Diane S Laird
Diane S Laird is a former president of the Northwest Horticulture Society and currently serves on the board of the Pacific Northwest Horticultural Conservancy and…
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Laboratory Report
An informative assortment of brief reports from the world of science compiled by Ann Northrup, plant pathologist.
Creating Canopy
Seeking out the shade is something we’re all likely to do more of here in the Northwest as temperatures inexorably rise over the course of…
Yukiwariso: Small Jewels from Japan
They are small, beautiful, and expensive. They have a cultish following among Japanese, American, and European plant lovers. Their blossoms are only a…
The Portland Japanese Garden
In most gardens an especially fine tree, a striking flower border, or a well placed building stands out and pleads for notice. Despite its size and di…
Bob Lilly
Bob Lilly is one of the original designers of the Northwest Perennial Alliance Borders at the Bellevue Botanical Garden. By day, he is a sales…
A Gardener Comes to Terms with Green
A few Junes ago my friend Theo came out to our farm in the Snoqualmie Valley for a visit. As we walked around the perimeter…
Forrest Campbell
Forrest Campbell is a landscape contractor throughout the metropolitan Seattle area. He is a 2010 graduate of Edmonds Community College with an Associate of Technical Arts Degree…
Planting the Plantsman’s Garden: 3 — Herbaceous Perennials
In the preceding article I mentioned a division between, on the one hand, those gardeners who are primarily plant collectors and are more interested i…