Mary-Kate Mackey – Free lance garden writer
Mary-Kate Mackey is an award-winning garden writer, co-author of Sunset’s Secret Gardens—153 Design Tips from the Pros and contributor to the Sunset Western Garden Book and Gardening in the Northwest. Her articles have appeared in numerous magazines including Fine Gardening, Sunset and Horticulture.
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Button-Down Plants
High Impact, Low Maintenance Plants for Every Garden
Fri, Feb 10 at 7:15 pm / Hood Room
Let’s face it—some plants behave better than others. There’s a whole group of tidy, often overlooked, garden denizens that play well with others—unlike certain “vigorous” out-of-bounders that manage to drape themselves on everything by summer’s end. Here’s a look at the neat easy-going garden performers that keep their shape, deliver plenty of punch and require a lot less of your time and effort—these mainstays are what every gardener needs.
