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Olmsted-approved Native Shrubs
Most gardeners end up planting a lot more flowers than shrubs, more shrubs than small trees, and more small trees than canopy trees. In part this flows from the shorter lifespan of herbaceous...
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Indian Plum
Indian Plum Here in the Pacific Northwest one of the first sure signs of spring is when the Indian Plum, Oemleria cerasiformis, begins to bloom. Sometimes in the warmest and most protected locations...
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Don’t Go English for Hawthorn
My copy of the thick garden reference, The American Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, has a full page devoted to Crataegus, the hawthorns. I’ve been thinking quite a bit about...
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Becoming Foresters
Natalie and I purchased five acres on the outskirts of Bellingham last month. The house and my new photography studio are located on the front third, along with an established garden. The rear three...
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A Walk in Our New Woods
Snow-covered Dry Grasses and Red-twig Dogwood around pond It snowed here in the Puget Lowlands a few days before Christmas, dusting everything with a couple of inches of white. Our new place looked...
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Seeing Red
Thimbleberry fruit Native plants have many benefits in the garden — beautiful, adapted to their environment, shelter and food for wildlife, and food for people. Thimbleberries in the border between...
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