Welcome to NW Seoul!

This blog is a place to try and highlight the beauty of the Pacific NW, as seen through the eyes of my Korean mother. Through this, I hope to showcase her ever-changing garden and preserve some of her authentic Korean recipes for future generations. We ask for your patience as this is a project of…

Gardening with a language barrier

My mother’s garden started as a 2-acre piece land full of rocks and dirt in a small town in Washington state. Over the next 30 years, she worked to transform the unruly patch into a sprawling garden that houses plants native to both the Pacific Northwest and Korea. When I asked her how many different…