Mount Rainier from the Chase Garden Today I’m meeting friend for lunch at the Chase Garden. This will probably be my last visit there...

Primula nepalensis I’m headed off in a few days to create a few more memories for myself. I’m going back to Japan to travel a bit north...

Here is a special offer for friends of Old Goat Farm. If you haven’t seen Garden Design magazine yet, the current spring issue is a great...

Yuushien Garden Traveling is always an adventure but to Japan gives it a whole new meaning. Just getting around is a challenge. There is...

the entry ED HUME. When you say his name, every gardener in the Northwest knows who you are talking about. He has been the garden...

Ross has been a sculptor for  more than 30 years. His primary skill is in metal casting. He works predominately in cast bronze but...

Rhododendron vulcan To be a gardener in the Northwest means you have dealt with Rhododendrons at some point. It is the state flower of...

I have been ‘Retired’ for 5 years, but for those 13 years at the garden I looked at it with different eyes. I was always on a schedule...

Here in the Northwest where glass has really made its mark, as has gardening, what better marriage than a glass garden. I had the...

Tiny Tetons Now that the 2016 Northwest Flower and Garden Show has come and gone we can look back on some of the highlights of the show...

The sitting porch I worked for a number of years at a public garden and it only had one bench in the whole garden. I told myself if I...

After just one day in Seattle and a couple ferry rides to both Vashon and Bainbridge Islands we are off to the East Side and South End...

Topiary This past week I had the opportunity to attend the Seattle Children’s Playgarden fundraiser. This non-profit organization is one...

Winner of the Pacific Horticulture Award – West Seattle Nursery Now that the Northwest Flower and Garden Show has come and gone we can...

view across the lawn You often hear people say ‘once you leave your garden you should never go back’. Well that may very well be true...

path through the stumps That was 5 years ago and today it is stunning. The architecture of the wood stops you in your tracks and the...

Hampton Court When it comes to garden tours the gardens of England are iconic. It is the number one past time in England and they have...

salmon swimming down stream Now that the Northwest Flower and Garden Show has come and gone we can look back on some of the highlights of...