Here you will find previous issues of
Garden Notes, the newsletter of the Northwest Horticultural
Society. The newsletters are in Adobe PDF format. To get the free Adobe
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Featuring the following articles and contributors:
- The Ornamental Plant: From Third Century Athens to Your Garden by
Greg Graves
- 2007 NHS Grant Recipients by Pete Lucas
- NHS Members to Speak at Garden Show by Janet Endsley
- Eat Your Vegetables! Garden to Table by Nita-Jo Rountree
- Volunteer Profile: The NW Flower & Garden Show Team by Nita-Jo
Rountree
- Spring Ephemerals/NHS Spring Plant Sale by Lisa Irwin
- Speaker Profiles of Raymond J. Larson and Alice Doyle by Lois
Pendleton
- Winter Treasures from the Wild by Rizaniño
Reyes
- Introduction to Botanical Latin, Genuses--I Mean Genera! by Daniel
Sparler
- The Story of Plants: Arborvitae by Daniel Mount
- Miller Library News and Notes by Brian Thompson
Featuring the following articles and contributors:
- Autumn is for Planting!
- Meet the Growers
- Plant Buying Strategies by Sue Lewicki
- Volunteer Profiles: Lisa Irwin and Sue Dickson by Robin Farrar Maass
- Introduction to Botanical Latin, Back to School Primer by Daniel
Sparler
- The Gospel of Great Plant Picks by Lynne Thompson
- Speaker Profiles of Bob Hyland and Richard A. Brown
- Sunflower Power by Daniel Mount
- Exciting Plant Introductions from the Wild by Rizaniño
Reyes
- The Not-So-Lowly Catmint by Mary Palmer
- Miller Library News and Notes by Karen Preuss
Featuring the following articles and contributors:
- South Sound Garden Tour
- Volunteer Profiles: Joyce Hawkins and Lois Willman by Barbara
Reisinger
- NHS Plant Sale Coming in September by Robin Farrar Maass
- Adventures with Soil by The Gardener Formerly Known As OGC
- Not Your Grandmother's Arctostaphylos by Jason Kibbey
- Frilly Echeverias by Debra Lee Baldwin
- Moving by Lee Neff
- Miller Library News and Notes by Karen Preuss
Featuring the following articles and contributors:
- Third Annual Board Member Tour
- In Love with Grasses by Rose O'Donnell
- The Urban Potager: Creating Food Gardens in Small Spaces by Susan
Goetz
- A Plea for Latin by Daniel Sparler
- Crimson Flag by Mary Gutierrez
- Speaker Profiles of Ray Rogers, Scot Medbury, and Christopher
Bradley-Hole by Robin Maass
- NHS at the Flower and Garden Show by Nita-Jo Rountree
- NHS Awards Three Scholarships
- Long-Suffering Melianthus major by Daniel Mount
- Miller Library News and Notes by Karen Preuss and Brian Thompson
Featuring the following articles and contributors:
- Treasures of the Tropical Rainforest by Nita-Jo Rountree
- Sustainable Gardening Symposium
- Volunteer Profile: Ann LeVasseur by Valerie Easton
- Wandflower by Daniel Mount
- Crimson Flag by Mary Gutierrez
- Dumbing Down Gardening by Steve Smith
- Speaker Profiles of Dave Demers and Bobby J. Ward by Robin Maass
- 2007 GPPs Promise Lots of Color by Carolyn Jones
- The Lurie Garden at Chicago's Millennium Park by Raymond J. Larson
- University of Washington Botanic Garden Update by Elizabeth Loudon
and David Mabberley
- Miller Library News and Notes by Karen Preuss
Featuring the following articles and contributors:
- NHS Plant Sale by Robin Maass
- Volunteer Profile: Anita Dunn by Lisa Irwin
- The Need for Moor Grass by Richie Steffen
- Hardy Fuchsias by Mary Robson
- Plant List by Lee Neff
- Speaker Profiles of David Tarrant and Richie Steffen
- Great Native Plants for the Garden by Raymond J. Larson
- Miller Library News and Notes by Karen Preuss
Featuring the following articles and contributors:
- NHS Board Members Open Their Gardens
- NHS Plant Sale Coming in September by Robin Maass
- Volunteer Profile: Hans Mandt by Rose O'Donnell
- Zone 8 Plunder by Lee C. Neff
- Celebrating a Life Well Lived: Christopher Lloyd by Jim Fox
- Ten Commandments for a Good Garden Visitor by Diane S. Laird
- Making the Most of Garden Tours by Janet Endsley
- Miller Library News and Notes by Karen Preuss
Featuring the following articles and contributors:
- Variously Variegated by Carolyn Jones
- Volunteer Profile: Remembering Linda Plato by Melody Hooper
- NHS Flower Show Exhibit a Smashing Success by Nita Jo Rountree
- It's My Garden and I'll Try If I Want To! by Diane S. Laird
- NHS New Zealand Tour by Gillian Mathews and Renee Montgelas
- Speaker Profiles of Raymond J. Evison, Rick Darke, and C. Colston
Burrell
- Rain, Rain, Where Will You Go Today? by Polly Hankin
- Closed Loop Park by Tam Crocker
- Miller Library News and Notes by Karen Preuss
Featuring the following articles and contributors:
- A Place to Take Root by Nita Jo Rountree
- Volunteer Profiles: Container Garden Artists
- Remarks on John Elsley's Talk by Jim Fox
- Winter "Interest" by Nita Jo Rountree
