumn grasses shine
Autumn is a time when everything starts to die back. The fun fluffy perennials, crazy growing annuals and lush trees change and start to go dormant. One of the best things about grasses is they begin to really put on a show. As they enter fall they look the best...
Greenhouse Day
It is a beautiful day here on the west coast. It has been spectacular weather for fall color and feeling. Nippy in the morning with a tinge of wood smoke and fallen leaves in the air. Afternoons are sunny and you can see the sun on the horizon moving away to the south...
Greenhouse Day
It is a beautiful day here on the west coast. It has been spectacular weather for fall color and feeling. Nippy in the morning with a tinge of wood smoke and fallen leaves in the air. Afternoons are sunny and you can see the sun on the horizon moving away to the south...
Fall Garden Bounty: Skinny apples
I'm just finishing up my plan for the 2014 Northwest Flower and Garden Show, this will be my 5th year being involved. My first venture was doing a patio garden called 'Living it up'. I was very nervous. I made two containers out of recycled roofing and planted them...
Canna, Banana, Pho-Fanna
Tropicalissimo in the Pacific Northwest. It is hard to imagine my garden without my huge wonderful tropical plants. I did not grow these lovlies when I first started gardening. I would not have even attempted. Then I went to Hawaii. On the garden island of Kauai I...
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