Bellflowers
Bellflowers are so familiar that there is a tendency to think we know this enduring garden denizen. Campanulas have wormed their way into our gardening…
Seasons: Spring
Water for Wildlife
[sidebar]Visit Wild Toad Nursery for more information about designing water features for wildlife.[/sidebar] There is no more important time to install a water feature than during…
Four Winds Growers
[sidebar]Four Winds Growers www.fourwindsgrowers.com[/sidebar] Since 1948, Four Winds Growers has been a thriving family business. Founder Floyd Dillon and his son Don Sr. pioneered the…
The Big Shift
This is the second installment in our four-part water-sensitive landscape design (WSLD) series. Over the past few decades, earth science knowledge has blossomed. There have…
Everyone Eats
Food, how it’s grown and where it’s grown, is an issue that affects us all. Like many of you, I began my garden life in…
A Farm on the Roof in the City
[sidebar] STEM Kitchen|Garden 499 Illinois Street San Francisco, California 94158 www.stemkitchensf.com[/sidebar] As the sun begins to inch above the San Francisco skyline on a see-your-breath…
The Birds and the Bees
[sidebar]Great Plant Picks is the Pacific Northwest’s premier plant educational program administered through the Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden based in Seattle, Washington. www.greatplantpicks.org[/sidebar] Buzzing,…
For the Love of Flowers
Floret Flower Farm is a small family farm just north of Seattle specializing in crops of sustainably grown cut flowers and hard-to-find seeds—along with valuable…
Restoring Northwest Prairies
Prairies in the Pacific Northwest are imperiled. Nearly three-quarters of the population of western Washington live in the Willamette Valley/Puget Trough/Georgia Basin eco-region—and  it’s one of…