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I am so excited to announce that Monty Don, the British garden guru and host of the BBC’s “Gardener’s World” program, will be a very special guest on the Joe Gardener podcast today! I spoke with my friend, Joe Lamp’l, last week. He explained that today’s podcast is the episode 200. Wow! He and his team felt they should do […]
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I love seeing other folks’ gardens. Unfortunately, our current situation has really thrown a wrench into my annual routine of profiling local gardeners. You’ve probably been missing them, right? For today’s column, I had the privilege of interviewing Marie Cole. You can read about her unusual garden in The Spokesman-Review: Gardener finds creative ways to deal with willow’s unintended consequences. […]
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Due to the coronavirus pandemic, I haven’t gotten to visit local gardens like I ordinarily would. Boy, do I miss meeting gardeners and seeing how they’re growing food or flowers and overcoming obstacles. However, I recently met Brianne Tucker and got to see her lovely garden so I wanted to share it with you. Brianne and her family live in […]
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Hi, everyone! I wanted to let you know that the episode of “Growing a Greener World” that featured our garden will air on this Saturday at 9:30 a.m. It will be on our local PBS station, KSPS. If you tune in a bit early, you will likely see Joe Lamp’l promote our episode just before it airs. He shot those […]
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I was thrilled to receive the Media Award from the Master Gardener Foundation of Washington State (see yesterday’s announcement on my blog). I’ve been reflecting a bit on the interesting twists and turns my career has taken. One of them was becoming a Spokane County Master Gardener way back in 2002. Since a few folks have asked me about it, […]
Read moreI have some happy news to share with you! I just found out that I have received the 2019 Media Award from the Washington State Master Gardener Foundation. I am stunned! I didn’t even know I’d been nominated. Here is the press release from the Master Gardener Foundation of Spokane County: “CONGRATULATIONS TO SUSAN MULVIHILL!” “Susan Mulvihill is the recipient […]
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I love learning about all aspects of gardening. And the best way to do that is by meeting and talking with other gardeners. For my garden column today, I have written a profile of local gardener Laurie Jarmer. Learn how she and her husband, Rick, have transformed their backyard into a food factory in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review. Here’s […]
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One of the favorite aspects of my job as a garden writer is that I get to meet other gardeners. And not just “any” gardeners, mind you. I meet awesome, inspiring gardeners all over the country. It has been a goal of mine to write a local gardener profile during the summer months. I know we can all learn from […]
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I have been really excited about today’s column because it is a profile of my sister, Anne Moore Knapp, and her beautiful garden in Gig Harbor, Wash. Here is a link to it in today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Artist’s colorful landscape designed to age gracefully. To be honest, this was an unexpected column. Bill and I drove the nearly 300 miles […]
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This summer, it has been such a treat profiling local gardeners. After all, seeing how others garden gives us ideas for growing our own gardens, right? In today’s column, I profile Felicia Heinz who lives on Spokane’s north side. Here’s a link to it in The Spokesman-Review: Going vegan helps cultivate a green thumb. I first heard about Felicia from […]
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