BELLEVUE: GOING GREEN BELLEVUE: GOING GREEN Garden Design Resources FOR
INSPIRATION AND IDEAS Public Gardens These excellent references can help provide ideas, • Bellevue Botanical Garden A well planned garden can do a lot for you— guide garden planning, and identify plants that will www.bellevuebotanical.org thrive in each garden condition: without requiring a lot in return. Carefully selected plants • Master Gardener Lake Hills Greenbelt can provide year-round garden interest, food, privacy, shade, and more—with little care, fertilizer, Demonstration Garden Books 15500 SE 16th Street, Bellevue, WA pesticides, or water. That means more time for you to enjoy the garden, and more clean water in • Sunset Western Garden Book streams and Puget Sound for fish and people. • Ann Lovejoy’s Organic Garden Design School • Center for Urban Horticulture • The Pacific Northwest Gardener’s Book Demonstration Gardens of Lists, by Ray and Jan McNeilan http://depts.washington.edu/uwbg/visit/cuh.php These simple steps will help you select plants • Gardening with Native Plants of the • Washington Park Arboretum that will thrive in your garden. Need ideas? Visit the Waterwise Garden at the Bellevue Botanical Garden. Textures, flowers, foliage, and fruits Pacific NW, by Art Kruckeburg http://depts.washington.edu/uwbg/gardens/ provide year-round beauty. Interpretive signs and garden guides provide tips for success. • The Shade Garden, by Ken Druse wpa.shtml • Kitchen Gardens, by Joy Larkom Step 1: Map your garden conditions.
• The New Low-Maintenance Garden, Step 2: Put your garden to work! Bellevue’s Natural Gardening Guides by Valerie Easton Do You Have What Your Garden Needs? Composting Food Scraps • Composting Yard Trimmings Step 3: Make a plan that fits your style. • Drip and Soak • Fertilizer • Garden Design • Lawn Web Sites Alternatives • Lawns • Mulch • Pests, Weeds, and Diseases • Bellevue Botanical Garden • Plant Right • Seasonal Calendar • Soil • Watering Collection Search For copies, visit Bellevue’s Natural Lawn and Garden http://bbgcollection.bellevuewa.gov 1. Map Your Garden website at www.bellevuewa.gov/natural_lawn_intro.htm Water / Maintenance Sun Soil • Bellevue’s Natural Lawn & Garden or call Bellevue Utilities at 425-452-6932. Paying attention to sun and shade patterns, soil www.bellevuewa.gov/naturalyardcare.htm quality, and other conditions in your garden will Lawns High. Full sun to partial shade. 6-12” fertile and well drained. help you choose plants that will thrive with little (kept green in summer) • The Garden Hotline Call Before You Dig care. A simple sketch of garden conditions will let you www.gardenhotline.org Free service to mark underground utility lines. 1-800-424-5555 or www.callbeforeyoudig.org try garden layouts on paper before you plant. Take the Vegetables and High. Full sun to partial shade. 8-12” fertile and well drained. • Great Plant Picks map to nurseries for help selecting plants. Fruit www.greatplantpicks.org
Annual flowers Most high. Varied. Mostly full sun 6-12” fertile and well drained. • King County Native Plant Guide What You’ll Need: to partial shade. http://green.kingcounty.gov/gonative/ A tape measure, shovel, graph paper, clipboard, and several • King County WSU Resources Perennial flowers Most moderate. Varied. 6-12” fertile and well drained. colored pencils. Speed things up http://king.wsu.edu/gardening/ Produced by the City of Bellevue with funding from: by enlisting a friend to help make • Natural Yard Care Neighborhoods measurements. If you have a What To Do: Make a scaled map (1 inch = 8 BE F LL E shrubs Low to moderate. Varied. Varied. O Deciduous www.naturalyardcare.info V Y plan showing the property lines U T
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12/2014 W A N 425-452-6932 S O H I N G T BELLEVUE: GOING GREEN NATURAL GARDENING GUIDES
BE F LL E O V City of Bellevue Utilities Y U T
I E C 450 110th Avenue NE, Bellevue, WA 98004 W A N S O H I N G T 425-452-6932
