Playing With Color in the Landscape
Brown plants, orange flowers, and hot pink in the Edwards Forkner garden. Playing with color in the landscape is my favorite way to garden. I call myself a [...]
“Animals and Plants are the Story of Life on Earth”
By the way, that title is not mine. I scribbled the line in a notebook last fall when I heard fellow Ranter Scott Beuerlein speak at the Bellevue Botanical Garden [...]
More flowers, more plants, more life
More is better. For the love of wanton annuals. (C) Lorene Edwards Forkner I like to turn hardy annuals loose in my garden, for the flowers of course, [...]
Gardens are a Sensory Indulgence
A colorful, fragrant, delicious planting in summer. A garden plays to the human condition, offering a sensory indulgence that sparks curiosity, engages memory, and tickles connection. For most [...]
Joy to Winter Garden Wonders
Half past fall foliage and a quarter to the New Year, here we are on the doorstep of the Winter Solstice — the longest night, the biggest dark, when sensible [...]