Debbie Teashon

A garden writer, author, garden speaker, and award-winning photographer, Debbie Teashon's career spans many decades. Her speaking engagements include the Northwest Flower & Garden Festival, Tacoma Home & Garden Show, and at garden clubs across the Northwest. She's been a guest on Garden Time television show in Oregon, and radio programs such as Gardening with Ciscoe on 97.3 FM KIRO radio, and Poppy Tucker's Louisiana Eats on NPR. Online since 1998, Teashon's web site Rainy Side Gardeners (rainyside.com) focuses on regional gardening west of the Cascades. Her articles and photographs appear in local, national, and international magazines, and newspapers. Gardening most of her adult life, she is always on the hunt for new varieties of plant material, or creating new container designs using beautiful pottery or repurposed items.

Articles & Blog Posts

• Article: The Botanical Wonders of the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
  (August 15, 2022) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: Salvias — Sage Beauty in the Garden
  (August 8, 2022) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: Design|Build — Allium’s Ornamental Stars
  (May 19, 2022) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: Reviews — The Wonderful World of Garden Books
  (March 14, 2022) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: Rhododendrons, Here We Come
  (January 31, 2022) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: New Year, New Plants, New Joy
  (December 30, 2021) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: Conifers — Anchors of the Garden
  (November 29, 2021) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: Hydrangeas for Every Garden
  (October 19, 2021) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: Trees of Merit
  (August 11, 2021) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: Beyond the Bearded Iris
  (March 1, 2021) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: Dream Big — with New Plant Introductions
  (February 15, 2021) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: Love the Tweedle out of ‘Oh, La La!’
  (December 3, 2020) in Featured & People & Places
• Article: A Plantsman’s Garden
  (September 17, 2020) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: Garden of the Rising Sun
  (April 30, 2020) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: A Living Fossil — Ginkgo Biloba
  (March 9, 2020) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: New Plants for a New Year
  (January 23, 2020) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: Dynamic Containers for Winter
  (November 21, 2019) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: The Little Big Garden
  (October 25, 2019) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: Waterfalls in the Garden
  (October 7, 2019) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: A Garden Sanctuary
  (September 30, 2019) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: Heronswood Comes Full Circle
  (July 11, 2019) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: Art in the Garden
  (June 6, 2019) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: Extreme Leaf Drama
  (May 1, 2019) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: A Walk Down Primula Lane
  (April 15, 2019) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: The Pacific Stonecrops — A Sedum of Our Own
  (April 8, 2019) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: Exciting New Plants for 2019
  (February 18, 2019) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: Camellia Sasanqua — Royalty in the Winter Garden
  (December 27, 2018) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: The Garden Grows a Bouquet
  (November 27, 2018) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: The Hardy Fatsia Japonica with a Tropical Flair
  (October 8, 2018) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: Always a Dark Side in the Garden
  (August 13, 2018) in Featured & The Garden