These fragrant plants perfume the garden with heavenly scents VIEW
SCENT IS PERSONAL. While we can share the view of a pretty sunset or the sound of a neighbor’s wind chimes, our sense of smell...
Lorene Edwards Forkner
Enlist all your senses — and a sense of timing — to harvest your edible garden at peak ripeness VIEW
HOW'S THAT VICTORY GARDEN coming along? Excitedly, we bite into the first tomato that blushes red, only to find tasteless fruit and a mealy texture....
Top off your summer garden with these easy-to-grow, high-impact annual vines VIEW
I THINK WE all can agree that this was the strangest planting season ever! Whether you’re looking to fill gaps in the garden or simply...
The grass is greener — for you and the environment — with a lush, low-maintenance ecology lawn
SUMMER'S HERE — CUE the lawnmower. Not to get too gender-specific, but let’s face it: A “Dad lawn” is a thing — tidy, tended and fawned over...
How to grow healthy, delicious tomatoes in a Pacific Northwest garden
THERE'S NOTHING LIKE the flavor of a just-picked ripe and juicy tomato still warm from the sun. Which might explain why so many of us...
This beautiful, bountiful garden in Bridle Trails provides sustenance far beyond its veggie beds and fruit trees
GARDEN DESIGN IS about place-making and problem-solving. Sure, plants are in the mix, but a good designer focuses on creating a hospitable space to contain...
Garden designer Sue Goetz shares tips for planting, harvesting and enjoying herbs for the Northwest
LOOKING FOR FLOWERS, flavor and fragrance? Herbs produce a greater yield from every inch of the garden they occupy than just about any other crop...
Over 90 years, Ohme Gardens have grown into a spectacular public garden of handmade landscape near Wenatchee
READY FOR A road trip, even if it's virtual only? Just over Highway 2, Ohme Gardens sits on a rocky bluff above Wenatchee, with a...
Whether she’s tending her garden, her yoga clients or her own family, Suzette Birrell nurtures growth and generosity VIEW
SUZETTE BIRRELL IS a mother and a grandmother. Also, for the past 17 years as a pre- and postnatal yoga instructor, she’s helped new moms...
‘Cultivated’ makes a compelling case for the natural power of a beautifully arranged garden in a vase
CHRISTIN GEALL IS a Victoria-based gardener who arranges flowers, and a floral designer who grows much of what she uses in her designs. She also...