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I've been blogging since 2010, with different blogs for different topics. With this one, I'm bringing everything together, gradually moving posts here from older blogs, which is why you see long past publication dates on some of them.

If you click on the ALL POSTS button at the top of this page, you'll see, in chronological order, all the posts on this site.

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Marie McKinsey

Dec 10, 2022
2 min

Chihuly Garden and Glass Seattle

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

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7 Things for Seattle Gardeners To Do in Winter

Marie McKinsey

Dec 9, 2022
3 min

7 Things for Seattle Gardeners To Do in Winter

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

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A Bit of West Seattle Garden Tour History

Marie McKinsey

May 8, 2022
3 min

A Bit of West Seattle Garden Tour History

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

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A Fresh Look for the Arboretum at South Seattle College

Marie McKinsey

Sep 11, 2021
2 min

A Fresh Look for the Arboretum at South Seattle College

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

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Marie McKinsey

Mar 15, 2016
2 min

Le Jardin Luxembourg - Paris

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

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Marie McKinsey

May 30, 2011
1 min

Benaroya Hall's Garden of Remembrance

Benaroya Hall, home of the Seattle Symphony, is also the home of one of my favorite spaces in all of Seattle, The Garden of Remembrance. Thi

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