“Turning Homeward: Restoring Hope and Nature in the Urban Wild,” the deeply personal journey of a newcomer to the Pacific Northwest who learns that home isn’t simply where you live, but where you create belonging. Set in Seattle and Western Washington’s urban and suburban “altered” landscapes, “Turning Homeward” creates an accessible narrative of the complicated joys of rolling up one’s sleeves to help repair our beautiful, broken world. “Design & Build Your Own Rain Gardens for the Pacific Northwest” details best practices for building your own rain garden.
For over twenty years, Adrienne Ross Scanlan has immersed herself as a volunteer in all things nature: as a citizen scientist monitoring salmon runs for county and local agencies, a restoration volunteer salvaging native plants and removing invasive weeds, and as a docent at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle and Wolf Haven in Tenino, Washington. Adrienne’s writing has appeared in a variety of literary publications, including City Creatures, Pilgrimage, The Fourth River, Rikkun, and Tiny Lights. She has received a Seattle Arts Commission award and an Artist Trust Washington State Literature Fellowship.
Filled with sound advice and colorful photography, Rain Gardens offers clear instructions tailored to Pacific Northwest landscapes. Rain gardens are one of the most impactful ways to preserve salmon habitats. Pasztor and DeTore’s comprehensive guide to creating your own rain garden offers a method to tangibly engage in the health of your local environment.
Zsofia Pasztor , CPH, co-author of Design & Build Your Own Rain Gardens for the Pacific Northwest, is the founder and director of Farmer Frog, and an instructor at Edmonds Community College and Stewardship Partners rain garden workshops. Rain Gardens was co-authored by Keri DeTore and illustrated by Jill Nunemaker.
Seattle native Keri DeTore is experienced in fine art, graphic design, public relations, editing, landscaping projects, and horticultural restoration, and she incorporates native plants into all her landscape designs. With environmental groups such as People for Puget Sound, Pierce County WSU Extension, and Nature Consortium she has done outreach to communicate the importance of ecological stewardship. Keri is the owner of Lens Communications, a public relations business in Seattle.
