Home shows offer a day of leisurely shopping, where you can compare home and garden improvement needs, or compile a dream list of future home building ideas or remodeling projects. Home & garden shows have all the experts in one place for anything you may need for the home or garden. Home remodeling experts and … [Read more...] about Home & Garden shows in the Puget Sound region
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7 design ideas from Seattle Flower & Garden Show
Celebrating 30 years in 2018, the Northwest Flower & Garden Show featured inspirational, beautiful, educational, and fun garden design ideas. The designers and landsacpers were asked to incorporate a garden party theme into their display. The garden designs embrace current trends in urban gardening, sustainability, … [Read more...] about 7 design ideas from Seattle Flower & Garden Show
Stretch your grocery budget: join a p-patch garden
Did you know that some of your neighbors grow food in a free community garden? If you’d like to join them, here’s what you need to know. About Seattle P-Patch community garden program The name P-Patch comes from the program’s first community garden, which started in 1973 at Picardo Farm in north Seattle. So, the ‘P’ … [Read more...] about Stretch your grocery budget: join a p-patch garden
Free guides and rebates for building a rain garden
A rain garden is a shallow planting area designed to capture and filter some of the Pacific Northwest's ubiquitous rainwater before it reaches sewer systems. Installing a rain garden helps improve water quality our region. Besides protecting water quality, rain gardens are a water wise landscape feature that is … [Read more...] about Free guides and rebates for building a rain garden
Home Gardening Resources for the Puget Sound region
Gardening in the Puget Sound region gets the advantage of rich volcanic soils, abundant rain, and year-round temperate weather. However, Northwest gardeners also face several challenges: a shortage of sunny days, a growing season that starts later than other parts of the country, and understanding the microclimate … [Read more...] about Home Gardening Resources for the Puget Sound region
Public gardens and tours in the Puget Sound region
Listed below are arboretums and botanical gardens* in cities throughout the Puget Sound region. Most specialize in one or more aspects of Pacific Northwest native plants. A few offer non-native varieties and even exotic specimens from far flung corners of the globe. These public gardens are regularly open to … [Read more...] about Public gardens and tours in the Puget Sound region
