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Gardening in the Age of Coronavirus

Oct 22, 2020
3 min

Gardening in the Age of Coronavirus: The "Singular" Projects

This post is our final installment in the series. This time, we are featuring gardeners who focused on a single thing, and did it so clev...

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Oct 15, 2020
4 min

Gardening in the Age of Coronavirus: The Make-Overs

Story #1 Gardening Therapy Our first big outing was to the West Seattle Nursery and our appointments, usually spaced two weeks apart, kep...

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Oct 7, 2020
2 min

Gardening in the Age of Coronavirus: The Humor

Laughter is said to be the best medicine. And in 2020, we need all of it we can get. We're grateful to Jennifer for giving us something t...

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Oct 1, 2020
2 min

Gardening in the Age of Coronavirus: The Balcony Gardens

This group of stories is from customers who used their time in quarantine to make the most of small spaces. If you live in an apartment, ...

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Sep 24, 2020
2 min

Gardening in the Age of Coronavirus: the Vegetable Garden Stories

We're continuing our series of stories submitted by our customers about their gardening adventures this year. This week, we are featuring...

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Sep 10, 2020
3 min

Gardening in the Age of Coronavirus: The Stories

We asked our customers to tell us about their gardening experiences during the pandemic. They sent us great stories - vegetable gardening...

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Nov 6, 2019
1 min

Consider Camellias

With the days growing shorter, consider planting a camellia to brighten your garden bed, cover a bare garage wall, or add structure to a ...

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Sep 25, 2019
3 min

Mark Smith, Longtime Owner of West Seattle Nursery, to Retire at End of Month

by Tyler Smith Mark Smith, a co-founder and the owner of West Seattle Nursery & Garden Center, has announced he will retire after 35 year...

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Jun 6, 2019
1 min

Our New Favorite Salad Recipe

Here's our Perennial Buyer, Jane MacKinnon (known affectionately at the nursery as J Mac) with a beautiful bowl of 5-Spice Peach and Rasp...

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Oct 30, 2018
2 min

Fall is the time to plant spectacular maples (or anything else)

I just returned from the International Maple Society meeting in Connecticut. When I tell people this, among the first things they usuall...

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Sep 7, 2018
2 min

It's Conifer Time!

We just received a large shipment of beautiful conifers from Iseli Nursery. Many of you know that Iseli is considered one of the finest ...

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Jul 9, 2018
2 min

Watering Tips to Survive the Drought

As you may have heard, we are in a state of moderate drought here in Seattle. It is important to water to maintain the health of your pla...

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Feb 8, 2018
2 min

Wabi Sabi: Embracing Flawed Beauty

Wabi Sabi is the theme we chose for our display garden at the 2018 Northwest Flower and Garden Festival. It is a celebration of the Japan...

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Nov 22, 2017
2 min

Let Us Help You Choose and Care for a Living Christmas Tree

If you're thinking about buying a living tree this year, we have a great selection for you to choose from. Here's a sample from our list:...

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Oct 31, 2017
4 min

Some very special plants

Before I describe the plants, I need to tell you a bit about the person who developed them. In my first blog posting I mentioned getting...

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Sep 13, 2017
1 min

Fall Is For Planting and We Have The Plants!

Everyone has heard the advice that they should plant trees and shrubs in fall. The problem is, most nurseries have limited inventory in t...

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Aug 17, 2017
2 min

Bamboo Makes a Beautiful, Living, Privacy Screen

Seattle's boom in high density housing has increased the need for privacy screening. Unfortunately, the city doesn't allow fences to be t...

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Apr 6, 2017
1 min

Come Try The Bonide Expert Diagnostic System

We now have a fun-to-use, high tech system for identifying plant pests and diseases. It was created by Bonide, a manufacturer of conventi...

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Apr 1, 2017
2 min

Bill's Picks

This is an exciting time of year for me. In the last four weeks we have received over 300 varieties of maple trees and over 200 varietie...

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Mar 29, 2017
1 min

Species Rhododendrons Are Here!

Have you ever wondered what the difference is between species rhododendrons and hybrids? Species rhododendrons are grown from seed, where...

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