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I’m learning how to grow food in my garden, but I’m also trying to create a full-service restaurant for pollinators. (By the way, it’s worth planting onions just to see […]

Epimedium Admittedly, gardening is work. Unquestionably, the joys of gardening far exceed the chores necessary to keep the garden enjoyable for me, family and friends and visiting wildlife. However, if […]

It seems to me that yellow colored plants are starting to quietly scream for attention, and deservedly so. The color yellow is one of the easiest for humans to see […]

Gardening is a sensory activity. Visual beauty. Restful sounds (think water, bamboo clacking, leaves rustling, and bird chirping). Tasty fruit, vegetable and herbal delights. An almost infinite variety of tactile […]

Two gardening shows—the Northwest Flower & Garden Show, Seattle, Wash., and the Yard, Garden & Patio Show, Portland, Ore.—provided lots of new ways of thinking about gardening. It’s always fun […]

Creating sound and movement in the garden with water provides its own rewards, and it doesn’t have to be elaborate or expensive. You and your (human) garden visitors will feel […]

Kym Pokorny I’ve committed a sin. Actually, more than one. Many more. I was 15 the first time. My parents were in Hawaii on a rare vacation. I was not, […]

Kym Pokorny Ben Dye enjoys solving problems, and in his world they’re huge.  Not to worry, though, the challenges this large-scale metal sculptor faces are good ones. When I say […]

By Kym Pokorny Serenity is hard to come by these days. We’re bombarded from all sides by email, social media, work and family demands and more. Gardens provide refuge, allowing […]

By Kym Pokorny As enthusiasm for edibles continues to skyrocket, so does gardeners’ sophistication. While vegetables are still No. 1, fruit, especially plants appropriate for small spaces such as blueberries, […]