Richard Hartlage, our Celebrated Plant Expert is a Landscape Architect Principal of AHBL in Tacoma, Washington. Mr. Hartlage has led the design of many sophisticated estate gardens across the nation. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Architectural Digest, Horticulture, Traditional Home, Pacific Horticulture,Garden Design, and The Seattle Times, and publications in Japan, and Europe. He is also a popular lecturer on horticulture and landscape design, has written over sixty articles on gardening topics for national and regional publications, and is a contributing photographer to best-selling garden books.