Mulch Your Soil Now to Set the Stage for an Abundant Season of Color!
During the cooler months of winter, your garden's growth declines. Take advantage of this time to boost the health of your soil through mulching. The winter season is the best time to mulch perennials, potted plans, shrubs, and garden beds. Mulching involves spreading...
Looking for Spring? Look no more. Get out there and check out these home and garden resources.
Snowmaggedon and Snowpocalypse 2019 are behind us now, thank goodness. For those of you wondering where Spring is, look no more. It might still be a bit chilly but you can feel Spring in the air - and at events all around us. So, put on your galoshes, grab a map and...
The Mighty 12 Are Now the Mighty 40!
In November 2015, 12 young girls, ranging in age from 11 to 13, arrived on the doorsteps of the Magnolia Rescue Center in southern Kenya. The girls, affectionately known as the Mighty 12, had left their villages to escape Masai cultural practices that would prepare...
Garden Tours and Parties in Seattle This Summer 2018
(Reposted from The Stranger) Spending time outdoors is a given when summer finally rolls around, but the plants that grow in the Pacific Northwest this time of year beg to be appreciated, so you might as well spend that time in a garden. We recently discovered that...
Explore Abundant Beauty in the Spring Garden
Seattle Japanese Garden is 3.5 acre urban sanctuary with winding paths and benches that invite you to view the garden slowly and mindfully, in all of its detail - stones, water, lanterns, bridges, buildings, plants and animals. Seasonal changes are...
Don’t Miss the 2018 Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
Don't miss the majesty and splendor of the 35th Annual Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, with events spread from the coastal communities of LaConner and Anacortes, through Mount Vernon and Sedro-Woolley eastward to Concrete and the foothills of the Cascades....
Fall Foliage Trips in Washington State
Although we're called the Evergreen State, Washington is not just green. Fiery red. Vibrant yellow. Deep, rich gold. The fall color in the Pacific Northwest states of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington can be as spectacular as anywhere in the country. The display...
Seattle’s Best Places to View Spring Flowers
Last year, CBS Seattle ran an article on April 9th entitled "Best Places to See Spring Flowers in Seattle." Since April is upon us (no fooling), we thought we'd share their insights with you to get you outdoors and into Seattle's other-than-gray colors! Washington...
Rainbow of Magnolia helps to change the lives of children around the world
For over a decade, Rainbow of Magnolia's Dariusz Stuj has leveraged his work here in the Pacific Northwest to help children all over the world eat, learn, and live better through his charity, Rainbow of Magnolia Fountains of Life. In poor areas, it’s a daunting and...