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WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS
Landscape contracting firms are taking advantage of opportunities to get bigger and better.

CULTIVATING HEALTHY MARKETS
Many landscape architecture firms have enjoyed continued growth in the past year. Here are a few reasons why.

THE ART OF THE LANDSCAPE
For Nancy Hammer, "landscape" might involve steel, plants, concrete or water -- or any combination of these elements. She pursues a dual career as sculptor and landscape designer.

OUTDOOR CLASSROOMS: BUILDING A LAKE WASHINGTON ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION COMPLEX
A walk in the woods usually means a long drive -- unless you live near one of Seattle's great parks, such as Lincoln, Discovery or Seward.

SURVIVAL AND SUCCESS IN THE LANDSCAPE CONTRACTING BUSINESS
Sometimes people benefit from their mistakes. Eighteen years ago, Jay Curcio, vice president of Pacific Earthworks, Inc. left a rewarding career as a teacher in Mount Hood, Ore. and came to Seattle to join his best friend as a partner in a landscaping business. The liaison lasted nine months.

LEARNING FROM FORT LEWIS
What jumps to your mind when asked to picture a Pacific Northwest military landscape installation? Some have images of grass surrounding a commemorative tank or aircraft on a concrete slab, others see mature trees surrounding old buildings, and others do not picture anything at all. Is there landscaping on military bases? The answer is most definitely "YES!"

ENVIRONMENTAL CPR
An economy based on timber removal did not bode well for the natural landscape of the Pacific Northwest.

A MEETING OF THE MINDS
Landscape architects like to get together. In a profession built on the ability to bring of natural and man-made elements into a harmonious whole, it's understandable that collaboration is second nature.

WILDLIFE HABITAT IN THE INDUSTRIAL HEART OF TACOMA
Habitat restoration and major industrial development are not mutually exclusive. With the help of a consultant team and supportive government agencies, Simpson Tacoma Land Company tested this conviction in a recently completed project: Simpson Landing.

NW LANDING LANDSCAPE TAKES OFF
With roots in the past, Northwest landing shaping up for the next century.

SCULPTING A LANDSCAPE WITH MATURE PLANTS
One of the cardinal rules of landscape design is to allow for plant growth. Now even that is being put to the test, with improved methods for moving specimen size trees and shrubs.

THE SOUTHWEST CAMPUS TAKES SHAPE
The University of Washington is several steps closer to implementing its Southwest Campus master plan with site designs for two public open spaces linked with the new Oceanography and Fisheries buildings.

MANAGING IRRIGATION SYSTEMS FOR WATER CONSERVATION
People who manage or pay the water bills for sites with large irrigation systems are getting more and more interested in applying water efficiently.

NATIVE PLANT BUSINESS WELL ESTABLISHED
When Dan and Ann McCain first started growing native plants 13 years ago, fellow nurserymen laughed, and accused them of growing weeds. Now, it seems, several other nurseries are working hard to fit the word "wetlands", or "native" into their company name.

A `SOLDIER FRIENDLY' ENVIRONMENT
The campus master plan for North Fort Lewis balances the maintenance and hierarchy issues with quality of life concerns important to the Fort's users: the soldiers.

FLOWERS IN FEBRUARY
Each winter, the Northwest Flower and Garden Show brings the landscape industry five days of splendor, fun and connections.

THE GREENING OF BROWNFIELDS
There may be no aspect of land use that is changing as rapidly as the restoration of "brownfields."

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