Aug. 4 Column: Local Gardener Profile John & Pat Hagney

One of the favorite aspects of my job as a garden writer is that I get to meet awesome, inspiring gardeners all over the country. It has been a goal of mine to write a local gardener profile during the summer months because I know we can all learn from these wonderful folks. That’s the topic of my column for today’s edition of The Spokesman-Review: Teachers bring artistic flair to South Hill garden.

I had the privilege of meeting John and Pat Hagney recently. They live on Spokane’s South side and have a fabulous garden. As you’ll read in my column, they initially thought they had a much smaller lot when they bought their house. Imagine their surprise when they discovered the yard was twice as deep! (every gardener’s dream, right?)

I took quite a lot of photos of their garden during my visit, so I’m posting them at the bottom of this post (below the video). The daylilies were gorgeous, as were the containers that flanked their back porch steps (right).

For this week’s “Everyone Can Grow a Garden” video, I felt it was time for an update on how our vegetable garden is doing. After all, it’s been a month! So this is the 3rd update. (you can also watch the first vegetable garden tour or the second one by going to these links.)

This week’s veggie tour is 23 minutes long. Sorry about that. But there was a lot to show you with some tips and explanations along the way. I hope you’ll enjoy it nonetheless and I promise to make subsequent videos much shorter!

And here are more photos of John and Pat Hagney’s garden. Remember that you can click on any of the photos to view a much larger image.