Garden Traveling—at Home
Imagine: your face is smeared with blue war paint made from the pollen of Fuchsia excorticata as you grapple the razor-sharp leaves of the lancewood (…
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The Collector: David Douglas and the Natural History of the Northwest
In my career as executive director of the Bloedel Reserve, I had a number of opportunities to present programs about Northwest plant collectors, including Archibald…
Two Great Flower Shows: A Comparison
Floral exhibitions and garden shows have long been a traditional outlet for growers to showcase their finest plants and superb flowers, all to be scru…
Habitat Hedges—the Friendliest Screening
Fall 2024 Erica settled in her weathered red chair, becoming part of the forested South Hills landscape. She watched black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) hop-stepping up…
A Woman, A Garden, An Organization: The Berry Botanic Garden at 25
When The Friends of the Mrs A C U Berry Botanic Garden signed articles of incorporation in 1977, they undertook to go forward with the care and develo…
Late Season Hebes for Northwest Gardens
For plant enthusiasts in the Pacific Northwest, fall has never represented the end of the gardening season but rather a time of transition following t…
Resurrecting Lawson Cypress for the 21st Century
Anyone raised in the maritime Pacific Northwest, from Portland to Vancouver or Victoria, is familiar with Lawson cypress in residential gardens and pu…
The Northwest Flower & Garden Show takes a Bow
“The Silver Screen Takes Root…Gardens Go Hollywood” was the theme of the 25th annual Northwest Flower & Garden show held February 20-24, 2013 at…
Not Your Mother’s Hellebores: A New Look at Species and Hybrid Hellebores
Who could fail to be seduced by hellebores? Their precocious nature is part of their allure, but what makes them so much more than alluring? For many,…