My Gardens

Here are some of the gardens I have designed, created, influenced or maintained in the City of Seattle.

Ell Alley Garden:  I moved to Ell Alley, a small townhouse in the Rainier Vista development in November 2013.  I started work on the small garden there almost immediately.  Rainier Vista is controlled by the Seattle Housing Authority, which developed the area, controls community standards & maintains low-income rental housing on part of the 65 acres of land.  My landscape plan was approved by the SHA in August 2013.  The garden contains 3 smaller gardens: the Pacific Northwest Native Garden, the Patio Garden & the Ash Tree Garden.

Cascadia Garden:  I have written extensively in this blog about this garden on Cascadia Avenue S, on Cascadia Ridge, in the Mt Baker neighborhood, with a view of Lake Washington & the Cascade Mountains.  I designed & maintained this garden, along with my father, for 21 years, from 1992 to 2013 when the property was sold.  My parents had bought the place in 1961.

The Development of the Cascadia Garden
Bosque (Cascadia Garden)
Eucomis Circle (Cascadia Garden)
Mixed Border (Cascadia Garden)
Privacy Screen (Cascadia Garden)
Stony Slope Xeric Garden (Cascadia Garden)
West Coast Perennial Garden (Cascadia Garden) 
In the Cascadia Garden
Beyond the Cascadia Garden
Cascadia Garden Complete Plant List 
Allium in the Cascadia Garden
Pacific Coast Native Iris in the Cascadia Garden
Mahonia in the Cascadia Garden
Narcissus in the Cascadia Garden
Tulips in the Cascadia Garden
Wickets, Wickerwork, Whatever

Bradner Gardens Park & P-Patch:  I have a connection from childhood to this park & community garden.  It was the site of the John Muir Elementary School Annex, where I was in the 6th grade in 1971-72.  I became a member of the community garden (p-patch) in 2012 & was assigned plot B29B.  To complete my required volunteer hours at the p-patch, I began to work on plans to renovate the Ornamental Border at Bradner Gardens Park in 2012 & created a blog to document that process.

Bradner Gardens Park 
The Ornamental Border at Bradner Gardens Park
Bradner Gardens P-Patch plot B29B in November 2012 
Bradner Gardens P-Patch plot B29B in March 2013
Bradner Gardens P-Patch plot B29B in May 2013
Bradner Gardens P-Patch plot B29B in August 2013