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Feb. 14, 2006 Garden living
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There are entire stores devoted to the fine art of being outdoors, with well-crafted furniture designed to bear the weather; kicky and fun rain- and spill-resistant linens and dishes; and fountains and sculpture for when the sight of your neighbor mowing the lawn isn't exactly what you'd call aesthetically inspired.
Basic Green Box
(West Seattle)
First an online mail order catalog, Basic Green Box has grown to include a brick-and-mortar store carrying products that must have three attributes: quality, uniqueness and an element of timelessness.
Birdhouses + Benches
(Magnolia/Interbay)
In Magnolia, a driveway between a fenced-in yard and a side garden overflows with some 65 wooden birdhouses embellished with found objects and painted in the Folk Art style.
City People's Garden Store
(Madison Park/Madrona)
What puts this place in the limelight is the attention to what's beyond basic, such as polished rocks for decorating, artfully decorated terra cotta pots and envy-inspiring birdhouses.
David Smith & Co.
(Eastlake/Lake Union)
Here you'll find a good selection of teak garden furniture from Java as well as garden stones, cisterns, statuary and more.
Home & Garden Art
(Ballard/Crown Hill)
This Ballard shop displays wrought iron of all widths and colors — bent, coiled, curled and flattened into hundreds of garden and home accoutrements.
Lucca Statuary
(Ballard/Crown Hill)
You'll find fountains, planters, plaques and statues, all made from concrete with a patina that makes them look ancient.
The Palm Room
(Ballard/Crown Hill)
Can a plant shop be hip? It can if it's this garden-design studio is full of plants, succulents and nature-inspired art.
Price Asher
(Sodo)
It's a jungle in here, with towering palms and ferns, fanciful topiary and mammoth versions of plants that you recognize from your windowsill.
Swansons Nursery
(Ballard/Crown Hill)
Swansons' year-round nursery spans over five acres with pretty much everything that grows, anything to grow it in and any accessory you can think of.
Urbanweeds
(Fremont)
Hip urban gardeners will find an abundance of greenery and modern design at Urbanweeds, a Fremont shop housed in a former auto-detailing garage.
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