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Welcome to Rainy Side Gardeners, dedicated to you, the 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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What's New!
Hanging Petunia Baskets Get Flying Colors
Lively points of color, liven up a quiet green space.
May 10, 2012
Containers
Lesser Known Shrubs of the Klamath Mountains
This region in Southern Oregon hosts a high diversity of plants.
May 4, 2012
Northwest Natives
The Leaf Word
When a new word for foliage landed in my e-mail inbox, I pounced on it!
May 3, 2012
Short Shorts
Succulent Plant Balls You Won’t Want to Throw
How to make a succulent globe for your garden.
May 2, 2012
Containers
Twenty Dollar Gift Card!
May 11-13, 2012
If you live near the Skagit Valley, photograph our coffee sleeves at Skagit Valley Garden Cafe and be entered in a drawing on our Facebook page for a nursery gift card. Follow the link to find out more.
Plant of the Week
May 6, 2012
Antirrhinum majus 'Double Azalea Apricot'
SNAPDRAGON
The double flowers add some apricot zest to the garden jumble.
From the Archives
Native Bees and the Color Blue
Our native bees appear to have a color preference.
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.
May 3, 2012
Our New Look!
We have updated our site, put on some new clothes, and made many changes to help improve your navigation of over a thousand pages of information. We will continue to update and add more features aimed at making your visit a fun and relaxing one, while helping you find information to make the most of your own rainy side garden.
Our site is in transition as we make the changes; so we apologize for any confusion this causes as we change from the old to the new look and interface. If you get too lost, click on home and it will bring you right back to the new interface on the home page.
Comments
May 10, 2012 — We are adding the ability to comment on all our pages, feel free to use the comment box below. We will have all our pages comment ready by the end of May.