What to Look For: • Sunny and shady areas 3. Make a Plan That LAYOUT YOUR GARDEN • “Hot spots” on south and west sides of Side Yard • Douglas Fir slopes, walls, or fences Fits Your Style NW Natives • Vine Maple • Shallow, rocky, or compacted soil Once you have decided how to use each garden Woodland Garden • Huckleberry • Poorly-drained and seasonally wet spots Photo courtesy Stenn Design area, select plants and materials to create the and Bird Habitat • Oregon Grape SUMMER HIGH • Slopes and areas outside fences that are spaces you want. Lay sheets of tracing paper over • Salal hard to mow or access your garden map to experiment with varied layouts. • Strawberry WATER USE MODERATE • Dry spots under roof eaves or evergreen trees Where to Dig: Dig several one foot Pick plants that will provide the functions you want NONE (once etablished) • Views to block or preserve deep holes around the yard to check soil quality in each area. • Paths needed for home and garden and depth and any problem spots. See the Soil guide maintenance for help identifying soil conditions and problems. • Special plants you want to keep, and problem plants or lawn to remove
FRONT GARDEN Fragrant Herbs LOOK AT WHAT YOU HAVE and Flowers PROFESSIONALS’ 2. Put Your Garden to Work! TIPS FOR • Rosemary SIDE YARD • Lavender • Too shady for lawn Plants and garden structures can provide LUSH GARDENS • Sedum • Compacted soil beauty, privacy, shade, food, and many Try the Layered Look. Include trees, shrubs, • Daylily • Dry below roof eaves other benefits. Think about what you want from and ground covers in all areas for a lush feel. • Coreopsis your garden before you choose plants or lay out • Yarrow
paths, arbors, and other features. Look at other Trees are Tree-mendous! Trees provide shade that can reduce lawn and garden water needs by gardens and the Resources listings for inspiration. Some functions to consider include: half! Many trees grow only 10-20 feet tall and BACK GARDEN Patio with grape arbor are perfect for small gardens. • Decks or patios for outdoor living Edible Landscape and Vegetable beds • Colorful flowers, bark, and foliage in all seasons Think (Ever)Green. Use evergreen shrubs to Outdoor Living Patio for eating/sitting FRONT GARDEN • Habitat for birds and other wildlife divide the garden into “rooms” and provide Lawn for play • High water-use lawn • Privacy screens garden structure in winter. Evergreen shrubs and Flowering shrubs and berries • Sandy soil • Enclosure for pets groundcovers also smother weeds. • Holly blocks view and light • Children’s play area • Rockery plants are drought A Plan for All Seasons. Include plants that • Spaces for composting, potting, and other work Plan for Easy Maintenance: varieties. WSU Cooperative Extension and Great Plant tolerant flower in different seasons, have varied leaf • Parking and storage areas At every stage of planning consider how to minimize Picks also have lists of easy-to-grow varieties. colors and textures, and colorful bark or berries • Herbs, fruits, vegetables, watering and upkeep. in winter. and cut flowers Plan practical lawns. Keeping lawns green and weed • Arbors or plants for shade Celebrate Diversity! Gardens with many Choose the right plants. Use the Plant Right guide free takes lots of water and work. Plant only as much and cooling types of plants resist pests and diseases better and Resources for Inspiration and Ideas section to find lawn as you need for recreation and other needs. Don’t than gardens with little variety—and are plants that will thrive in each area. plant lawn on steep slopes or soggy soil, in narrow more interesting! strips, or irregular shapes that are hard to water. BACK GARDEN Group plants that need a lot of care into small, • High water-use lawn easy-to-access clusters. Fill most of your garden with SUN AND FULL SUN (sun all day) Create low maintenance zones. Plant slopes and • Loamy soil plants that thrive with little care and water. other hard-to-reach spots with tough, quick-growing PART SUN (shade half day) • Rhodies stressed from sun SHADE PATTERN evergreens that crowd out weeds. Gravel or wood chips • Hot spot near garage SHADE (little or no direct sun) Look for pest- and disease-resistant varieties. placed on weed barriers make low maintenance paths, Many nurseries and catalogs promote trouble-free plant work, or storage areas.
