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Tall Douglas fir, spruce and giant sequoia grow in my backyard creating lots of dry shade. Which is all well and good except I that like lush woodland plantings. My […]

Have you ever wanted to get a behind-the-scenes look at a wholesale nursery? Visiting small, specialty nurseries is one of my favorite things to do. Luckily for me, Oregon is […]

Did you ever get “color typed” and define the colors you should wear by the name of a season? I’m still confused as to whether I’m a “fall” or “spring.” […]

This is truly a random act of sharing. It doesn’t directly relate to gardening. But it does relate to the impact pollution has on the environment in such a clever […]

To help gardeners choose reliable plants, some associations come up with their plant(s) of the year. Great Plant Picks (www.greatplantpicks.org) is a wonderful resource for gardeners in the Northwest, west […]

Spring has sprung and to help feed our gardening fix, the number of plant sales is growing with each passing week. Here are a few to add to your calendar: […]

By Gardennia nutiiOver the years I’ve collected a lot of clippers, shears and shovels. One reason for my extensive collection is that they tend to get misplaced and then uncovered, […]

Save the date! Saturday, April 3, 2010 is GardenPalooza, featuring 50 nurseries and garden vendors. If you didn’t get your fill of wonderful plants, garden art and greenhouses at Yard, […]

In our eagerness to clean up the garden and start new outdoor projects, we often use muscles groups we haven’t exercised for most of the winter months. At the end […]

By Gardennia nutiiI lost a gardening friend this past fall; my neighbor Janet who was one of the most wonderful people I’ve met. She made it a point to look […]