Lorene Edwards Forkner

By CALL ME BIASED, but I think garden stories are the best stories. Like the one about how gardener Candace Chamlee came to own a greenhouse

"Our Gardens: Alive!," a symposium presented by Bellevue Botanical Garden and Heronswood Garden, will explore the relationships rooted in a nature-friendly garden.

Those of us with city gardens or limited planting areas expect a lot from trees we plant. Stewartia is suited to growing in our region and checks all the boxes.

With this year’s garden entering the golden months, look to the promise of spring with bulbs to plant this fall. Here are some alluring alliums to consider.

A dahlia expert from The Farmhouse Flower Farm in Stanwood shares pro tips for getting your bountiful tubers through the winter. There will be digging!

Fall is mating season for spiders, and while their sudden movements can startle a gardener, try to remember: They are beneficial, and they're after prey, not us.

To add subtle charm to the garden during the darkest months, try leaning into contrast: light and dark, shadow and gloss, dusted with a sprinkling of silver.

Garden pros share their favorite go-to tools, from pruners to red paint, for this year's Gifts for Gardeners list.

By FROM THE SNUG comfort of the indoor season, this year's list of recommended garden books for gifting (or getting) reads like a creative course in color, fragrance and delight.

What drives a gardener to work so hard, to face failure, dig in and begin again? Every growing season teaches us a bit more about all that we still don’t know.