The Seattle Times: "I challenge any gardener not to find something new and engaging."

Author of the best-selling Northwest Gardeners' Resource Directory, Stephanie Feeney brings her talents and enthusiasm to the task of creating twenty detailed day-long explorations of the very finest that Seattle and the Puget Sound region have to offer to the visiting gardener as well as the resident enthusiast.

It wasn't long after I started writing the Northwest Gardeners' Resource Directory that I started constructing, in my mind, "the quintessential daytrip". I couldn't help it, really. I'd be out, poking around, and discover some great new nursery or a fabulous display garden and immediately start thinking of what a great trip I could come up with for a group of like-minded friends—a visit to my new-found nursery coupled with a great garden along the way, a special shop I knew of nearby and just the right spot for a picnic about mid-day! I'm simply the kind of person who needs to share these things.

The Seattle Weekly: "Here is a terrific idea from the author of the Northwest Gardeners' Resource Directory, which is, in itself, the answer to almost any question a gardener could have about what goes on around here."

With her encyclopedic knowledge of the region, Ms. Feeney incorporates into these trips many of the most famous Northwest horticultural landmarks (such as the internationally-acclaimed Bellevue Botanical Garden) as well as those out-of-the-way "finds" that put the spice in every day of exploration. Each tour is organized around a theme (eg., "A Plant Collector's Expedition", "Rainy Day Seattle", "Pastoral Skagit Valley", A Book Lovers Tour", "Ornamenting the Garden", etc.) and the destinations are arranged to ease travel time, with specific driving directions included.

Pacific Horticulture: "When you find a book like Gardeners on the Go the inevitable first reaction is to question why such an engaging and useful book wasn't written years ago. The answer is easy—no one but Stephanie Feeney could have done such an outstanding job of it, and she has been too busy writing and publishing the first seven editions of her indispensible Northwest Gardeners' Resource Directory."

This first volume,Gardeners On The Go: Seattle, highlights the area that I explored first, in the most depth and with the greatest enthusiasm—all that area around Puget Sound within a day's drive of downtown Seattle. In putting together the trips I've tried to incorporate some of the Must-See hotspots along with some of my favorite "finds". I give detailed driving directions, right down to parking suggestions, ferry sailings to shoot for and, of course, my own favorite spots for lunch—from an elegant upscale "event" to a simple picnic en route

Ann Lovejoy, Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "I've said it before, but it bears repeating: For local garden gadding, there is no better guide than Gardeners on the Go by Stephanie Feeney."

But even gardeners do not live on horticulture alone so each tour incorporates lunch options and perhaps a stop for the requisite latte and a pastry. A professional restaurant reviewer in the past, Ms. Feeney taps the splendid culinary offerings of Seattle while guiding her readers to and through the gardening hotspots.

Lakewold Gardens Newsletter: "...the most informative and user friendly garden touring book to come to the Northwest gardener....EVER!"

While each tour is intended for a single day, some readers will want to extend the experience and in that event Gardeners on the Go: Seattle includes recommendations for a charming inn or bed and breakfast, most with special interest for gardeners, to accomodate the weary explorer.

If a tour of the best that the Seattle area has to offer the adventurous gardener sounds like a pleasure, let Stephanie Feeney be your personal guide with Gardeners on the Go: Seattle!

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