The Chase Garden
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...
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Greg Graves
Apr 10, 20173 min read
A Garden of Memories
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...
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Greg Graves
Apr 5, 20171 min read
Garden Design
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...
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Greg Graves
Nov 14, 20164 min read
Japan
Yuushien Garden Traveling is always an adventure but to Japan gives it a whole new meaning. Just getting around is a challenge. There is...
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Greg Graves
Aug 29, 20162 min read
Ed Hume
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...
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Greg Graves
Jul 4, 20161 min read
Art in 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...
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Greg Graves
Jun 20, 20163 min read
Rhododendrons
Rhododendron vulcan To be a gardener in the Northwest means you have dealt with Rhododendrons at some point. It is the state flower of...
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Greg Graves
Apr 11, 20163 min read
Back to Betty’s
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...
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Greg Graves
Apr 4, 20162 min read
Chihuly Garden
Here in the Northwest where glass has really made its mark, as has gardening, what better marriage than a glass garden. I had the...
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Greg Graves
Feb 23, 20163 min read
2016 Northwest Flower and Garden Show
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...
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Greg Graves
Nov 16, 20153 min read
Take a Load Off
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...
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Greg Graves
Aug 10, 20155 min read
Seattle Garden Tour part 2
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...
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Greg Graves
Mar 31, 20152 min read
Seattle Children’s Playgarden
Topiary This past week I had the opportunity to attend the Seattle Children’s Playgarden fundraiser. This non-profit organization is one...
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Greg Graves
Feb 17, 20152 min read
2015 Flower and Garden Show
Winner of the Pacific Horticulture Award – West Seattle Nursery Now that the Northwest Flower and Garden Show has come and gone we can...
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Greg Graves
Oct 21, 20143 min read
You can go home again
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...
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Greg Graves
Oct 7, 20141 min read
Stumpery
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...
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Greg Graves
Jul 22, 20143 min read
The Grand Tour
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...
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Greg Graves
Feb 10, 20142 min read
Northwest Flower and Garden Show Wrap-up
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...
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