BELLEVUE: GOING GREEN NATURAL GARDENING GUIDES
BE F LL E O V City of Bellevue Utilities Y U T
I E C 450 110th Avenue NE, Bellevue, WA 98004 W A N S O H I N G T 425-452-6932
What to Look For: • Sunny and shady areas 3. Make a Plan That LAYOUT YOUR GARDEN • “Hot spots” on south and west sides of Side Yard • Douglas Fir slopes, walls, or fences Fits Your Style NW Natives • Vine Maple • Shallow, rocky, or compacted soil Once you have decided how to use each garden Woodland Garden • Huckleberry • Poorly-drained and seasonally wet spots Photo courtesy Stenn Design area, select plants and materials to create the and Bird Habitat • Oregon Grape SUMMER HIGH • Slopes and areas outside fences that are spaces you want. Lay sheets of tracing paper over • Salal hard to mow or access your garden map to experiment with varied layouts. • Strawberry WATER USE MODERATE • Dry spots under roof eaves or evergreen trees Where to Dig: Dig several one foot Pick plants that will provide the functions you want NONE (once etablished) • Views to block or preserve deep holes around the yard to check soil quality in each area. • Paths needed for home and garden and depth and any problem spots. See the Soil guide maintenance for help identifying soil conditions and problems. • Special plants you want to keep, and problem plants or lawn to remove
FRONT GARDEN Fragrant Herbs LOOK AT WHAT YOU HAVE and Flowers PROFESSIONALS’ 2. Put Your Garden to Work! TIPS FOR • Rosemary SIDE YARD • Lavender • Too shady for lawn Plants and garden structures can provide LUSH GARDENS • Sedum • Compacted soil beauty, privacy, shade, food, and many Try the Layered Look. Include trees, shrubs, • Daylily • Dry below roof eaves other benefits. Think about what you want from and ground covers in all areas for a lush feel. • Coreopsis your garden before you choose plants or lay out • Yarrow
paths, arbors, and other features. Look at other Trees are Tree-mendous! Trees provide shade that can reduce lawn and garden water needs by gardens and the Resources listings for inspiration. Some functions to consider include: half! Many trees grow only 10-20 feet tall and BACK GARDEN Patio with grape arbor are perfect for small gardens. • Decks or patios for outdoor living Edible Landscape and Vegetable beds • Colorful flowers, bark, and foliage in all seasons Think (Ever)Green. Use evergreen shrubs to Outdoor Living Patio for eating/sitting FRONT GARDEN • Habitat for birds and other wildlife divide the garden into “rooms” and provide Lawn for play • High water-use lawn • Privacy screens garden structure in winter. Evergreen shrubs and Flowering shrubs and berries • Sandy soil • Enclosure for pets groundcovers also smother weeds. • Holly blocks view and light • Children’s play area • Rockery plants are drought A Plan for All Seasons. Include plants that • Spaces for composting, potting, and other work Plan for Easy Maintenance: varieties. WSU Cooperative Extension and Great Plant tolerant flower in different seasons, have varied leaf • Parking and storage areas At every stage of planning consider how to minimize Picks also have lists of easy-to-grow varieties. colors and textures, and colorful bark or berries • Herbs, fruits, vegetables, watering and upkeep. in winter. and cut flowers Plan practical lawns. Keeping lawns green and weed • Arbors or plants for shade Celebrate Diversity! Gardens with many Choose the right plants. Use the Plant Right guide free takes lots of water and work. Plant only as much and cooling types of plants resist pests and diseases better and Resources for Inspiration and Ideas section to find lawn as you need for recreation and other needs. Don’t than gardens with little variety—and are plants that will thrive in each area. plant lawn on steep slopes or soggy soil, in narrow more interesting! strips, or irregular shapes that are hard to water. BACK GARDEN Group plants that need a lot of care into small, • High water-use lawn easy-to-access clusters. Fill most of your garden with SUN AND FULL SUN (sun all day) Create low maintenance zones. Plant slopes and • Loamy soil plants that thrive with little care and water. other hard-to-reach spots with tough, quick-growing PART SUN (shade half day) • Rhodies stressed from sun SHADE PATTERN evergreens that crowd out weeds. Gravel or wood chips • Hot spot near garage SHADE (little or no direct sun) Look for pest- and disease-resistant varieties. placed on weed barriers make low maintenance paths, Many nurseries and catalogs promote trouble-free plant work, or storage areas.
