How to make a lovely container garden for Mom — and Mother Nature
Whether Mom loves hummingbirds or butterflies, you can create containers that attract each or both. And don’t worry if you’re artistically challenged. Quality nurseries have...
Ciscoe Morris
Ciscoe is well known in the Pacific Northwest. He appears regularly on TV and radio. His newest book is "Oh, La La!: Homegrown Stories, Helpful Tips, and Garden Wisdom." When he is not speaking, writing or hosting an international garden tour, Ciscoe can be found at his Seattle home gardening alongside his pup, Izzy.
How to build a rain garden — a creative, pollinator-friendly way to keep pollution out of Puget Sound
Rain gardens prevent polluted runoff from entering our waterways, and they also create habitat for birds and butterflies. The reduction in runoff decreases flooding and...
How to keep hummingbirds happy and healthy through winter VIEW
Ciscoe Morris shares tips for keeping hummingbirds happy all winter, from keeping the homemade nectar flowing to planting nectar-rich winter-flowering shrubs and trees.
Eat (and grow) more garlic: It’s good for you, and it tastes great
Garlic, as Ciscoe Morris pointed out in this Vintage garden story, is good for just about whatever ails you, and it tastes great. And it's...
Spiders are your friends — in the garden, anyway
Oh, La La — eek! Ciscoe Morris reminds us in this week's Pacific NW Vintage feature to befriend spiders in our gardens. Ciscoe writes: One...
Oh, La, La: Seattle Times garden writer Ciscoe Morris is starting a new chapter | PNW Magazine VIEW
Ciscoe says it’s time for new challenges. So he’s going to stop writing his weekly garden column to concentrate on his newest book.
Right up there with Ciscoe’s top trees: the Stewartia | In the Garden
With showy flowers, beautiful bark and a hankering for shade, these all-season trees will fit in any garden.
The Master Gardener program helps home gardeners and the environment | In the Garden
With demonstration gardens, special events, plant sales and free public workshops, these trained volunteers are gurus you can use.
Sow these seeds now, and you could be eating fresh homegrown salads by October | In the Garden VIEW
August is the perfect time to plant veggies that thrive in cooler temperatures: mustard greens, arugula, radishes, cilantro and more.
How to add farming to your gardening repertoire | In the Garden
Test your beginner’s cluck by touring some supercool coops for backyard/barnyard inspiration.