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“Earth laughs with flowers” is a favorite quote of mine from Ralph Waldo Emerson. If Mother Earth is laughing up/about/with flowers, that should be permission enough to have fun in […]

Usually we have plenty of water in the maritime Pacific Northwest—sometimes we feel like we have too much of it. But during the summer months we live in a Mediterranean […]

Note: photos taken at HPSO open gardens With the exception of my food production efforts, I generally consider my garden to be low maintenance. Once the spring chores are taken […]

While touring one of several HPSO open gardens, I rounded a bend in the garden path and was delighted to be introduced to Cotinus coggygria ‘Young Lady’, a relatively new […]

Succulents are getting a lot of attention these days because they are compatible with low-water gardening, are generally considered low maintenance and offer interesting color, form and texture. According to […]

http://bonnieplants.com I doubt there are too many people that like to spray themselves and their loved ones with insect repellent, even DEET-free mosquito repellents. I haven’t had too much success […]

http://ceceliawebber.com A friend shared these images with me. They are by artist Cecelia Webber. I felt they were so compelling I wanted to share them with you. There is a […]

By Mary-Kate Mackey   Editor’s Note: Summer has started and you’re probably busy working and playing in your garden. One of the fun and practical reasons to attend early spring […]

For six weeks, the Milky Way dogwood (Cornus kousa ‘Milky Way’) carpets its limbs in white blossoms—actually white bracts—in late spring to early summer, putting on a breathtaking show. For […]

K. H. from Delaware won the “Dogwood” puzzler from last month’s Random Acts of Gardening and received a copy of The Man Who Planted Trees. “What a wonderfully inspiring book. […]