How to create a garden for the birds (pro tip: keep kitties inside)
“Audubon at Home in Seattle: Gardening for Life,” a free publication from Seattle Audubon, offers tips for creating a wildlife-friendly garden.
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GROW is “a dose of garden inspiration and information” appearing each week in Pacific NW magazine, written by Lorene Edwards Forkner and Colin McCrate.
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Algerian Iris will turn your garden into a winter landscape of wonder
Algerian iris flowers when few other plants dare: Their 2-inch lavender-purple flowers with white and deep gold markings first begin to appear in early November.
Easy tips for forcing a hyacinth into an early bloom
You can't fool Mother Nature, of course, but you can trick this spring-blooming bulb into, and then coax it out of, an artificially imposed winter....
The Northwest Horticultural Society’s online symposium offers an inclusive look at diversity and ecology
"Gardening for the Future: Diversity and Ecology in the Urban Environment," an online symposium, looks at horticulture as a reflection of culture and place.
Prepare your garden now to weather whatever winter might throw at it
It’s time to button up the garden for winter. Arm yourself with these tips, tools and materials to prepare for storm season, from simply raking...
Reserve a spot for your own backyard ‘Giant Insect Resort’
If a bug isn't a true pest, it's either beneficial or benign, so landscape designer Lisa Bauer created a backyard 'Giant Insect Resort' that's beautiful,...
Beautyberry takes center stage in autumn, but a strong supporting cast can carry it throughout the whole year
GROW writer Lorene Edwards Forkner lays out an all-season gardening plan for working beautiful beautyberry into a home landscape, starting with plenty of plants that...
The Seattle Japanese Garden turns 60 with fitting testaments to rebirth and resilience
The constantly renewing Seattle Japanese Garden, one of the most famous Japanese gardens outside of Japan, is turning 60 years old.
Science offers compelling theories for the mysteries of our tallest trees, but their majesty requires no research — just appreciation VIEW
We don't have any redwoods, but some of Washington's native trees are still world-class giants. Our state is home to six that are among the...
Here’s how to collect, sort, label, store — and share — seeds from your favorite veggies
A good way to get a jump on next year's garden is to collect seeds now. Just be sure to label everything — they'll all...
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