Growing for Biodiversity
Dig deeper into ecologically functional gardens that support food webs and pollinators by including native and keystone plants, minimizing lawn, and providing wildlife habitat.
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Summer 2025 All photos courtesy of Nan Sterman, Waterwise GardenerSometimes, if you’re lucky and prepared, serendipity comes calling in a career....
Spring 2025 Welcome to the launch of the new “Lab Report” column, where we will review three to four studies that...
Winter 2025 A healthy landscape system is driven by countless vectors, many beyond human influence. Landscape architect Michael Geffel zeroes in...
Winter 2025 After lying fallow for 20 years, a 13-acre farm on Washington’s Bainbridge Island has found new life as...
Fall/Winter 2024 The Tree Collectors by Amy Stewart is a collection of 50 short anecdotes about how people discover their passion...
Fall 2024 Twenty miles south of Portland, on a wooded 108-acre parcel, is a collection of striking, little-known gardens. In late...
Summer 2024 Many gardeners select plants primarily for their color and appearance, often without realizing the valuable wildlife habitat they could...
Summer 2024 Throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond, gardeners and landscape professionals regularly wrestle with the decision as to the kinds...
As a gardener, I want it all—a thriving habitat full of native plants designed to attract wildlife, plants that evoke...