Fresh Finds at the Steilacoom Farmers’ Market for August 22, 2012
With so many tomatoes, not to mention peppers, onions, and cilantro at the market, it is surely Salsa time! Come pick up the ingredients to complete your favorite recipe, or stop by the Information...
View ArticleGrants … Gardening, Conservation, Beautification and Education
The Tacoma Garden Club (TGC) is currently accepting grant applications for projects that stimulate a love of gardening, protect the quality of the environment, encourage civic beautification and/or...
View ArticleYellow Cucumbers
By Peter Punzi Q. Why won’t my cucumbers turn green. I have huge yellow cucumbers. Are they edible? thank you, Kathy M., Illinois A. There are two possibilities here. If they start out green and...
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Knotweed isn’t a good shrub
By Nancy Henderson Most people are familiar with the invasive plant Scotch Broom, but fewer know about knotweed, a much more-threatening species. Knotweed is very aggressive, escaped ornamental that is...
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Around the Sound: Downtown Garden spot gets a makeover
By Nancy Covert Steilacoom’s Garden Club, in partnership with the Town of Steilacoom, began another garden spot makeover this past Tuesday. Workers from the Cedar Creek Corrections facility dismantled...
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Plant Corner at Lakewold Gardens: Himalayan Maidenhair Fern, Adiantum venustum
By Mark Lyke The elegant, lacy foliage on black stems of the Himalayan maidenhair fern, Adiantum venustum, are a delight to grow. Only about a foot high, it forms a low, slow creeping rhizomes...
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Rockin’ around Lakewood
Some folks collect matchbooks; some collect vintage cars or boats, while others collect…well, you get the idea. If rock collecting turns you on, one Lakewood resident has a deal you can’t refuse. He...
View ArticleForever Fuchsias at Lakewold Gardens, Sept. 6, 7
Lakewood, Wash. – In honor of Lakewold’s 25th anniversary, Northwest Fuchsia Society presents Forever Fuchsias at Lakewold Gardens. Open to the public from 10am to 4pm this coming September 6th and...
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17th annual Tour of Remodeled Homes, Sept. 27-28
Tacoma, WA – Members of the Master Builders Association Pierce County Remodelors™ Council are showcasing their work in the 17th annual Tour of Remodeled Homes. Ten private homes throughout Pierce...
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Scarecrows in Steilacoom: ‘On the Road Again’
Steilacoom Garden Club members prepare straw people for the annual Scarecrows in Steilacoom. This year’s theme is “On the Road Again.”
View ArticleSteilacoom Garden Club presentation on heathers
By Mary La Tourelle The Steilacoom Garden Club invites the broader community to join them for an educational presentation on heaths and heathers. Karla Lortz, owner of the Heath and Heathers Nursery...
View ArticlePierce County Library launches DIYfest, Nov. 15
Explore everything do-it-yourself at Pierce County Library’s first ever DIYfest from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Nov. 15 at the Fruitland Grange, 11102 86th Ave. E., in Puyallup. The free event features local...
View ArticleTacoma Home & Garden Show set for Jan. 22-25
TACOMA—The 32nd annual Tacoma Home & Garden Show featuresover 750 exhibitors, television personality and designer Rachel Kate, the popular Vintage Market,a major kitchen showcase, the Plant Market,...
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Plant Corner at Lakewold Gardens: Cyclamen Cuties
By Mark Lyke Flowering plants in winter are not the norm. The silver kaleidoscope of color on their leaves, along with the small fairy shaped flowers, brings joy on a dark rainy winter day. With a...
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Edible Gardens workshop series teaches gardening from seed to table
Pierce County residents can learn how to grow their own food during the 2015 Edible Gardens workshop series, which runs from February through November. The free series of monthly workshops, which are...
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Garden plots available at the Lakewood Community Garden
Raised garden beds 8′ x 4′ are available to Lakewood residents at the Lakewood Community Garden. Located just off 112th Street in back of the Lakewood Baptist Church, a raised bed can be rented for the...
View ArticleFree spring gardening workshops at Lakewold Gardens
Lakewold Gardens is pleased to offer three gardening classes during the spring of 2015. The workshops are open to the general public, free of charge: Thursday, March 19th from 9am-Noon: Pruning...
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Around the Sound: Madrona Park spruce up
The main entrance to Madrona Park has long been an eye-catching bright spot for pedestrians and motorists driving past on Steilacoom Boulevard. The local beautification spot was begun about 30 years...
View ArticleCurran Orchard espalier class at UP Library, Mar. 4
Learn the basics of training apple trees via the espalier method during a FREE Master Gardener presentation on Wednesday, March 4, from 7pm to 9pm at the UP Library meeting room (37th and Bridgeport...
View ArticleImmanuel Presbyterian Church FREE Plant Exchange
The 11th Annual FREE Plant Exchange will be held May 2, 2015 (9 am-12 pm) at Immanuel Presbyterian Church (901 N. J St. in Tacoma 98403), in the Parking Lot. Bring plants, seeds, bulbs, veggies, trees,...
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UP Community Garden taking applications from new gardeners
Do you live in University Place or near Evergreen Primary School? Do you want to get your hands dirty this spring and summer? Do you like growing your own food? Do you want to help our local Foodbank?...
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Steilacoom Kiwanis flower bowls are here
Just in time for the Easter Season, the Steilacoom Kiwanis Flower Bowls have arrived! Paul Loveless stated that for the cost of $17, a planter bowl full of quality primroses daffodils and tulips can be...
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Plant Corner at Lakewold Gardens: Tranquility from Trilliums
By Mark Lyke, Horticulture Manager Hiking and exploring through the neighborhood park woods as a youth, I remember the first time my eyes came upon a small flower with three white petals along the...
View ArticleSteilacoom Garden Club plant sale, May 9
The Steilacoom Garden Club will hold their annual plant sale on Saturday, May 9th from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the lot next to the Bair Bistro on Lafayette and Wilkes (across from the Post Office)....
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Around the Sound: Bloomin’ where it’s planted
A vibrant canvas of green—maybe 50 shades of that color—is blooming in a garden plot off 112th, not far from Tyee Elementary School. As one solitary gardener tended his small, but crowded, raised...
View ArticlePierce County Master Gardeners Workshop, open to the public
By Alice Dionne Master Gardeners of Pierce County will be offering an All Day Gardening Workshop, “From the Ground Up,” on Saturday, Aug. 1, at Franklin Pierce High School and Farm. Our lunch speaker...
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Around the Sound: Delightful dahlias
Muriel Haglund’s Euclid Street backyard is blooming with a rainbow of dahlias. Her garden has been a popular spot in Steilacoom for more than 50 years, said Muriel, who added that she’s provided...
View ArticleGarden Festival returns to Point Defiance Park, Sept. 20
By Mary Bohn This year’s Fall Garden Festival at Point Defiance Park will be held in and around the Point Defiance Pagoda from 10 am-4 pm on Sunday, September 20, and features a variety of gardening...
View ArticleFree autumn gardening workshops at Lakewold Gardens
By Katrina Redding Lakewood, WA – Lakewold Gardens, a non-profit, is pleased to offer two gardening classes during autumn of 2015. The workshops are open to the general public, free of charge:...
View ArticleLearn to grow through fall at Family Garden Festival and Tree Sale
TACOMA – Learn how gardening can continue into the colder months at the Fall Family Garden Festival and Tree Sale. The free event happens Saturday, Oct. 10, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Washington...
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