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Once Upon a Garden Tucked away in a slow-paced corner of the Pacific Northwest lies a wonderland of floral intrigue, where hummingbirds bustle about and bumblebees crash into large clusters of blooms. Mature trees of numerous species attract songbirds and native critters of all sizes, while towering second-growth evergreens shroud the garden paradise like sentinels…

Not All Treasure is Silver and Gold “The water runs from frozen ponds / A broken entrance, a tree that does not belong.” So read the final stanza of the riddle I was so close to cracking. The middle of the riddle had led me to the Four Springs Preserve atop the spine of Camano…

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas Everywhere you go Whether decor or plants or books or treats Here’s a holiday hangout you should know Christmas in the Northwest As autumn marches on and begins to wane like the yellows and oranges of the maples, the build-up to Christmas takes on an entire season…