BELLEVUE: GOING GREEN NATURAL GARDENING GUIDES
BE F LL E O V City of Bellevue Utilities Y U T
I E C 450 110th Avenue NE, Bellevue, WA 98004 W A N S O H I N G T 425-452-6932
What to Look For: • Sunny and shady areas 3. Make a Plan That LAYOUT YOUR GARDEN • “Hot spots” on south and west sides of Side Yard • Douglas Fir slopes, walls, or fences Fits Your Style NW Natives • Vine Maple • Shallow, rocky, or compacted soil Once you have decided how to use each garden Woodland Garden • Huckleberry • Poorly-drained and seasonally wet spots Photo courtesy Stenn Design area, select plants and materials to create the and Bird Habitat • Oregon Grape SUMMER HIGH • Slopes and areas outside fences that are spaces you want. Lay sheets of tracing paper over • Salal hard to mow or access your garden map to experiment with varied layouts. • Strawberry WATER USE MODERATE • Dry spots under roof eaves or evergreen trees Where to Dig: Dig several one foot Pick plants that will provide the functions you want NONE (once etablished) • Views to block or preserve deep holes around the yard to check soil quality in each area. • Paths needed for home and garden and depth and any problem spots. See the Soil guide maintenance for help identifying soil conditions and problems. • Special plants you want to keep, and problem plants or lawn to remove
FRONT GARDEN Fragrant Herbs LOOK AT WHAT YOU HAVE and Flowers PROFESSIONALS’ 2. Put Your Garden to Work! TIPS FOR • Rosemary SIDE YARD • Lavender • Too shady for lawn Plants and garden structures can provide LUSH GARDENS • Sedum • Compacted soil beauty, privacy, shade, food, and many Try the Layered Look. Include trees, shrubs, • Daylily • Dry below roof eaves other benefits. Think about what you want from and ground covers in all areas for a lush feel. • Coreopsis your garden before you choose plants or lay out • Yarrow
paths, arbors, and other features. Look at other Trees are Tree-mendous! Trees provide shade that can reduce lawn and garden water needs by gardens and the Resources listings for inspiration. Some functions to consider include: half! Many trees grow only 10-20 feet tall and BACK GARDEN Patio with grape arbor are perfect for small gardens. • Decks or patios for outdoor living Edible Landscape and Vegetable beds • Colorful flowers, bark, and foliage in all seasons Think (Ever)Green. Use evergreen shrubs to Outdoor Living Patio for eating/sitting FRONT GARDEN • Habitat for birds and other wildlife divide the garden into “rooms” and provide Lawn for play • High water-use lawn • Privacy screens garden structure in winter. Evergreen shrubs and Flowering shrubs and berries • Sandy soil • Enclosure for pets groundcovers also smother weeds. • Holly blocks view and light • Children’s play area • Rockery plants are drought A Plan for All Seasons. Include plants that • Spaces for composting, potting, and other work Plan for Easy Maintenance: varieties. WSU Cooperative Extension and Great Plant tolerant flower in different seasons, have varied leaf • Parking and storage areas At every stage of planning consider how to minimize Picks also have lists of easy-to-grow varieties. colors and textures, and colorful bark or berries • Herbs, fruits, vegetables, watering and upkeep. in winter. and cut flowers Plan practical lawns. Keeping lawns green and weed • Arbors or plants for shade Celebrate Diversity! Gardens with many Choose the right plants. Use the Plant Right guide free takes lots of water and work. Plant only as much and cooling types of plants resist pests and diseases better and Resources for Inspiration and Ideas section to find lawn as you need for recreation and other needs. Don’t than gardens with little variety—and are plants that will thrive in each area. plant lawn on steep slopes or soggy soil, in narrow more interesting! strips, or irregular shapes that are hard to water. BACK GARDEN Group plants that need a lot of care into small, • High water-use lawn easy-to-access clusters. Fill most of your garden with SUN AND FULL SUN (sun all day) Create low maintenance zones. Plant slopes and • Loamy soil plants that thrive with little care and water. other hard-to-reach spots with tough, quick-growing PART SUN (shade half day) • Rhodies stressed from sun SHADE PATTERN evergreens that crowd out weeds. Gravel or wood chips • Hot spot near garage SHADE (little or no direct sun) Look for pest- and disease-resistant varieties. placed on weed barriers make low maintenance paths, Many nurseries and catalogs promote trouble-free plant work, or storage areas.
