Green Thumbs
Meet the Green Thumbs: Pam Roy and Bruce Gaudette. Pam's column is posted every second Wednesday of the month, whereas Bruce's column is posted every fourth Wednesday of the month.
Pam Roy, owner of Planscapes, has been a landscape designer and horticulturist for 30 years in the Northwest. Contact her at 425-252-9469 or go to www.planscapesdesign.com.
Bruce Gaudette, owner of Land Hoe! Landscape Design and Construction, holds an Associate Degree in Horticulture from Edmonds Community College and industry certifications in paver and permeable paver installation.
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Great plant picks for small spaces
By Pam Roy - Mar 29Big Impact in small spaces! Great Plant Picks is an educational program of the Elizabeth Carey Miller Botanical Garden. Each year, a committee of ...
Great reads for gardeners
By Pam Roy - Jan 23Too cold to get out into the garden? This is a great time of the year for the gardener to settle in with a garden book and educate, inspire and or ...
Let there be light (in the garden)!
By Pam Roy - Nov 28Need an antidote to ward off the winter gloom? Sure, there’s vitamin D, full spectrum lights and frozen berries, full of antioxidants. But what ...
Fall is a season for planting
By Pam Roy - Sep 26Last night, the sun left my garden shortly after 7 p.m. I could grieve the end of summer, but instead choose to welcome in fall with its fiery ...
Goodbye lawn – the easy way
By Pam Roy - Jul 25All it takes is a week or so of sunny, dry weather for the merits of that wide expanse of lawn to start to fade. Out come the sprinklers and the ...
Landscape Design 101
By Pam Roy - Jun 13Is that cute little plant from the nursery so big that it covers the window? Are there unfinished projects here and there in the yard that seemed ...
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Rain gardens: Managing storm water in your yard
By Bruce Gaudette - May 23According to the National Weather Service, Seattle averages 38.6 inches of rain per year. That is a fair amount of water that is inevitably headed ...
How to landscape your yard naturally
Apr 11I recently attended a seminar on planting design for future gardens geared to landscape design professionals. With more than130 attendees, it was ...
No sun? No problem!
By Pam Roy - Feb 08Photo courtesy of Pam Roy Blossoms of enkianthus perulatus, a shrub that grows well the shade. I often hear a new client lament, “I can’t ...
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How to protect your plants from freezing weather
By Todd Merrin and Bruce ... - Dec 28Frost on rooftops and frozen puddles in the morning tells us that winter has arrived! In fact, accuweather.com meteorologist Heather Buchman ...
Garden trends for 2013: Influences of nature
Feb 27For centuries, gardens have played important roles in our lives. Historical gardens such as those found at The Alhambra in Spain, the gardens of ...
Holiday gifts for the gardener
By Pam Roy - Dec 26Have a gardener on your holiday gift list? Here’s some ideas to get you started For the down to earth, practical gardener, consider a gift of the ...
Adventures in landscape design
By Pam Roy - Oct 24Fact 1. Here in the Pacific Northwest, it rains. There’s a good chance, that despite the record 80 mostly dry days we had this summer, it’s ...
Nature’s art an inspiration for gardeners
By Pam Roy - Aug 22“In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.” -John Muir What glory is revealed in the majestic beauty of a mountain meadow ...
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Make some ‘Junuary’ garden magic
Jun 22Junuary again? Last year it seemed like a novelty. Daytime temperatures in the 50s. Nighttime temperatures low enough that the tomatoes planted ...
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Landscape Design 101
By Pam Roy - May 23Is that cute little plant from the nursery so big that it covers the window? Are there unfinished projects here and there in the yard that seemed ...
Fill colorful containers with edibles
By Pam Roy - Apr 25Want to grow edibles? If you feel limited by terrible soil, not enough space in the garden, or having the sunniest spot in the yard being the ...
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Landscape design part 1: Planting for color and contrast
By Todd Merrin and Bruce ... - Feb 22Allow us to hazard a guess: Your yard was planted more than 10 years ago, and it is replete with all of the old standard landscape plants for this ...
Big ideas for small gardens
By Pam Roy - Jan 11Photo courtesy of Pam Roy Pieris 'Little Heath," another choice for small spaces. No time for pruning? Tired of what seems to be the ...
One garden, one world
By Pam Roy - Dec 21Photo courtesy of Pam Roy Peaks of the HIgh Himalayas, Everest Region. What does Mukilteo at sea level, have in common with Dingboche, ...
