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Puget Sound Dahlia Association Annual Tuber SaleMar 21 at 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Join the Puget Sound Dahlia Association for their popular annual tuber sale! Choose from hundreds of dahlia varieties! Price for most varieties is $8 per tuber. These are top exhibition varieties donate

Even though there are sub freezing temperatures in the forecast, fear not steadfast gardeners! Spring will return! And when you see the first robin, when you catch the waft of Sarcococca and when you spy the demure blossoms of Galanthus; you can set your watches to the fact that, besi

In this month’s Cross Pollinator Corner, I’d like you to learn about an influential person that helped me to find my way as a Landscape Designer.  That person was my mother-in-law, Olivia.   Early in my relationship with her son and my then-boyfriend, Kiva, that I was l

I hope this message finds you well and in good spirits as we approach the winter season!  If you have completed the Design Coaching appointment, you were mailed a comprehensive Design Folder full of handy steps to keep you on track to complete your Plant Delivery, Plant Info Page

Hand’s down favorite fruit tree supplier, you ask? And you have asked just in time! I’d like to introduce you to Raintree Nursery. They truly have something for everyone. And what if you live in an apartment or have a small back yard? And especially for you, there is a wonderful selec

QUICK!  Go see the amazing, bloomerific dahlias before they are finished! NOW is your last chance to be dazzled by this late season bloomer and take away ideas for your landscape for next year.  This opportunity will be at its peak through mid-October at Volunteer Park in Seattle at 1

Huge CONGRATULATIONS to the Cedarcrest FFA Nursery and Landscape Team in Duvall for placing 1st out of 33 teams competing in Washington State and proceeding onto the FFA National Convention in Indianapolis! This National Convention every October and about 85,000 FFA members attend fro

As you have continued to learn about Gardens ALIVE Design, you’ve gathered that fundamental principles include education and empowerment in the processes.  Whether our work together include Landscape Design, Pruning, Veggie Gardens, suppliers – soils – organic amendments – soil

Are you in love with the early summer growth of your summer perennials and grasses? Have antsy anticipation for warmer days and cool drinks on the patio surrounded by your beautiful billowing containers? Are you starting to pick produce and watching berries begin to ripen? Me too! Did

Who doesn’t need to laugh more?  We need to laugh more at ourselves, at our mistakes, at our challenges and at our fears.  Laughter benefits our emotional, physical, and social selves.  During the month of June, you will be out in your landscape weeding, planting, and watching the gro