Winter may have just begun, but it has been a strange one for us thus far.  We were blessed with a few frosts last week, but really have had minimal cold weather invade our corner of the PNW.  No arctic blast came in November, just copious amounts of our signature liquid sunshine.  I know I […]

As gardeners, we’ve endured our fair share of colorful trends: orange bark mulch, shocking neon planters, and that inexplicable obsession with marble colored bowling balls. Pantone’s Color of the Year has arrived just in time to calm the frizzy dead ends of our over-processed internet driven lives. Enter Cloud Dancer, a billowy, serene white that […]

I thought it might be fun to ride the wave of perennials that we started last week and continue on with another timely discussion, dividing and transplanting.  Think of it this way… how do you get more bang for your buck from these hardy garden treasures?  By dividing them of course!  It is super easy […]

Although we have a few weeks until the official onset of winter, it is always a good idea to think ahead and prepare in the world of gardening.  In our climate we never quite know when that first hard frost will happen.  Some people got…

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Plant a textural woodland walk around existing evergreen trees. Fill the open spaces under high-branched firs with an understory of native plants suited for dry, part shade areas. SHOPPING LIST 3) Vine Maple (Acer circinatum) (3) Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa) (4) Evergreen Huckleberry (Vaccinium ovatum) (6) Flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum) (9) Deer Fern (Blechnum spicant) (14) […]

Photo by Kelly Bowie for Timber Press In celebration of our upcoming event, ‘Pansies: Reimagined’ with Brenna Estrada of Three Brothers Blooms, we thought we’d take a dive into the elegant, fragrant, and oft-underappreciated world of pansies. In Brenna’s eyes, and throughout her beautiful new book, Pansies: How to Grow, Reimagine, and Create Beauty with… […]

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As we head into the heat that is August, I think it is appropriate to talk about some shade plants this week, specifically ferns.  Ferns, of many kinds, thrive in our local gardens, enjoying our maritime climate and mild winters.  They will grow nicely in…

I sincerely hope you are enjoying the onset of summer sunshine, and perhaps celebrated the summer solstice last week in style.  Nothing beats…