With news of government budget cuts and the cancellation of programs that help provide a safety net for local residents, many of us wonder what we can do to help them. And with waves of layoffs sweeping through the region, some of us wonder what we will do if we lose our jobs and remain unemployed for an extended period of time.

I bought this little birdhouse 30 years ago from a local guy who said he built these little houses specifically for certain types of birds.

Earlier this month, as I walked into the West Seattle PCC, I saw a display of freshly foraged wild mushrooms, a sure sign that fall and the

There really is nothing quite like the Chihuly Garden, one half of the Chihuly Garden and Glass exhibit at Seattle Center.

Yes, its rainy, windy and sometimes snowy. The ground is too soggy for digging. But that doesn't mean there aren't plenty of satisfying gard

From an environmental point of view, what it takes to maintain a typical lawn is a nightmare.

The biggest lesson we have to learn from climate change is that we can't keep doing things the way we always have been

Early in my landscape design career, I learned that adding color to drawings was important if I wanted to sell my work.

In the spring of 1995, a group of West Seattle gardeners brought us the first West Seattle Garden Tour (WSGT).

We've heard for decades that increasing population density is good for the environment. The theory is that it discourages suburban sprawl,

I was a landscape design student at South Seattle College in the early 1990s. The Arboretum was our outdoor classroom, where we took classes

The EPA estimates that over 770 cities in the US combine waste water and stormwater in the same pipe and send it to sewage treatment...

Without bees, we wouldn't have much to eat and we would have far fewer herbs and flowers to enjoy.

Tillandsias are air plants, members of the Bromeliad family. They are native to Central and South America, the southern US and the Caribbean

In 1613, Marie de Medici began building her "dream home," a palace in Paris in the style of Pitti Palace in Florence, the city where she gre

the perennial question comes up - is a yam the same thing as a sweet potato? I've wondered about this for as long as I can remember and this

When people find out that a tomato is a fruit, not a vegetable, they are usually surprised. They think of fruits as being sweet and vegetabl

Two types of camellias grow well in the Seattle area: Camellia japonica and its smaller, daintier cousin, Camellia sasanqua.

Lily of the Valley Shrubs (Pieris japonica) are graceful, slow growing shrubs that are popular in the Seattle area, and for good reasons.

Hellebores add an exotic touch to the winter garden. Their elegant flowers begin to emerge in late January, and depending on the variety, wi