Gardening

Social trends and changing demographics have forced botanical gardens to widen their appeal beyond flowers and plants.

The Lunar New Year is here and the festivities for Chinese New Year are in full swing. While I’m not Chinese nor does my family celebrate Chinese New Year, I can’t help but acknowledge it each year as I have many friends that do celebrate it and the happy occasions and traditions seem to have [...]

After years of visiting, purchasing from, and admiring the institution that is Molbak’s Garden and Home in Woodinville, WA, the lovely Karen Chapman helped get my name through the door for me to finally stand on their stage and present a talk! It’s going to be about ORCHIDS! The last talk I ever gave on [...]

A post from my blog, The Next Generation Gardener, a few weeks ago: It was a very sad time for the Filipino community here in Seattle as we mourned with the death of Danny Vega, a 58 year old hairstylist living in the Rainer Valley, who was severely beaten by a group of young teenagers [...]

Bedford Garden Club will open 10 local vegetable gardens to the public in an effort to raise awareness about food sustainability and inspire visitors to grown their own food.

Apps to turn your smartphone into a digital jack-of-all-trades.

I find it kind of amusing that I’d take part in a protest. I’m not the activist type, but when I learned that there was an opportunity to dance in a flash mob, I attended rehearsals and got in the mix. It was pretty awesome!! Can you find me?? In between mobs, I made down [...]

On a chilly Thursday evening at the University of Washington Botany Greenhouse, I paid a visit to check out an event that some friends told me about as The Botany Club (at UW) organized a meeting that invited anyone to bring an empty glass container to be planted up with miniature plants from the greenhouse. [...]

I’ve been so out of the loop with NHS (Northwest Horticultural Society), but I have to mention their upcoming lecture at the Center for Urban Horticulture on Wednesday evening because my friend Wendy will be speaking on her forte, container planting design. November 9, 2011 Container Confidential Wendy Welch Garden designer Wendy Welch shares what [...]