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Gardening has always been very therapeutic.  By being close to God's creation, we seem to solve a plethora of concerns digging in the dirt.  I originally started with an English garden which over the years has morphed into a combination of traditional & contemporary.    I really enjoy spending time with my other gardening friends finding new nurseries since my children (mostly grown) and husband find no excitement in the adventure!  If you know of any great ones around, please let me know. My favorite local nurseries are:  Wells Medina (Bellevue) and Christianson's (Mt. Vernon), one in Tacoma specializing in tropicals is fantastic as well, Jungle Fever Exotics. For those of you into the unusual, you MUST try Far Reaches Farm. They are located in Port Townsend, Washington which is a lovely destination. They also have a quality mail-order service. My favorite mail-order: Far Reaches Farm and Brian's Botanicals Why does this format not allow paragraphs?????? Slightly irritating. ;)

Christmas & Plants
We are basically ready for Christmas.  We are trying to adhere to a less stressful approach than past seasons.  Aside from getting a new Christmas photo taken for our cards, wrapping stocking stuffers, and baking this weekend (we freeze cookies un...

Plant Nerd Night 2012 - Seattle
OMGoodness, aptly named event for certain!  My non-gardening friends, (yes, I have a few) tease me to no end, obviously I did not ask them to attend with me.  The event was held at the Mountaineers Club in Seattle.  The name originated in Portland ...

Amaryllis Bulbs for Bill
I have been so delayed in editing our photos from our trip in October.  My dad is coming to visit tomorrow so I thought I better get going since he treated me to the trip.  Unfortunately, I only had 1.5hrs tonight - not enough time.  Why am I suc...

New Plant Treasures, Summer 2011
Tonight I sat down to write about our recent trip and post some photos, but realized that it has been so long since I have written; I missed out on sharing the treasures I foun...

Oh, if I MUST!!!
Last week my husband said he wanted the garage back and that I needed a greenhouse.  My plant room tucked in the back of our garage did not work so well due to low light conditions.  We have glass garage doors so I slowly moved the plants into on...