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    Pool your Gardening Resources at the Seed Swap

    Posted @ 12:15PM on 02/21/2012 by Lauren - Home Garden
    Want to improve your garden but can’t afford to spend money on all the seeds you want? Head to the Tacoma-Pierce County Community Garden Program’s annual Seed Swap on Tuesday, Feb. 28. Gardeners are invited to bring packets of seeds to tr
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    2012 Sewing & Stitchery Expo

    Posted @ 12:04PM on 02/21/2012 by Lauren - Home Garden
    The 2012 Sewing & Stichery Expo will take place March 1 – 4 in Puyallup. The largest consumer sewing expo in the country, this year’s event will feature Quilter’s Night Out, a sewing extravag
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    South Sound Editor's Pick at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show

    Posted @ 02:45PM on 02/15/2012 by Lauren - Home Garden
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    The Northwest Flower and Garden Show presented a remarkable variety of show gardens. But the displays that impressed us the most were the ones that portrayed powerful messages about how life, leisure and garden
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    More Than Curb Appeal

    Posted @ 04:46PM on 01/05/2012 by Holly - Home Garden
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    Auburn Home Beautiful Inside and Out The minute you pull up to Robert and Kathy Dick’s 7,277-square-foot home in rural Auburn, it makes a statement — grand, sophisticated, upscale Northwest living with a Mediterranean vibe.
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    PMG's Idea House 2006

    Posted @ 04:03PM on 01/05/2012 by Holly - Home Garden
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    Presented by Renewal Construction “Never settle for ‘Ho-Hum’,” proclaims the sign scotch-taped to the wall, “when, with a little effort, you can be better than all the rest.” Written in Linda Heaton’s hand, it reveals the mind-set that spurred the exceptional design of PMG’s 2006 Idea House.
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    New Urbanism in Action

    Posted @ 08:01AM on 10/03/2011 by Lisa - In Print
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    While most people don’t know exactly how to build a house from bottom to top, they at least know that a house needs a foundation and a roof. The world includes many gifted builders who can craft a cottage or construct a mansion. But town building, it turns out, is nearly a lost art.
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    14th Annual MBA Tour of Remodeled Homes

    Posted @ 12:45PM on 09/29/2011 by Ethan - Home Garden
    Looking for new and exciting ideas for a home remodel? See some successes in person this weekend at the 14th annual MBA Tour o
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    The Big Home & Garden Show

    Posted @ 03:29PM on 09/09/2011 by Ethan - Home Garden
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    Head down to St. Martin's University in Lacey this weekend to the Olympia Master Builders' Big Home & Garden Show.
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    Little House with a Big View

    Posted @ 03:15PM on 08/01/2011 by Lisa - In Print
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    This Dash Point Home-Remodel Shines
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    Yard Help from Olympic Landscape

    Posted @ 10:20AM on 07/22/2011 by Ethan - Home Garden
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    We finally have some good weather to look forward to, just in time for all those yard and landscape projects you've been itching to start. The good folks at Olympic Landscape are presenting a workshop on creating the look you want in your yard. Wh
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