A Sichuan-style garden with a bamboo wall and plantings of pine and plum will provide a preview of the new Chinese garden being built in West Seattle. University of Washington Landscape Architecture students are contributing a healing garden designed for quiet and solitude. This year's Washington Park Arboretum Garden will be true to the season, created by the talented folk at Fremont Gardens. A warm color palette will show us how to take advantage of limited light, while texture and fragrance ensure the garden's sensuality even in midwinter. I'd better bring along a notebook to write down plant names.
Deep purple falls.
Cabernet, chocolate, eggplant and mahogany are colors . Valerie Easton is a horticultural librarian and writes about plants and gardens for Pacific Northwest magazine.