My 3 Favorite Patio Ideas from the NWFGS

The Northwest Flower and Garden Show is a highlight in the Seattle gardening calendar with an exciting blend of the 'out of this world' (and budget), innovative, thought provoking and great ideas for ongoing projects in our own garden. These are my top 3 'take-away' patio ideas. That's not to say that they are all…

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Deer-Free Garden Dreams for 2014

It always amazes me that after just a few months respite from gardening I suddenly find myself dreaming of next seasons adventures. Moving the shrub that got too big for the front garden over to the back garden where it will have a bit more breathing room. Or making a list of new vegetables to…

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Join Me For An Autumn Stroll

  If you had told me four years ago that I would have my garden would be published in national magazines (or at last discreet parts of it), that garden clubs would ask to visit, that photographs of it on Facebook would be so popular or that I would even have anything worth showing you…

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Exciting New Plants for 2014!

Yes you read that correctly – these are new introductions to watch out for next year. As a garden writer I have the opportunity to test plants in my own garden and containers before they are released to the retail nurseries. I suspect passing quality control at the grower's greenhouses may actually be easier than…

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Savor the Sunlight

I'm busy – always busy – and yes, too busy. When I hesitate to slow down long enough to savor the last few moments of evening sun before it dips behind the trees, then I have lost sight of why I have a garden. I didn't create a garden to have something else to do…

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