A Perennial Border Reborn
In 1991, the Northwest Perennial Alliance (NPA) undertook a seemingly impossible project: design, plant, and maintain a 17,000- square-foot herbaceous…
Topics: Gardens & Design
Extensive Green Roofs: Horticultural Considerations for Stormwater Management
Erin Schroll, a student at Oregon State University (OSU), undertook a study of extensive green roofs to determine aspects of their design, plant selec…
The Explorer’s Garden: Shrubs and Vines from the Four Corners of the World
The beauty of Dan Hinkley’s writing is that it has matured as his personal aesthetic for plants has grown more defined. The wild world is…
Garden Allies: Gleaners among the Birds
While most birds eat a varied (omnivorous) diet, birds that eat insects for at least part of their lives account for eighty to ninety percent (and som…
An Evolving Urban Garden in Seattle
Choosing a designer for our new front garden in Seattle was an easy task. I had been working with Richard Hartlage, then director of the Miller Botani…
Arctostaphylos for Pacific Northwest Gardens
We have been cultivating a wide variety of shrubby manzanitas at our nursery in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, and have been delighted to see them capt…
Bulb
Can there be too many books about bulbs? Not for this bulbophile, especially when they are as beautiful as Anna Pavord’s latest contribution to the…
California Garden: Centennial Compilation, 1909-2009
California Garden magazine has educated and entertained garden lovers since 1909, making it the oldest, continuously running, horticultural magazine in the United States. The San…
Power of Gardens
Nancy Goslee Power has become one of the outstanding garden designers of her time and has helped set the standard for site- and climate-specific landscapes.…