Rainy Side Gardeners
Welcome to Rainy Side Gardeners, dedicated to you, the Pacific Northwest gardener! Our focus is gardening in the maritime Northwest, west of the Cascade Mountains. If you live in western British Columbia, Oregon, or Washington, you are in this unique Mediterranean climate.
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Going to the Mother Earth News Fair!
I am always looking for new ways to tweak my lifestyle to be more in line with how I want to treat the world in which I live.
May 31, 2013
Articles
Heuchera 'Hollywood'
CORAL BELLS
May 15, 2013
Plant Gallery and Growing Guide — Perennials
Tulipa 'Red Shine'
LILY FLOWERING TULIP
May 13, 2013
Plant Gallery and Growing Guide — Bulbs
Aquilegia vulgaris 'Dorothy Rose'
GRANNY'S BONNET
May 11, 2013
Plant Gallery and Growing Guide — Perennials
Epimedium grandiflorum 'Lilafee'
BISHOP'S HAT, BISHOP'S MITRE
May 10, 2013
Plant Gallery and Growing Guide — Perennials
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Rainy Side Gardeners
Plant of the Week
June 2, 2013
Picea sitchensis 'Papoose'
DWARF SITKA SPRUCE
This dwarf conifer was first discovered growing in a forest on Vancouver Island in British Columbia.
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Our revamped newsletter, Gardening in the Rainy Zone, is now going out. Seasonal tips, garden how-tos, articles about gardening in the maritime Pacific Northwest and more. Subscribe today!
From the Archives
June 6, 2013
A Garden in Disarray
Life events can sometimes alter our lives, and our surroundings.
May 3, 2013
Short Shorts
"Short Shorts" is a new section of articles—a place to plant flash essays, prose, photographs, or bits and pieces of life in a garden. Expect a quick read, from quirky to prose, and a photograph or two thrown in for good measure.
