Beautiful Landscape

Where I Am Now

A blog about what's on my mind today.

Garden & Earth

I have a degree in Environmental Horticulture and Landscape Design from South Seattle College. For 20 years, I had a design and consulting practice. That work deepened my appreciation for the natural world. Our connection with nature is essential. It is heartening to see how many people discovered the healing power of gardens and green space during the pandemic.

Coloring Music

3 days ago
2 min

Coloring Music

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

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A Bit of West Seattle Garden Tour History

May 9
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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Find Out by Zip Code How Much CO2 Your Neighborhood Emits

Sep 24, 2021
2 min

Find Out by Zip Code How Much CO2 Your Neighborhood Emits

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

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A Fresh Look for the Arboretum at South Seattle College

Sep 12, 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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How to Calculate Storm Water Run-off from Your Property

Mar 7, 2021
2 min

How to Calculate Storm Water Run-off from Your Property

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...

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Pandemic Gardening

Feb 11, 2021
1 min

Pandemic Gardening

"'Tis an ill wind indeed, that blows no good." - William Shakespeare For all the pain and suffering brought by the COVID-19 pandemic,...

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Create a Bee Friendly Garden

Jul 18, 2016
2 min

Create a Bee Friendly Garden

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

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Local Links

Arboretum at South Seattle College

Friends of Lincoln Park

Friends of Seattle's Olmsted Parks

Green Seattle Partnership

Puget Soundkeeper Alliance

West Seattle Bee Garden

West Seattle Garden Tour

Reading List

The Overstory will change the way you look at trees forever.

Local garden writer, Lorene Edwards Forker, has written a book to help you take your pandemic vegetable garden to the next level.

The magic of Mary Oliver's poetry lies in her ability to make us feel the natural world through her words.

Solstice Park P-Patch

Seattle Children's PlayGarden