PHOTOGRAPHED BY MIKE SIEGEL ON THE COVER: Rocks stacked here and there are not a reference to trail markers or anything else. They're simply three-dimensional doodles in the first-place garden of Charlene and Jim Geiszler. PLANT LIFE Great Plant Picks 2004 The experts choose the choicest plants for Northwest gardens. LETTERS Letters to the editor NOW & THEN A Landing Takes Off

COVER STORY A Woodland World Solitude and peace rule in a lush, green hideaway in Shoreline. An Artful Oasis Wild and colorful ways in eclectic West Seattle. Sanctuary In Snohomish Making garden music in a former churchyard.

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