Through the Seasons with Dulcy Mahar: More Favorite Columns by The Oregonian Garden Writer Dulcy Mahar

Dulcy Mahar : “It’s passion you can fulfill without guilt — it’s not fattening; it’s not bad for your health; it doesn’t lead to a life of crime.” For more than two decades, Dulcy Mahar invited Northwest gardeners into her world. Through wildly popular columns in The Oregonian, readers came to know the changing three-fifths of an acre of gardens that surrounded her home in Portland’s Garthwick neighborhood. Over the years, Dulcy opened her doors for tours, was a top speaker at Northwest garden events and secured a spot in Northwesterners’ hearts. Eavesdrop on a conversation with Northwest gardeners and sooner or later someone would say, “Well, Dulcy...” Her death from cancer in 2011 left readers bereft without her weekly column, so it was no surprise how they dove with relief into Back in the Garden with Dulcy, happy to find dozens of her beloved columns and photos of her and her changing landscape. Every week since 1989, season in and season out, readers had looked forward