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Fine Gardening
November 2023

So Long Lawn - This low care front garden proves you don't need turf to make a good first impression.
 
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Fine Gardening
December 2022

Designing a Beautiful Back Border by Stacie Crooks.
Learn how to hide a fence by creating a year-round bed with interesting plant shapes, colors and textures.
 
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Fine Gardening
June 2021
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Design Like A Pro - 10 Tips to a Great Garden
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Garden Gate
January 2021
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Five Steps to a Layer Border
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Fine Gardening
June 27, 2020
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Splurg Plants
A plant that is worth risking embarrassment for.
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Seattle Times

October 5, 2019

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Heroic heaths and heathers go all out, all year with brilliant flowers and foliage.

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Garden Gate

February 1, 2019

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Garden tips and ideas that will turn your dream garden into reality.

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Fine Gardening

February 1, 2019

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Heaths and Heathers, by Stacie Crooks

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Growing a Greener World -

Sustainable Landscape Design

February 3, 2018

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Watch this episode featuring Stacie Crooks.

Growing a Greener World, GGWTV

Episode 910

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The Seattle Times

Pacific Northwest Magazine
July 2, 2017


An enhancing garden in Innis Arden

By Valerie Easton

 

Designer Stacie Crooks has planted a low-growing tapestry of colorful foliage plants to serve as a foreground to the view of Puget Sound.

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October 11, 2018

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Your Check list - Rite of Passage

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August 1, 2017

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Northwest Garden Checklist - The Lust Look

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Stacie Crooks replaces a thirsty lawn with a colorful

quilt of low-water plants.

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Fine Gardening
June 2017
Issue 175

Create a gorgeous low-maintenance design by Stacie Crooks

 

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The Seattle Times 

Pacific Northwest Magazine

October 20, 2016

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Design Pro Stacie Crooks plants what she preaches in her Edmonds garden.

by Valeria Easton

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Go Big With Foliage - 10 Ways to kickstart your spring garden. What to plant now for a garden full of beautiful blooms.

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Horticulture

The Art and Science of Smart Gardening

April 2007

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Designed for Drier Times

By Valerie Easton

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Facing the reality of her climate, Stacie Crooks traded her lawn for a garden that needs little water, but overflows with flower, foliage and fragrance

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April 2011

Eco-friendly Design Tips

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"A healthy well-designed garden is self-sustaining and beautiful."

Stacie Crooks

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Fine Gardening

August 31, 2014

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The Best of Fine Gardening - Container Gardening

Designer Q&A with Stacie Crooks.

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Western Garden Book of Landscaping

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Many examples of Crooks Garden Design in this book.

by Jim McCausland

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Fine Gardening

November 30, 2014

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Issue 160

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Designing an Intimate Space

by Stacie Crooks

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Any area can become a cozy, private retreat if you use these principles.

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Fine Gardening

Fall Fireworks

October 31, 2006

Issue 112

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These six combination strategies help end the season with a bang.

By Stacie Crooks

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The Best of Fine Gardening - The Autumn Garden 2010

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Western Garden Book of

Easy Care Plantings

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The Ultimate Guide to Low-Water Beds, Borders, and Containers.

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There are many examples of Crooks Garden Design throughout this book.

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Western Landscaping

Companion to the best-selling Western Garden Book

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Revised and updated.

There are many examples of Crooks Garden Design throughout this book.

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The Seattle Time

Pacific Northwest Magazine

November 22, 2015

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Plant a Garden you will enjoy from inside your Home

By Valerie Easton

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It's easy to plant a garden you'll enjoy looking at even when the cold, wet weather keeps you indoors.

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Fine Gardening

January 31, 2013

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Issue 149

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Container Designs Built to Last

You'll save time and money if you don't start from scratch every spring.

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"Sunset On a Garden"

by Christine Salwitz,

'Personal Garden Coach'

 

September 6, 2013

Stacie Crooks Landscape Design

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Elegant Plant Combinations for Garden and Containers

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The Blodel Reserve:

Quietly Magnificent

 

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By Stacie Crooks & Sue Nevler

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"A place where people find refreshment and tranquility in the presence of natural beauty."

- Prentice Bloedel

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The Plant List

A companion to the

Choosing the Right Plants Natural Lawn & Garden Guide

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Discover a better way to beautiful!

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Fine Gardening

Garden Photo of the Day

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Winter gardens of fragrance and texture will capture attention.

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Seattle Homes and Lifestyles

April 30, 2008

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Water Wise and Wonderful

By Debra Prinzing

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Low Water Garden Design

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The Seattle Times 

Pacific Northwest Magazine

August 7, 2004

 

Dry Profusion

By Valerie Easton

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An experiment in drought tolerance settles for nothing less than lush.

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