Archive for the ‘garden information sources’ Category
flower and garden show
Posted in garden information sources, garden lifestyle, Uncategorized, tagged NW Flower and Garden Show on 2012/02/10 | 3 Comments »
flower power
Posted in garden design, garden information sources, garden lifestyle, tagged Northwest Flower and Garden Show on 2011/02/25 | Leave a Comment »
Late February in Seattle usually marks the unofficial kick off of spring (uh…not this year) and the return of the Northwest Flower and Garden Show. As always, I picked a day with promising seminars, packed up Owen for an adventure at Adam’s work and headed into the city for the show. And while it felt [...]
plant salvage
Posted in garden information sources, native plants, tagged plant salvage on 2009/09/07 | Leave a Comment »
A development project in my town recently got me thinking about plant salvage. The project in question involves the removal of existing landscaping around a parking lot, some of which is native, and certainly salvageable. There are also hardscape elements that can be reused - such as well aged boulders. I also come across this in my work [...]
cool furniture alert
Posted in garden design, garden information sources, tagged Maku Furniture on 2009/06/25 | Leave a Comment »
I am always on the hunt for garden goodies to add to my design line up for clients. I generally find it necessary to purchase at least one for myself to have on hand to show clients. This has led to Adam declaring that there is no way we could fit any more pots in the garden. [...]
cool sites
Posted in garden information sources, tagged garden websites on 2009/02/15 | 2 Comments »
I spend far too much time online. Let me digress and qualify this confession with the fact that Adam and I have chosen to eliminate television from our entertainment lineup for nearly a decade. This is not due to any ideological issues with TV, we just reached a point where we felt there was not much we wanted to watch on TV. [...]
plant candy
Posted in garden design, garden information sources, native plants, tagged Blechnum spicant, Corylus cornuta var. californica, Myrica californica, native plant, Oxalis oregano, Polystichum munitum, Ribes sanguineum, Tellima grandiflora, Tolmiea menziesii, Vancouveria hexandra on 2009/02/04 | Leave a Comment »
The Pacific Northwest is home to a variety of gorgeous plants, many of which are included in my gardens. They beautifully knit my exotic plantings with the surrounding forest. Though I admire those who are purists about using only native plants, this is something I just can’t manage to do. Its kind of like going on [...]
cool books
Posted in garden books, garden design, garden information sources, tagged Ann Lovejoy, Beth Chatto, garden design books, gardening books, Nancy J. Ondra, Noel Kingsbury, Piet Oudolf, Valerie Easton, Zahid Sardar on 2009/01/29 | Leave a Comment »
If you are like me, the only thing better than being in the garden, is poring over pictures of other gardens. I keep a robust collection of books and magazines for reference and inspiration, and I revisit my favorites when I have a new design underway. Some well thumbed books at my house are: Valerie [...]