BELLEVUE: GOING GREEN BELLEVUE: GOING GREEN Garden Design Resources FOR
INSPIRATION AND IDEAS Public Gardens These excellent references can help provide ideas, • Bellevue Botanical Garden A well planned garden can do a lot for you— guide garden planning, and identify plants that will www.bellevuebotanical.org thrive in each garden condition: without requiring a lot in return. Carefully selected plants • Master Gardener Lake Hills Greenbelt can provide year-round garden interest, food, privacy, shade, and more—with little care, fertilizer, Demonstration Garden Books 15500 SE 16th Street, Bellevue, WA pesticides, or water. That means more time for you to enjoy the garden, and more clean water in • Sunset Western Garden Book streams and Puget Sound for fish and people. • Ann Lovejoy’s Organic Garden Design School • Center for Urban Horticulture • The Pacific Northwest Gardener’s Book Demonstration Gardens of Lists, by Ray and Jan McNeilan http://depts.washington.edu/uwbg/visit/cuh.php These simple steps will help you select plants • Gardening with Native Plants of the • Washington Park Arboretum that will thrive in your garden. Need ideas? Visit the Waterwise Garden at the Bellevue Botanical Garden. Textures, flowers, foliage, and fruits Pacific NW, by Art Kruckeburg http://depts.washington.edu/uwbg/gardens/ provide year-round beauty. Interpretive signs and garden guides provide tips for success. • The Shade Garden, by Ken Druse wpa.shtml • Kitchen Gardens, by Joy Larkom Step 1: Map your garden conditions.
• The New Low-Maintenance Garden, Step 2: Put your garden to work! Bellevue’s Natural Gardening Guides by Valerie Easton Do You Have What Your Garden Needs? Composting Food Scraps • Composting Yard Trimmings Step 3: Make a plan that fits your style. • Drip and Soak • Fertilizer • Garden Design • Lawn Web Sites Alternatives • Lawns • Mulch • Pests, Weeds, and Diseases • Bellevue Botanical Garden • Plant Right • Seasonal Calendar • Soil • Watering Collection Search For copies, visit Bellevue’s Natural Lawn and Garden http://bbgcollection.bellevuewa.gov 1. Map Your Garden website at www.bellevuewa.gov/natural_lawn_intro.htm Water / Maintenance Sun Soil • Bellevue’s Natural Lawn & Garden or call Bellevue Utilities at 425-452-6932. Paying attention to sun and shade patterns, soil www.bellevuewa.gov/naturalyardcare.htm quality, and other conditions in your garden will Lawns High. Full sun to partial shade. 6-12” fertile and well drained. help you choose plants that will thrive with little (kept green in summer) • The Garden Hotline Call Before You Dig care. A simple sketch of garden conditions will let you www.gardenhotline.org Free service to mark underground utility lines. 1-800-424-5555 or www.callbeforeyoudig.org try garden layouts on paper before you plant. Take the Vegetables and High. Full sun to partial shade. 8-12” fertile and well drained. • Great Plant Picks map to nurseries for help selecting plants. Fruit www.greatplantpicks.org
Annual flowers Most high. Varied. Mostly full sun 6-12” fertile and well drained. • King County Native Plant Guide What You’ll Need: to partial shade. http://green.kingcounty.gov/gonative/ A tape measure, shovel, graph paper, clipboard, and several • King County WSU Resources Perennial flowers Most moderate. Varied. 6-12” fertile and well drained. colored pencils. Speed things up http://king.wsu.edu/gardening/ Produced by the City of Bellevue with funding from: by enlisting a friend to help make • Natural Yard Care Neighborhoods measurements. If you have a What To Do: Make a scaled map (1 inch = 8 BE F LL E shrubs Low to moderate. Varied. Varied. O Deciduous www.naturalyardcare.info V Y plan showing the property lines U T
I
E or 10 feet is easy) showing buildings and paved areas,
and groundcovers C
W N and house location, use it A • Washington Native Plant Society S O rockeries, trees, and fences. Once you have drawn the H I N G T www.wnps.org as a base. major features, use colored pencils to show the shrubs Low to moderate. Varied. Varied. Evergreen conditions listed on the following page. and groundcovers • WSU Puget Sound Rain Gardens http://raingarden.wsu.edu/ Decks, pavers, Low maintenance, None. None. HomeownerResources.html wood chips and gravel no water.
