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- Gig Harbor, WA
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- Lavender Lotions and Potions
Fox Farm
Sunday, July 12 at 12:30pm - Passionate About Perennials
Ace Hardware
Saturday, June 27 at 1:00pm
Creative Gardener Fun classes this week to garden clubs: Gifts from the Garden: ideas and recipes for elegant, fragrant gifts including pressed flower journals, teas and spa potions. Also to the local NPA group; inspirations on bulb forcing and hints that make paperwhites and Amaryllis...holiday beautiful! Thanks for inviting me!
Creative Gardener Blooms in the winter...Bulb forcing for color at Christmas, Valentine's day and Easter happens now...more tips and ideas in the Tacoma News Tribune
From bulbs to blooms | Home & Garden - The News Tribune | Seattle-Tacoma News, Weather, Sports, Jobs
Source: www.thenewstribune.com
Nov. 07, 2009 - Spring color and fragrance from bulbs is far from our minds when all we see is the funny dried, brown things in garden stores.
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Just read a wonderful little quote from the Chase Garden newsletter. Ione Chase on Gingko Biloba: "it's lovely in the fall; all the leaves drop at once. I like that. the fallen leaves make a lovely groundcover." My thought is if we all could see fallen leaves as "lovely groundcover" rather than just another fall ...chore to clean up. Take a walk outside for more favorite fall finds. Even in the drizzle of rain, the Pacific Northwest season change brings its own unique patterns and texture against the wet, dark soil.Read More
Creative Gardener The pondering of squash?
In the garden: The pondering of squash | Northwest News - The News Tribune | Seattle-Tacoma News, We
Source: www.thenewstribune.com
Oct. 21, 2009 - As I was in line to pay during a recent trip to the grocery store, the customer in front of me was buying acorn squash. This time of year, they are piled high in produce bins alongside the multicolored gourds, ornamental corn and mini pumpkins.
Creative Gardener A sensory garden...
Source: www.thecreativegardener.com
creative gardener, Susan Goetz sees not only the plants...the soil...the sun...the rain, but celebrates the garden for its usefulness beyond the growing. .
Creative Gardener Now is the time for harvesting herbs...tips and tactics in Sue' latest column In The Garden.
Source: www.gateline.com
Herbs are some of the easiest to preserve and will give flavor to teas, soups, stews and sauces or aromatics for potpourri and sachets long after their season of growing is gone.
Creative Gardener Plant-a-holics alert! Join us at the NHS fall plant sale, lots of goodies and the best selection of independent nurseries (the guys with the good stuff!) around. Sue will be at the membership table, stop by and say hi...not a member yet...hmmm, stop by and join!
Northwest Horticultural Society: Plant Sales, Gardeners, Plant Lovers | Education, Lectures, Classes
Source: www.northwesthort.org
The annual fall plant sale will once again present dozens of specialty growers and nurseries representing the best of the Puget Sound region. Since fall can be one of the most opportune times to plant ...
Creative Gardener A garden of regrets? No worries on the ever-long summer to do list, toss out the regrets of what didn't get done and enjoy the slower pace of the garden in fall.
Source: www.gateline.com
Don’t worry if your garden to-do list didn’t get finished this summer. Your garden won’t go anywhere; it’ll be there until you can start anew.
Creative Gardener Garden with a View...how to see things from the inside out.
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Discover Botanical Latin, read one of Sue's latest articles in the Fall edition of West Sound Home and Garden:
What's in a Name...Every Plant has a Story
Demystifying Botanical Latin, the language of plants can be permixtus and insignis all the same. Discover more about the true nature of the plants in your garden by discovering botanical Latin!
Source: wshomeandgarden.com
WestSoundHome&Garden is a beautifully crafted magazine, created exclusively for our area from Bainbridge Island to Gig Harbor.
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Pick up the Fall edition of West Sound Home and Garden for Sue's latest article:
Herbal Home Spa
Ideas and tips for a Herbal home spa, right from your garden. Recipes included! Color photos of an Herbal spa party this summer in Sue's garden...discover herbs in the garden and how the garden gives back!
Source: wshomeandgarden.com
WestSoundHome&Garden is a beautifully crafted magazine, created exclusively for our area from Bainbridge Island to Gig Harbor.
Creative Gardener Late Summer Glory; the golden hop vine tangles it's way around the garden gate to the potager. Sleepy Time Tea: Humulus lupulus has the reputation to promote sleep. Create a hop infusion. Add a fresh hop cone or two to hot water and steep for 5 minutes. Add a touch of lemon and honey for a fragrant sleepy time tea.
Creative Gardener Thinking of fall yet? The days are drifting to shorter lengths and the late bloomers like Japanese anenome, Rudbeckia and crocosmia are really showing off. Here is Sue's latest "In the Garden" newspaper column on fall veggie planting.
Source: www.gateline.com
As we pass the intensity of the summer growing season, it doesn’t seem to be the time to think about planting vegetables again. Yet mid-July to mid-August is the time to plan a crop of vegetables that will extend the season of fresh edibles for fall harvesting.
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