Good Nature Notes

Good Nature Celebrates 30th Anniversary teaching trees Sale save 50-80%!

Good Nature Publishing's 30th anniversary sale save 50% on fine art flora and fauna poster field guides for your walls.

Timothy S. Colman

Nov 102 min read

You're in conifer country! What do you know about them?

I love MIT Press newsletter sending me this gem of a story about conifers. The NW Native Conifers is beautiful art you can learn from, but a good book will take you deeper. And sitting with a cedar or your favorite Doug firs another way to learn about Mother Earth's many gifts.

Timothy S. Colman

2 days ago1 min read

NW Hedgerows

A news story by Val Easton in The Seattle Times a few years ago. Thanks to Suzanne Duranceau for her magical painting. Drawing A Line Feb 3, 2006 Montreal painter Suzanne Duranceau created this poster to illustrate the beauty and benefits of hedgerows in the Puget Sound region. Published by Good Nature Company, it features more than 25 species of native plants and wildlife. By Valerie Easton WHEN I PLANTED a strip of horsetail-infested bank with native shrubs and trees,

Timothy S. Colman

3 days ago3 min read

Shipping Daily in December

Dear friends, I'm shipping poster orders daily starting first of December. through the 20th. No regrets coyote! Get your orders in early please so we have plenty of time to get your art out to you. I've got a new box this fall that seems to avoid most UPS crushes in the rushes. And I finally found a kraft wrapping paper I like that helps protect your beautiful Good Nature poster field guide in transit. I am glad you are here. Glad you care about our great Mother Ocean and

Timothy S. Colman

5 days ago1 min read

Help your local food bank!The convicted felon has Gutted SNAP

Friend on my swim team set up this challenge to contribute to University Food Bank. Make up your own challenge! My masters swim tea raised over $6000 in a week with small donors being matched dollar for dollar. Make your own campaign up for people who are vulnerable to the billionaire cuts. Thanks for reading and taking action in America's the class war.

Timothy S. Colman

Nov 121 min read

Thank you Metsker Maps for 25+ years of business together

The one and only magnificent Metsker Maps in Pike Place Market got me started in wholesale poster sales back at the dawn of time in the late 90's. My friend Skip is the manager there and has been a fan o f Good Nature posters and baseball cards when I started publishing them. Have you been by the store? It is a gift to go inside and meet their cool staff who are smart, friendly and helpful. And getting inside Metsker Maps is time travel for me, easy to imagine a time bef

Timothy S. Colman

Nov 61 min read

Mary Oliver favorites

Love Mary writing from the Dead Poet's Society about crossing thresholds. And the poem above this one reads like she has the daily practice reminding herself and us we are all going to die soon.

Timothy S. Colman

Nov 31 min read

Welcome! You're In Conifer Country...

NW and NE Conifers illustrates over 50 trees, common and botanical names Eastern Native Conifers and NW Native Conifers poster field guides are illustrated in color pencil by Michael Lee, landscape architect and tree genius. We designed each poster so you can learn from the poster. The running border's keyed to make it easy to connect the cones. What is your favorite?

Timothy S. Colman

Nov 31 min read