The Fair It’s that time of year when Agriculture, Horticulture and clowns meet. Well I can think of a few gardeners that make that happen...

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...

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...

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...

Seattle waterfront I’ve had the opportunity over the last several years to escort a number of horticultural tours, both domestic and...

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...

WOW When James Longmire’s  daughter-in-law, Martha, first saw this site, she exclaimed,”Oh, what a paradise!”  This quote pretty much...

Cirsium edule – Edible Thistle Nothing beats getting out into the mountains and seeing plants in the wild. Try as you might, you can...