NHS Meet the Board Tour '26; Stacie Crooks garden

Last July was a very busy month, I was determined however to squeeze in a trip to Seattle to attend the Northwest Horticultural Society Meet the Board Tour, I'm so glad I did! The eight gardens on the tour were absolutely fantastic. The day of the tour I left home just before 7 am to make the 3+ hour drive north to Stacie Crooks home in Edmonds, Washington. That's where I began the long day of touring...

You know seeing these agaves right out in the front garden made me happy.

A Pacific Northwest native, Stacie has been designing gardens and landscapes in the region for thirty years. Inspired by contemporary Mediterranean gardens, she specializes in drought-tolerant, low-maintenance, environmentally friendly designs. She is published regularly in Garden Gate Magazine and is a contributing editor for Fine Gardening (info pulled from the tour brochure, also, here is her website: Crooks Garden Design).

Let's head into the garden proper, admiring the containers along the way...

The colors in this garden just popped, and everything was pristine.

Now that's a nice front door planting. I would love to know where Stacie overwinters all of those containers. I'd have asked, but I didn't see her during my visit.

Just to the right of the grouping above was this planting.

Tucked back, almost up against the front of the house.

I was drawn back to this container grouping as I explored the area around the table and then further into the front garden.

A laminated spread from an old Seattle Times story on the garden.

Looking over my shoulder at where we entered, and then across the driveway to plantings on the other side (where the post began).

The tall clipped hedges made the perfect solid backdrop/barrier for this planting in the corner. (and I have no idea why Blogger is insisting on formatting this photo and text oddly!)

Walking the side garden...

Another looking back over my shoulder shot...(at the side garden).

And then I stepped out into the back garden. 

Bam! The color!

Melianthus major

Yep, looking back again.

Back of the home.

More fabulous container plantings, I love the consistent style.

Acanthus mollis wraps up the back garden plantings.

And then we're out along the driveway side plantings again...

And that concludes this tour!

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