Nancy Heckler’s hydrangea-colorful woodland garden
Nancy Heckler is a plant collector with more than 100 hydrangeas alone. All those flowering shrubs made for a beautiful sight at our visit.… Read More
Camille Paulsen’s Tahoma-flora garden
Camille Paulsen’s garden is a place of beautiful, Asian-inspired garden rooms and patios, many of them with views of Mount Rainier.… Read More
Next-door gardening neighbors at Puget Sound Fling
Two gardening neighbors in Puyallup, Washington, capitalize on sloping lots and great views of Mount Rainier.… Read More
A plant playground at the Risdahl-Pittman Garden
The Risdahl-Pittmans describe their garden as an eclectic plant playground. It’s a beautifully designed space with winding paths and a pond.… Read More
A taste of Italy in a Puget Sound garden
Donna Andersen’s Milton, WA, garden was inspired by Italy and made welcoming with comfortably furnished patios and personal art. … Read More
Toad-henge sculpture is king of the hill in garden made for entertaining
Supersized gunnera, cascading forest grass, elegant rock terracing, and a huge stone Toad-henge sculpture make the Gray Garden stand out.… Read More
Hopping around Froggsong Gardens
The first Fling lunch was held at Froggsong Gardens, a private home with a 5-acre estate garden that can be rented out as a wedding venue. … Read More
A woodland art collector’s garden on Vashon Island
The Carharts created their 3-acre garden by first planting around the house, which overlooks the Harbor, and then taming the steep slope. … Read More
Love letter to Puget Sound Fling, starting with Halstead-Robinson Garden
The charming garden of mosaic artist and topiarist Anita Halstead and her husband, Kelly Robinson, who built many of the garden’s structures.… Read More
Evening stroll around the garden
Last week we had a surprise rain shower — what joy! Afterward I walked through the garden, imagining the plants were feeling the joy too.… Read More
Early summer garden scenes in Austin
What I’m admiring on walks around the neighborhood and in my own garden as the Austin summer heats up. These plants love the heat.… Read More
Drive-By Gardens: Contemporary, lawn-gone front yard
June 12, 2024I walked by this home in my northwest Austin ‘hood the other day and — bam! — the landscaping stopped me in my tracks. A silver-green planting of whale’s tongue agave, woolly stemodia, and grassy Lindheimer nolina (I … Read More
Cindy Bolz’s Asian-style garden of Japanese maples
Cindy Bolz loves Japanese maples and is growing sixty — sixty! — in her serene, Asian-style garden in Farmers Branch, Texas.… Read More
Michael’s Plano Prairie Garden in spring
I finally got to visit Michael McDowell’s Plano prairie garden in springtime. Purple coneflowers were stealing the show.… Read More