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Plant Life
Valerie Easton is a Seattle freelance writer and contributing editor for Horticulture magazine. Her book, "Plant Life: Growing a Garden in the Pacific Northwest" (Sasquatch Books, 2002) is a selection of her columns in Pacific Northwest magazine.
MIKE SIEGEL / THE SEATTLE TIMES
Bayview Farm and Garden owner Maureen Rowley planted what she calls "a super low-maintenance working hedge" along the edge of her nursery to provide privacy as well as nurture songbirds and honeybees. Read story
Plant Life | Hedgerows offer variety and shelter to urban gardens
The classic English hedgerow can be adapted to modern urban and suburban gardens just fine, helping add color and texture to smaller gardens while also giving shelter to birds, bees, butterflies and more.
Sunday, November 1
Plant Life | In the fall garden, we relish what remains
Sunday, October 25
Plant Life | A Japanese maple collector revels in the colorful variety
Sunday, October 18
Plant Life | Vancouver Land Bridge reconnects a river to a people, a past
Sunday, October 11
Plant Life | 'Black Plants' shows the beauty of the darker side
Sunday, October 4
Plant Life | Plant Amnesty founder picks 10 indispensable plants
Sunday, September 27
Plant Life | Beautiful and well-behaved, they can soothe and solve many a trouble
Sunday, September 20
Plant Life | Skagit Valley tulip bulbs offer color, size, shape galore
Sunday, September 13
Plant Life | Erratic weather signals a need to change our gardening ways
Sunday, September 6
Plant Life | Seattle-area gardeners have a talk, a book, a sale and some flowers to look forward to
Sunday, August 30
Plant Life | The newer broadleaf evergreens offer color, fragrance and dependability
Sunday, August 23
Plant Life | A thyme lawn saves time, energy and water
Sunday, August 16
Plant Life | From a huge selection, an expert picks his favorite hydrangeas
Sunday, August 9
Plant Life | To dress up a hot deck, pick durable plants and pull out some pots
Sunday, July 26
Plant Life | Dwarf and mini-trees and shrubs offer lots of fruit with little space or effort
Sunday, July 19
Plant Life | Harmony happens when garden is integrated with home
Sunday, July 12
Plant Life | Sequim Lavender Festival is a celebration of the senses
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