November 02, 2018
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 …
Pre-dinner stroll around Lakewold Gardens in Puget Sound
At estate garden Lakewold Gardens, bald eagles were nesting in sky-scraping trees, and the Puget Sound Fling had its banquet dinner …
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 …
Next-door gardening neighbors at Puget Sound Fling
Two gardening neighbors in Puyallup, Washington, capitalize on sloping lots and great views of Mount Rainier …
Plants and garden art at VanLierop Garden Market in Puget Sound
Shopping for plants and garden art at VanLierop Garden Market in Sumner, Washington, during the Puget Sound Fling tour …
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 …
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 …
Amid the trees at Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden and Pacific Bonsai Museum
The Puget Sound Fling started its second day in a forest of towering trees, with a Victorian stumpery garden and a bonsai collection …
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 …
Garden and beach views at Point Defiance Park
Point Defiance Park is a jewel for Tacoma: a 760-acre park that includes a zoo and aquarium, gardens, beaches, trails, and old-growth forest …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
