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Our members care about studying, conserving, and cultivating some of our planet's most interesting plants, many of which are only found in our most at-risk environments. We focus on plants from many ecosystems, ranging from those found on high alpine peaks down to bogs, woodlands, and deserts.

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Selected Articles From Our Quarterly Publications
Linda Cochran
There are many beautiful garden-worthy native plants of the Pacific Northwest, yet they are little known by the gardening public and even less often grown. In this article, I want to showcase three groups of these and give the readers the benefit of my experience, such as it is, in growing these beautiful plants.
Shane Smith
I am a horticulturist, but I was never much of a rock gardener until I realized that crevice gardens have a secret power.
Zac Hill
If you were to poll the American gardening public, most would think that to find new and interesting plants for cultivation in our gardens, you would probably need to leave the country and head off to...
Michael Heim
Foolish or bold? Bravely attacking the seemingly insurmountable challenge of windmill palms surviving outdoors in northern Wisconsin, or ignoring expert advice and wasting time, money, and energy in a...

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Windcliff
Windcliff: A Story of People, Plants and Gardens
Windcliff: A Story of People, Plants, and Gardens By Dan Hinkley and Claire Takacs Timber Press, Portland, Oregon, 2020 , 279 pp. $35.00 list price Getting to Know the Man… Every gardener should read Dan Hinkley’s book, Windcliff: A

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Trillium erectum
Trillium erectum
Description and General Information: Red trillium or red wakerobin, is among the most widespread species of Trillium in North America, extending from Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick in Canada, south along the Ap

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