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Potager Garden 2011

It’s been ten years since I moved to the Seattle area and started Native Root Designs. I had a diverse background in horticulture and I was eager to push my design and landscaping experiences to the next level. Through a friend and co-worker at the small retail nursery in Santa Cruz, CA,The Garden Company, I [...]

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We have lived in our house for just about seven years. If you count back, yes, 2006. It did appreciate a bit over the first year. We remodeled the kitchen so that the sink would fit in the counter and the drawers would close all the way. The garden was the first “improvement”. I had [...]

"In a Garden Far, Far Away- An Edible Forest Sancuary"

Here’s a write up from the Garden Show on our up and coming garden display “In a Garden Far, Far Away…” http://www.gardenshowblog.com/beginning-gardeners/a-garden-far-away-and-close-to-home/ Janet does a great job capturing the spirit of the gardens that are going to be built in just a few days now. I recommend scanning through her blog posts on all the [...]

Timber Layout

Twenty-three days until we begin the move-in process for the 2013 Northwest Flower and Garden Show. Our garden, “In a Garden Far, Far Away…An Edible Forest Sanctuary” is coming along great. As I watch the first (IV) Star Wars movie with my four year-old daughter, I am thoroughly excited to bring a piece of the [...]

The Northwest Flower and Garden Show (NWFGS) is the second largest and, arguably, the best garden show in the US. It has been around for 25 years making this it’s “Silver Anniversary”. As I was leaving one of the incredibly long days at the NWFGS last year I looked up as I was going down [...]

A new garden! Planting is done and mulched.

I was asked to look at a cleint’s rental house for a tree removal and renovation of the front yard. She is very fond of the house and wanted to make it fit the neighborhood a little better. The yard had not had any attention for possibly 10-15 years. It is a fairly steep slope [...]

Learning to water

Ah, the long days of summer. Now that it’s hot out you can let the sprinkler lose on your garden. Turn it up and let the kids play in it while you water the lawn! Our lawn usually has a green ring in the middle of it! The rest can turn gold, I’m fine either [...]

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