A number of years ago I worked in a yard just off the main road in Kent. At the time I was working as a landscape designer for Amber Gardens in Stow. The crew and I took a little break, and during a ...

WOODLAND — Carol Keffeler’s 89-year-old mother didn’t feel up to exploring the Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens on Sunday afternoon. “I’ll just bring some flowers to you, then,” Keffeler told her mom.

Hulda Klager was known as "The Lilac Lady" of Woodland, Washington, and for 50 years the community has celebrated this incredible woman with "Lilac Days." You can visit the beautiful gardens and ...

WOODLAND — Springtime allergies didn't keep Ruth Wendt from enjoying the blooming lilacs around her. "I tell people I try not to do that," she said, getting a close smell of a purple bunch. Avoiding ...

The annual Lilac Festival Armed Forces Torchlight Parade was Saturday. However, the presence of blooming lilacs might have been a little thin. This spring has been impressive for the number of plants ...

There’s nothing shy about spring in Descanso Gardens, that unexpected Eden tucked into the stony foothills of La Cañada Flintridge. Visit now and every inch of its 150 acres appears to be in bloom.

WOODLAND — Before you start admiring the blooming faces of all the beautiful flowers on her estate, consider the warrior visage of Hulda Klager herself — armed with a couple of garden spades and ...

Amazingly, it’s May and somehow we are on the brink of summer, a time when flowers — and flower shows — are blooming profusely around Southern California. If you don’t mind a little drive, take a day ...