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Danger Gardenette Migration
You may recall a post about clearing out a new space for my collection of  spiky plants which I've affectionately named the danger gardenette after the blog of the agave evangelist who made me...
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Clivia Minata is My Favorite Plant...This Week
I'm joining the phenominal gardener, tireless blogger, and champion of all plants spiky, Loree at Danger Garden in her favorite plant of the week meme. Â Click over to her site to see other favorites...
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A Quick Run through Windmill Nursery
The other day after work I got to drive over to Alison's House to collect a plant (Erythrina crista-galli) that our pal Loree sent  from the Portland area bloggers' plant exchange for me.  Alison's...
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Discovering DeCoursey Park
After visiting Alison and Windmill Nursery, I decided to come home by way of the sweet town of Puyallup. Much more pleasant than the freeway at rush hour! Â Puyallup, the old part of town in the valley,...
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Busy Weekend - Glass Flowers
I've worked seven days a week for the last few so for the next couple of posts, I'm taking you to work with me. First, on Saturday, we're off to Mandarin Stained Glass where I teach some evening and...
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Welcome to Work part two Jungle Fever Exotics Nursery.
Jungle Fever is  one of my favorite nurseries, small but always has interesting plants!  Every great once in a while, I get to keep the shop open when Jerry, the owner needs a day off.  Hooray, I get...
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Acer Palmatum 'Amagi Shigure' is my Favorte Plant...This Week
I didn't always like Acer palmatum. Â In fact, there was a time when I hated them because a few weeping varieties were extremely overused by developers. Â Throw an atlas cedar or other evergreen just...
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Seven Gardens and Two Nurseries in Six Hours; A Lassie and Outlaw Adventure...
What a whirlwind of garden fun Saturday was! Â Alison, the Bonney Lassie, and I headed up to Seattle for the Northwest Perennial Alliance's first open garden Saturday. Â We toured seven gardens and two...
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The Seattle Garden of Laura-Lee Fineman Karp
One of the gardens that Alison and I visited on Saturday was the small (400 sq. ft.) quirky townhome garden of Laura-Lee Fineman Karp. Â Seeing the mirrors and plates on the fence as we neared, I was...
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The Garden of Gabriella Moller and Henry Burton
How wonderful to be walking down a residential street in a large city and come across a garden so exuberant that it spills out onto the sidewalk and resumes on the other side! Â In places, the flagstone...
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Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day May 2014
Joining with Carol at May Dreams Gardens, Â garden bloggers from around the world post pictures of what's blooming in their gardens on the fifteenth of each month. Â Thanks, Carol for reminding us that...
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Foliage Follow Up May 2014
Welcome to the Oops, I forgot to take foliage pictures for Foliage Follow up and it's almost dark outside, more random than ever edition of foliage follow up. Nifty succulent combinationQuercus dentata...
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Work Continues on the Danger Gardenette
Here's a picture of a few plants awaiting attention last summer.  Notice the wall of green foliage behind the table.  That thicket if Kerria japonica was about 5 feet deep. I finally got rid of the...
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The Garden of Jennifer and Elroy Carlson
The Carlson house and garden have been "completely integrated to showcase sustainable building and gardening practices."The repetition of limited color choices create structure and rhythm in this...
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A Lifetime of Gardening: The Garden of Sylvia Duryee
"This garden has about 50 fern specdies, small to large, and some 45 species of other plants and shruibs, along with many natives. Â There are six arisaema species and five Asarum species. Â there are...
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The Garden of Rebecca and Laird Harris Brenneman
"The garden is first encountered along the sidewalk, where a lush planting strip wand a row of fragrant roses invite the passerby to look and linger."The many beautiful iris caught our eyes as the...
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A Lawn Free Garden in the Hood
This lawn free garden is one that I pass a few times a month  looks good year round and would make Pam Penick proud  I've yet to see anyone working in it but clearly someone does so frequently as...
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Flying Through the Sky
Sky Nursery in Shoreline, north of Seattle, that is. On that whirlwind Outlaw and Lassie Saturday of visiting five gardens and two nurseries in six hours, we had time for a quick visit. Â Sky is a large...
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The Garden of Phoebe Fine
 I'm going to allow Ms Fine's own words to guide you through her garden. "On a typical city lot (50' x 100') our small garden features herbs and vegetables, ornamental trees and shrubs and a haven for...
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