Glenn and Charles: In the Tradition of Katharine S. White
Katharine White (wife of E. B. of you-know-what-fame) was a writer and fiction editor for The New Yorker magazine,1925-1960.
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In Donors and Data We Trust
The Dunn Gardens sends good wishes for 2017 and hopes your new year resolution to see more gardens will be easy to keep.
View ArticleA Thank You for Past Resolutions
It turns out an oft-cited New Year resolution, volunteering, is not so readily discarded as that of losing weight.
View ArticleTrillium: The March Across North America- Back Again Soon
Think of the trillium as the Johnny Appleseed of the ancient wildflower world, spreading seed and beauty as it meanders across prehistoric North America.
View ArticleA Dunn Welcome Or Why Exactly Does the Dunn Gardens Need a Director of...
In February, Seattle native, Quill Teal-Sullivan settles into the weighty job title of Director of Historic Preservation at Dunn Gardens.
View ArticleArchives Alert
Archives alert! The Dunn Gardens Office is no more, at least as an office space.
View ArticleRhododendrons in the Woodland
Bob Findlay forwarded this post. It is a little bit of history timely at this time of year when the rhododendrons are coming out.
View ArticleFolklore in the Garden
At this time of year the garden is more twig than leaf, despite the attempts of crocus, snowdrops, hellebores, and the like, to break through winter bleakness.
View ArticleZsolt, Vegetables, Compost, Pruning and a Daisy Grubber
Currently, vegetables are in short supply in Europe.
View ArticleName Dropping at the Dunn Garden
I unexpectedly found the name of someone I am related to in the Seattle Times and felt odd.
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September. Already.
“September. Already.” We say it every year and there is some comfort in that annual surprise. But the 2016 version is pressing upon us.
View ArticleThe Fruit of the Storm
October storm forecast. High winds. Garden. Not words you want to hear together in the same sentence. Would the heritage trees we hold in such high regard falter in the projected weather? Perhaps we’d...
View ArticleMoles and the Thankful Season.
Published: 11/16/2016Given we are closing in on the “thankful season,” I uttered my appreciation out loud this week for the particular benefit of working in a garden.
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Quotes and Promise of Spring
Published: 03/17/2017Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese ProverbSpring is close and currently so are the moles if we are honest. But, who can blame them as the soft air that...
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Mother's Day Flowers
Published: 05/09/2017The women of the Dunn staff: Carolyn, Quill, Beth, and myself, another Beth, drifted into a conversation about Mothers’ Day. It then drifted into a discussion about flowers that...
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A Shameless Pitch
Published: 05/17/2017Let’s start with transparency. This blog is a shameless pitch about an upcoming musical event at the Dunn Gardens. I could dance about with notions of how music and gardens...
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A Tribute to an Original: Zsolt Lehoczky
Published: 05/30/2017“I have an idea.”The sentence is a frequent one Zsolt utters
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A Picnic at the Dunn
Published: 06/20/2017The Dunn is joining a long established tradition of holding a picnic in the garden. Our particular one is in August—details will follow.The word “picnic” invites investigation. It...
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Lavender Wands and More
Published: 08/08/2017Lavender is to herbs what roses are to flowers: an aristocratic bloom that has fascinated people over the centuries. Besides the distinctive, beguiling smell and the wow factor...
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