Michael O'Leary / The Herald |
Studio tour: Camano Island artist's garden offers inspiration
The Camano Island Studio Tour is all about art and the local people who create it. For a weekend the public can peek at artists' work spaces and watch them create. [More]
By Debra Smith
Herald Writer | May 8
Spring is the time to consider garden art pieces
Folk art takes many forms, anything from cigar-store Indians to bottle-cap figures and carved coal pictures. It is the art of the untrained artist, and each piece is unique. [More]
By Ralph and Terry Kovel
Antiques & Collectibles | May 8
Photo by Lucas Allen |
Storage, organizing key to reclaiming and cleaning up garage
Garages were created for cars, but people park a lot of other stuff there as well. Shovels, sports gear, pet supplies -- you name it. The catchall can quickly turn into a dumping ground, which is why organization is essential. [More]
By Martha Stewart Living Magazine | May 8
Camano Island Backyard Wildlife Garden Tour set for June 7
Get wild in the garden: There's a new event this year for fans of gardening with wildlife. It's the Camano Island Backyard Wildlife Garden Tour, a free, self-guided tour featuring gardens large and small, simple and extravagant, forested and... [More]
May 8
Darren Breen / The Herald |
Tropical pretenders: Fragile and mysterious orchids a Northwest native? You...
The sign standing outside Keeping It Green Nursery in Stanwood rings of an oxymoron. Hardy orchids, it says. Aren't orchids supposed to be delicate flowers, the type of bloom that needs as much attention as a toddler? [More]
By Andy Rathbun
Herald Writer | May 1
Classic 'Primer' revised for today's veggie grower
When Barbara Damrosch published the first edition of "The Garden Primer" two decades ago, most people thought vegetables when they thought gardening. A lot has changed. [More]
By Debra Smith
Herald Columnist | May 1
Matthew Septimus |
Create a garden with daffodils by the thousands
I have always wanted to create a daffodil display garden -- a place where I could plant with abandon hundreds, even thousands, of one of my favorite spring-blooming bulbs, producing a couple of weeks of what I call "wow factor." [More]
By Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart Living Magazine | May 1
Making sheds a stylish feature
Debra Prinzing, a longtime former writer for The Herald's Home & Garden section, has teamed up with Seattle photographer William Wright to produce an exquisite garden and design book. [More]
Herald staff | May 1
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