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Erica Browne Grivas

location-pin Seattle, Washington

School: Mount Holyoke College

Expertise: landscaping and garden, decor and design, pets

Erica Browne Grivas

  • Holds a certificate in Landscape Design from The New York Botanical Garden.
  • Earned multiple writing awards from Garden Communicators International.

Experience

Erica Browne Grivas is a Seattle-based lifestyle writer with a focus on gardens and a love of design of all kinds. She has gardened on both coasts and studied landscape design at the New York Botanical Garden.
Her award-winning garden columns and features appear in publications including Horticulture, Digger, Pacific Horticulture, Birds and Blooms, Family Handyman, the Seattle Times, where she also regularly writes on how-to home design, too.

Education

Mount Holyoke College
New York Botanical Garden, Landscape Design

Family Handyman Editorial Policies

Family Handyman

Articles

After the upper part of a sick maple tree has been cut down

How Much Does Tree Removal Cost?

What you need to know about tree removal cost, from the experts
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Do You Need a Living Moss Rug?

Imagine stepping out into a misty, mossy forest each day to greet the dawn. That's not going to happen, but a moss rug gets you partway there.
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What Is Leaf Mulch and How To Make It

If you're not creating and spreading leaf mulch, start now! It's basically free, and I couldn't care for my yard and garden without it.