Like many of my fellow Seattleites and garden nuts, I spent a couple days at the Northwest Flower & Garden Show last week. During this time, I tried to pick up on the garden zeitgeist for the year, but this year it was difficult to detect. Unlike last year, when vertical gardens were all the rage, this year there were hardly any to be seen. There was still an emphasis on edible gardens, as evident in the seminar titles. And a plethora of Hellebores. But overall, this year felt like it was struggling to find definition, and find a cause. Nevertheless, there were some impressive gardens. I always like to predict who the People's Choice Award will go to, and this year it was a tie (in my ... Read More
Archives for February 2012
Winter Hardscape Installation, Ballard
Last week we installed the hardscape for a client in Ballard which included a stone patio and pea gravel chiminea area. We watched the weather reports and chose a couple days without rain, though the temperature was still in the 40's. (Experiencing the weather during this great first week of February makes it seem like we should have waited, but we didn't and it was fine!) The previous night it had gotten below freezing, so there was frost everywhere, including the sod we were supposed to take out. The guy who rented us the sod remover was skeptical that it would function properly, but it wasn't a problem at all, because with just one night of freezing temperatures, only the first inch of ... Read More
