As the Viaduct tumbles, a dynamic, carefully designed living landscape waits to emerge
Scheduled for completion in 2023, a lively ribbon of parks and growing spaces will unfurl along 26 blocks from Belltown to the stadiums.
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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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Want to put some color in a dreary winter day? Check out the witch hazels at the Arboretum
The Washington Park Arboretum has plenty of day-brightening inspiration, even this time of year, but witch hazels steal the show.
Gardening resolutions to brighten the landscape now, and for the future
If you’re also working to plot your intentions for the new year, here are some suggestions, from good ground covers to tree-tending.
Here’s how to order the best seeds for the best results
It’s catalog season! Follow these tips to make sure that come spring, you’re not planting any seeds of doubt.
6 naturally inspiring books for gift-giving — or, your own gardening library VIEW
Gifts of knowledge and discovery for the gardeners in your life — including yourself.
A rain garden can beautify your landscape and turn you into an environmental hero at the same time
Here’s how to sequester your rainwater runoff and reduce your ecological footprint.
Bridget Beth Collins, the Flora Forager, paints with petals
The natural artist from Ravenna still considers herself a beginning gardener, but her botanical compositions are blooming into big business.
How the Olmsted Brothers shaped our natural landscape into a system of interconnected, and enduring, public spaces VIEW
John Charles Olmsted, the primary visionary of the Seattle Park System, developed a master plan that connected existing and planned green spaces across the city.
Sure, you could buy a festive blooming amaryllis, but it’s so much more fun to grow your own
Here’s how to plant bare-root bulbs for dramatic winter-brightening blossoms.
How to grow your own wine grapes in Western Washington
Betsey Wittick of Bainbridge Vineyards shares guidelines for creating your own backyard vineyard.
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