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NATURAL GARDENING GUIDES E 450 110th Avenue NE, Bellevue, WA 98004 C
12/2014 W A N 425-452-6932 S O H I N G T BELLEVUE: GOING GREEN BELLEVUE: GOING GREEN Garden Design Resources FOR
INSPIRATION AND IDEAS Public Gardens These excellent references can help provide ideas, • Bellevue Botanical Garden A well planned garden can do a lot for you— guide garden planning, and identify plants that will www.bellevuebotanical.org thrive in each garden condition: without requiring a lot in return. Carefully selected plants • Master Gardener Lake Hills Greenbelt can provide year-round garden interest, food, privacy, shade, and more—with little care, fertilizer, Demonstration Garden Books 15500 SE 16th Street, Bellevue, WA pesticides, or water. That means more time for you to enjoy the garden, and more clean water in • Sunset Western Garden Book streams and Puget Sound for fish and people. • Ann Lovejoy’s Organic Garden Design School • Center for Urban Horticulture • The Pacific Northwest Gardener’s Book Demonstration Gardens of Lists, by Ray and Jan McNeilan http://depts.washington.edu/uwbg/visit/cuh.php These simple steps will help you select plants • Gardening with Native Plants of the • Washington Park Arboretum that will thrive in your garden. Need ideas? Visit the Waterwise Garden at the Bellevue Botanical Garden. Textures, flowers, foliage, and fruits Pacific NW, by Art Kruckeburg http://depts.washington.edu/uwbg/gardens/ provide year-round beauty. Interpretive signs and garden guides provide tips for success. • The Shade Garden, by Ken Druse wpa.shtml • Kitchen Gardens, by Joy Larkom Step 1: Map your garden conditions.
• The New Low-Maintenance Garden, Step 2: Put your garden to work! Bellevue’s Natural Gardening Guides by Valerie Easton Do You Have What Your Garden Needs? Composting Food Scraps • Composting Yard Trimmings Step 3: Make a plan that fits your style. • Drip and Soak • Fertilizer • Garden Design • Lawn Web Sites Alternatives • Lawns • Mulch • Pests, Weeds, and Diseases • Bellevue Botanical Garden • Plant Right • Seasonal Calendar • Soil • Watering Collection Search For copies, visit Bellevue’s Natural Lawn and Garden http://bbgcollection.bellevuewa.gov 1. Map Your Garden website at www.bellevuewa.gov/natural_lawn_intro.htm Water / Maintenance Sun Soil • Bellevue’s Natural Lawn & Garden or call Bellevue Utilities at 425-452-6932. Paying attention to sun and shade patterns, soil www.bellevuewa.gov/naturalyardcare.htm quality, and other conditions in your garden will Lawns High. Full sun to partial shade. 6-12” fertile and well drained. help you choose plants that will thrive with little (kept green in summer) • The Garden Hotline Call Before You Dig care. A simple sketch of garden conditions will let you www.gardenhotline.org Free service to mark underground utility lines. 1-800-424-5555 or www.callbeforeyoudig.org try garden layouts on paper before you plant. Take the Vegetables and High. Full sun to partial shade. 8-12” fertile and well drained. • Great Plant Picks map to nurseries for help selecting plants. Fruit www.greatplantpicks.org
Annual flowers Most high. Varied. Mostly full sun 6-12” fertile and well drained. • King County Native Plant Guide What You’ll Need: to partial shade. http://green.kingcounty.gov/gonative/ A tape measure, shovel, graph paper, clipboard, and several • King County WSU Resources Perennial flowers Most moderate. Varied. 6-12” fertile and well drained. colored pencils. Speed things up http://king.wsu.edu/gardening/ Produced by the City of Bellevue with funding from: by enlisting a friend to help make • Natural Yard Care Neighborhoods measurements. If you have a What To Do: Make a scaled map (1 inch = 8 BE F LL E shrubs Low to moderate. Varied. Varied. O Deciduous www.naturalyardcare.info V Y plan showing the property lines U T
I
E or 10 feet is easy) showing buildings and paved areas,
and groundcovers C
W N and house location, use it A • Washington Native Plant Society S O rockeries, trees, and fences. Once you have drawn the H I N G T www.wnps.org as a base. major features, use colored pencils to show the shrubs Low to moderate. Varied. Varied. Evergreen conditions listed on the following page. and groundcovers • WSU Puget Sound Rain Gardens http://raingarden.wsu.edu/ Decks, pavers, Low maintenance, None. None. HomeownerResources.html wood chips and gravel no water.
Alternate formats available: Voice 425-452-6800 or TTY relay: 711.
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NATURAL GARDENING GUIDES E 450 110th Avenue NE, Bellevue, WA 98004 C
12/2014 W A N 425-452-6932 S O H I N G T