- The Garden Curmudgeon by the Original Garden Curmudgeon
- UWBG: Genesis and Future by David Mabberley
- Speaker Profiles of Steve Hootman, Ciscoe Morris, and Diarmuid Gavin
by Debra Prinzing
- Spring Gardening Symposium: Celebrating the Noble Vegetable by
Melody Hooper
Featuring the following articles and contributors:
- NHS Fall Plant Sale
- The Garden Curmudgeon by the Original Garden Curmudgeon
- The Myth of Cloroxed Clippers by Linda Chalker-Scott, Ph.D
- Pruning Japanese Maples by Barb Engram
- NHS Volunteer Profile: Gillian Mathews
- Speaker Profiles of John Elsley and Carolyn Jones by Debra Prinzing
- Spring Vegetable Symposium
Featuring the following articles and contributors:
- Botanical Artistry by Linda Plato
- NHS Member Profile: Nita Jo Rountree
- Miller Library 20-Year Anniversary by Brian Thompson
- Echinacea Explosion by Nita Jo Rountree
- Fighting the Good Fight by the Original Garden Curmudgeon
- New ideas for Environmentally Friendly Gardens by Linda Plato
- The Wildlife We Don't See by Linda Plato
- NHS Fall Plant Sale by Melody Hooper
- Snails and Slugs by Toni Cross
Featuring the following articles and contributors:
- Seattle Youth Garden Works and NHS by Linda Plato
- NHS Member Profile: Renee Montgelas and Janine Anderson by Kirsten
Fitzgerald
- Worm Love by Mary Rabourn
- Designing the Japanese Style Garden by Barb Engram
- Garden Celebrity...What's Up With That? by the Garden Curmudgeon
- The Little Bulbs by Nita Jo Rountree
- Speaker Profiles of Bill Cullina, Andrew Wilsons, Christine Allan by
Debra Prinzing
- New Garden Books Mark Return of Spring by Linda Plato
- Talented Professionals Leave Horticultural Mark by LInda Plato
- Garden Conservancy 2005 Open Days by Deborah H. Friedman
Featuring the following articles and contributors:
- NHS Teams Up with the Beatrix Farrand Society by Linda Plato
- What to Read in 2005 by Debra Prinzing
- Horticulture Tips: Boxwood by Linda Plato
- A Recap of Fall Classes by Nita-Jo Rountree and Kate Poole
- A Conversation with David Lewis and George Little by Debra Prinzing
- Speaker Profiles of Panayoti Kelaidis, Fred Case, and Bill Cullina
by Debra Prinzing
- A Sneak Peek at the 2005 Great Plant Picks by Carolyn Jones
- The Garden Curmudgeon by the Original Garden Curmudgeon
- Welcome New Director David Mabberley by Carolyn Jones
Featuring the following articles and contributors:
- Snappy Plants at the NHS Fall Plant Sale by Nancy Tom
- Bringing the Outside In by Linda Plato
- Putting the Garden to Bed by Steve Smith
- NHS Member Profiles: Karen Babbitt and Charlotte Behnke by Kirsten
Fitzgerald
- Lovejoy Acres by Susan Cruver
- Food in the 21st Century by Linda Plato
- Fall Lectures Celebrate Plants in All Seasons by Debra Prinzing
- Miller Library Furniture by Brian Thompson
- The Garden of Eating by the Original Garden Curmudgeon
- Artemesias: The Mixed Border's Utility Player by Linda Stephens
Urbaniak
Featuring the following articles and contributors:
- A Conversation with Tracy DiSabato-Aust by Debra Prinzing
- Fall Plant Sale Preview by Melody Hooper
- San Francisco Garden Tour
- Auction a Great Success: We Went Over the Top
- NHS Thanks Our 2004 Auction Donors
Part I:
- Let's Go Over the Top! (Auction preview)
- Letters to the Editor
- New Members
- NHS Member Profile: Beth Evans-Ramos
- Tomato Cages and Other Staking Calamities
- The Dunn Garden
- Where Do You Not Want to Go Today? (The Garden Curmudgeon)
Part II:
- Spring Lectures Inspire Great Gardens (Speaker Profiles)
- Todd Lasseigne
- Patrick Chasse
- Renny Reynolds
- Patron Thank You
- A Conversation with Thomas Hobbs
- A Fresh Look at Native Plants
- Congratulations, Don Marshall!
- NHS Bulletin Board
- Fall Symposium Preview: Tracy DiSabato-Aust
- Upcoming Garden Tours to Bainbridge Island & San Francisco
- Garden Conservancy Hosts Portland Garden Open (tour led by Tanya
DeMarsh-Dodson)
- New web site coming in April
- President's Message
Featuring the following articles and contributors:
- NHS Members Featured at the 2004 Northwest Flower & Garden Show
- Thanks, Debra
- Headlines from Around the Garden Globe
- Noxious Weeds from Across the Pond
- Pennsylvania Horticulture Society Sponsors City Gardens Contest
- It's a Reindoggy!
- Keep an Eye on Those Canadians
- NHS Member Profile: George Lasch
- Letters to the Editor
- What's the buzz on the garden show?
- Is trapping moles legal?
- What Makes a Good Garden by the Garden Curmudgeon
- Michelle Pailthorp Memorial Lecture Review
- Spring Lectures Inspire Great Gardens
- Keeyla Meadows
- Richard Hartlage
- Dan Heims
- Todd Lasseigne
- Elisabeth C. Miller Library Update
- Pruning Pears and Apples in Winter
- Member Kudos: Karla Arnold
- Weeds, Noxious and Otherwise
- President's Message
