How the City of Tacoma uses planting strips along its streets tells a tale of haves and have-nots, and of our differing ...

While your secret display garden may be around back, the strip of land between the... Plants have to be tough to hang out on the streets Seattle Post-Intelligencer Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

The weedy strip alongside the urban street has many names and few friends. Horticulturists offer advice on taming it.

Planting strips offer opportunities to add an abundance of plants as a gift to passersby on the street. Sue Sherbrooke, a homeowner in Seattle’s Wallingford neighborhood, has designed and ...

Street Smarts What good are planting strips when all they grow are weeds? When there’s no homeowner to maintain greenery next to a sidewalk, the county mows — but infrequently.

The hell strip is technically not yours to plant; however, it is never a discouraged endeavor to beautify the city in which you live. You simply have to get permission.

When I return to Watertown’s East End, I can’t help but compare our meager planting strips with these verdant boulevards. On many streets in our neighborhood, the space between the street and ...

Kounelis said that on Keenan Street, where she lives, many people do care for the strips but others park on the sidewalk. Someone even recently stole flowers she planted in planting strip in front ...

Each summer, Friends of Trees sends volunteer crews to check the health of new street trees and record data that helps guide future tree lists and planting guidelines. The pistache has faired well.

Street trees are an investment that pays on many levels. They raise the value of real estate and enhance the attractiveness of commercial areas. By providing shade, purifying the air, reducing ...