Written by Beth Weir Having just returned from visiting Slovenia and Croatia I am still in the afterglow of the trip. For New World travelers such as myself, the marvel…

by Beth Weir   Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness― John Keats It’s hard to be in denial.  As much as I wish it were not so the hydrangea blooms are…

by Beth Weir I had the best job in the world as executive director of Dunn Gardens. For someone who likes to get nails dirty, working in a garden as…

If I had to pick a favorite month as a gardener, it would be May. It is the time of year when our world in the Pacific Northwest is bursting…

by Beth Weir “All our wisdom is stored in the trees.”  ― Santosh Kalwar.            Trees are front and center this year at the Dunn Gardens. Actually, it…

By Beth Weir The odd sunny days of 2019 have beckoned those of us who like to garden, outside. Besides the pleasure of being in the yard, such a ritual…

By Beth Weir I started thinking about pruning during our current big Seattle snow after a large branch from a neighbor’s tree collapsed under the weight of the white stuff.…

  In Spring I feel the nervous, itchy excitement of buds aching to open. David Ferguson, (The Guardian, April 24, 2016)   We love that feeling Ferguson references because it…

And suddenly you know It’s time to start Something new. And trust the magic of beginnings.   ~ Meister Eckhart Ekchart’s lovely and reassuring message came printed on a card I…

Perhaps it was the recent attention to daylight savings time, along with the shortening days and increasingly bare tree limbs, that got me thinking about winter sleep. Bears are  known…

A Generous Country The phone call surprised, delighted and terrified me all at once. At the other end of the line was George Vestal, then president of the Dunn Gardens…

With apologies to the Sound of Music: What do you do about a month called October? It turns out October is a very busy time of year around the world…