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Fine Gardening
December 2022
Designing a Beautiful Back Border by Stacie Crooks
Learn how to hide a fence by creating a year-round bed with interesting plant shapes, colors and textures.
Fine Gardening
June 2021
Design Like A Pro - 10 Tips to a Great Garden
Garden Gate
January 2021
Five Steps to a Layer Border
Fine Gardening
June 27, 2020
Splurg Plants
A plant that is worth risking embarrassment for.
Seattle Times
October 5, 2019
Heroic heaths and heathers go all out, all year with brilliant flowers and foliage.
Garden Gate
February 1, 2019
Garden tips and ideas that will turn your dream garden into reality.
Fine Gardening
February 1, 2019
Heaths and Heathers, by Stacie Crooks
Growing a Greener World -
Sustainable Landscape Design
February 3, 2018
Watch this episode featuring Stacie Crooks.
Growing a Greener World, GGWTV
Episode 910
The Seattle Times
Pacific Northwest Magazine
July 2, 2017
An enhancing garden in Innis Arden
By Valerie Easton
Designer Stacie Crooks has planted a low-growing tapestry of colorful foliage plants to serve as a foreground to the view of Puget Sound.
SUNSET
October 11, 2018
Your Check list - Rite of Passage
SUNSET
August 1, 2017
Northwest Garden Checklist - The Lust Look
Stacie Crooks replaces a thirsty lawn with a colorful
quilt of low-water plants.
Fine Gardening
June 2017
Issue 175
Create a gorgeous low-maintenance design by Stacie Crooks
The Seattle Times
Pacific Northwest Magazine
October 20, 2016
Design Pro Stacie Crooks plants what she preaches in her Edmonds garden.
by Valeria Easton
SUNSET
Go Big With Foliage - 10 Ways to kickstart your spring garden. What to plant now for a garden full of beautiful blooms.
Horticulture
The Art and Science of Smart Gardening
April 2007
Designed for Drier Times
By Valerie Easton
Facing the reality of her climate, Stacie Crooks traded her lawn for a garden that needs little water, but overflows with flower, foliage and fragrance
LINK
April 2011
Eco-friendly Design Tips
"A healthy well-designed garden is self-sustaining and beautiful."
Stacie Crooks
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Fine Gardening
August 31, 2014
The Best of Fine Gardening - Container Gardening
Designer Q&A with Stacie Crooks.
SUNSET
Western Garden Book of Landscaping
Many examples of Crooks Garden Design in this book.
by Jim McCausland
Fine Gardening
November 30, 2014
Issue 160
Designing an Intimate Space
by Stacie Crooks
Any area can become a cozy, private retreat if you use these principles.
Fine Gardening
Fall Fireworks
October 31, 2006
Issue 112
These six combination strategies help end the season with a bang.
By Stacie Crooks
The Best of Fine Gardening - The Autumn Garden 2010

SUNSET
Western Garden Book of
Easy Care Plantings
SUNSET 2015
The Ultimate Guide to Low-Water Beds, Borders, and Containers.
There are many examples of Crooks Garden Design throughout this book.

SUNSET
Western Landscaping
Companion to the best-selling Western Garden Book
Revised and updated.
There are many examples of Crooks Garden Design throughout this book.

The Seattle Time
Pacific Northwest Magazine
November 22, 2015
Plant a Garden you will enjoy from inside your Home
By Valerie Easton
It's easy to plant a garden you'll enjoy looking at even when the cold, wet weather keeps you indoors.
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Fine Gardening
January 31, 2013
Issue 149
Container Designs Built to Last
You'll save time and money if you don't start from scratch every spring.
Cover Photo - Crooks Garden Design

"Sunset On a Garden"
by Christine Salwitz,
'Personal Garden Coach'
September 6, 2013
Stacie Crooks Landscape Design
Elegant Plant Combinations for Garden and Containers

The Blodel Reserve:
Quietly Magnificent
Garden Notes - Northwest Horticultural Society
By Stacie Crooks & Sue Nevler
"A place where people find refreshment and tranquility in the presence of natural beauty."
- Prentice Bloedel

The Plant List
A companion to the
Choosing the Right Plants Natural Lawn & Garden Guide
Discover a better way to beautiful!
Saving Water Partnership - Seattle Public Utilities

Fine Gardening
Garden Photo of the Day
Winter gardens of fragrance and texture will capture attention.

Seattle Homes and Lifestyles
April 30, 2008
Water Wise and Wonderful
By Debra Prinzing
Low Water Garden Design

The Seattle Times
Pacific Northwest Magazine
August 7, 2004
Dry Profusion
By Valerie Easton
An experiment in drought tolerance settles for nothing less than lush.
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