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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.

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Bayview Farm and Garden owner Maureen Rowley planted what she calls

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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.

Recent stories

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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