Permaculture Landscape Design for Seattle Homes: Where It Fits and Where It Doesn’t
Learn where permaculture landscape design works in Seattle, where it does not, and how to start an ecological yard plan without overbuilding.
Rain Garden Design in Seattle: How to Handle Runoff Without Giving Up Usable Yard Space
Learn where rain gardens work in Seattle yards, how to plan runoff control with irrigation, and how to keep your landscape usable and beautiful year-round.
Wild Gardens of the Emerald City: Ecological Landscaping in Seattle
Moving Beyond Outdoor Interior Decorating Traditional landscape design treats a yard like an outdoor living room. The standard playbook installs turfgrass as the carpet, lines the perimeter with isolated shrubs like furniture against a wall, and uses bark mulch to hide exposed dirt. Ecological landscaping starts from a fundamentally different premise: your property is an […]
Why You Should (Let Nature) Grow a Weedy Garden
As the vibrant hues of autumn descend upon the Pacific Northwest, the familiar sight of falling leaves might prompt the urge to tidy up the garden. However,