Apr 8, 2026 | Community, Eco-friendly Gardening, Garden Care, Recommended Plants
The next time you’re shopping for plants, garden tool or supplies, consider visiting your local independent nursery. Choosing a local nursery over a big-box store like Home Depot or Lowe’s has a range of benefits for your garden, the environment and the...
Mar 24, 2026 | Garden Care, Tree Care
Now is a great time to start thinking about your summer pruning plans. Our team is currently scheduling tree and shrub pruning for the summer season. While many people think pruning is a winter task, there are several excellent reasons to prune in summer. Here are six...
Mar 10, 2026 | Garden Care, Landscape Design
Early spring is the perfect time to take a fresh look at your garden. Before everything bursts into growth, grab a cup of coffee and take a slow walk around your yard. Really see what is working, and what isn’t. Just like editing a story, garden editing is about...
Mar 5, 2026 | Eco-friendly Gardening, Garden Care, Landscape Care
With spring right around the corner, have you started thinking about your garden this year? Gardening does more than just create a beautiful outdoor space. It’s also a great way to nurture your physical and mental well-being while caring for the planet. Physical...
Feb 24, 2026 | Garden Care, Landscape Care, Lawn Care
Drought conditions in western Washington are becoming more frequent and more intense. In 2025 the state had a third consecutive year of drought emergency, marked by a severe drought that lasted several months. Six of the past 10 years have been abnormally dry. This...
Feb 11, 2026 | Eco-friendly Gardening, Garden Care, Recommended Plants
You can help mason bees and other pollinators by making your yard more welcoming to them. The native bee Osmia lignaria, commonly called the blue orchard bee or mason bee, is one of the easiest for gardeners to support. Mason bees are exceptional pollinators. Each bee...
Jan 19, 2026 | Disease Control, Eco-friendly Gardening, Garden Care, Landscape Care, Lawn Care, Recommended Plants, Tree Care
Winter is the perfect time to give your garden a strong start for the year ahead. A little attention now to winter garden tasks will help your landscape thrive through the growing season. Build soil health You can improve soil health by adding mulch beneath trees and...
Oct 23, 2025 | Eco-friendly Gardening, Garden Care, Landscape Care
If you want to support the birds and tiny critters that make your garden healthy and vibrant, ease up on your fall garden cleanup routine. Here’s how to do it. Leave the leaves We recommend raking leaves off your lawn to keep the grass from thinning or...
Sep 9, 2025 | Garden Care, Landscape Care, Lawn Care
September’s here, and it’s the perfect time to take a walk around your yard and see how your plants performed this year. Take measure of what worked and didn’t work in your landscape and consider what changes you might like to make. A fall landscape...
Jun 27, 2025 | Garden Care, Landscape Care, Watering
As hot weather returns next week, here are watering tips to help your landscape stay happy and healthy. How to water 1. Water slowly and deeply Water will soak deeply into the soil, encouraging deep roots. Your plants will be stronger and will tolerate hot, dry...
Jun 19, 2025 | Garden Care, Landscape Care, Landscape Design, Lawn Care
When we started In Harmony in 1994, a loaf of white bread cost about 75 cents, and a gallon of gas averaged $1.11. Over the past three decades, much more than prices have changed—landscaping itself has transformed. As we celebrate our 30th anniversary, we’re...
Jun 10, 2025 | Garden Care, Landscape Care, Tree Care, Watering
Seattle is experiencing unprecedented heat even before the official start of summer. On Sunday, June 8, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport reached a high of 90°F at 5 pm, surpassing the previous record of 87°F, which was set in 1948 and matched in 2015. The...
Apr 22, 2025 | Eco-friendly Gardening, Garden Care, Landscape Care, Landscape Design
Happy Earth Day! This month, in honor of our 30th anniversary and Earth Day, we’re exploring common myths about sustainable gardening. Here is myth #4: “Sustainable gardens are not my style.” Busting the style myth A lot of people think that sustainable...
Apr 16, 2025 | Eco-friendly Gardening, Garden Care, Landscape Care, Recommended Plants
This month, in honor of our 30th anniversary and Earth Day, we’re busting myths about sustainable gardening. Myth 3: Sustainable gardening costs too much. We think this myth is widespread because some people make an initial financial investment in sustainable...
Apr 10, 2025 | Eco-friendly Gardening, Garden Care, Landscape Care
What is sustainable gardening? How can we be more sustainable in our yard and garden? This month, in honor of our 30th anniversary and Earth Day, we are exploring myths about sustainable gardening, both the misconceptions and the facts. Sustainable gardening is a...
