Dan Hinkley, Author at GardenRant

Dan Hinkley

Teacher, writer, lecturer, consultant, nurseryman, naturalist, gardener.
Above all, Dan is committed to solid and sustainable horticultural practices, above average garden plants, landscapes of distinction and raising the collective awareness of the diversity of plant life on Earth as well as the magic and mysteries of our natural world.

Articles by Dan Hinkley

Exploring Yellow Island

Exploring Yellow Island

By Dan Hinkley|2021-05-05T07:35:54-04:00May 5, 2021|

Yellow Island I am, floristically speaking, a sybarite. Though I will attempt to enjoy the occasional long weekend at an Oberoi or Four Seasons, especially so as the [...]

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Plant Explorer Ernest Wilson’s Sink is Going in My Garden

Plant Explorer Ernest Wilson’s Sink is Going in My Garden

By Dan Hinkley|2021-02-01T11:23:32-05:00February 1, 2021|

“The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave [...]

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Dan Hinkley on Heating the Great Outdoors

Dan Hinkley on Heating the Great Outdoors

By Dan Hinkley|2021-01-28T16:45:28-05:00June 24, 2010|

We have been rather sun-starved in the Pacific Northwest this spring, setting a record for the longest stretch of sub-75F since records have been kept. It has been sometimes disheartening, [...]

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