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Suddenly Spring
A spring of exceptional bloomThis week, it seems that every Flowering Dogwood in town burst into bloom at once. They 'lit up' all of Portland. After the longest winter and the wettest April, May has...
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Designers Garden Tour 2017
Lots of ideas to inspireI have the pleasure of not only belonging to the Association of Northwest Landscape Designers, I'm also heavily involved with their Garden Tour each year. As none of my gardens...
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In A Vase Monday: Oakleaf Hydrangea and Eucalyptus
Brightening a Monday... This simple vase in my kitchen started with a piece of broken-off Oakleaf Hydrangea branch... Hydrangea quercifolia 'Sykes Dwarf' Hydrangea quercifolia 'Sykes Dwarf' foliage...
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The Farm, eclipse, and items of collateral beauty
"It's such a perfect day; I'm glad I spent it with you." --Lou Reed( listen: here ) My husband's family owns a farm in Carlton, OR--rural Willamette Valley, where my...
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Ode to fall Cyclamen
Cyclamen hederifolium: Ivyleaf Cyclamen, an unsung herald of fallNot all fall color comes from leaves. Cyclamen hederifolium, the Ivyleaf Cyclamen, is an unsung herald of fall. In September and...
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Zumwalt Part I
Zumwalt Prairie: Part IThere is a Preserve in far northeast Oregon, on the plains above the Imnaha River and north of the Wallowa Mountains, where the native prairie is windswept and gorgeous and...
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Zumwalt Part II
Zumwalt Prairie: Part II - Patti's Trail This feature on Patti's Trail includes photos from two different days. The trail is part of the Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve in far NE Oregon,...
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Book review and invite to HPSO Winter Program: authors Paul Bonine and Amy...
A book with a special love for the Northwest Images by Amy Campion, from Gardening in the Pacific Northwest (Timberpress, 2017) Coming up this Sunday at the HPSO Winter Program, Xera Plants co-owner...
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Pistils Nursery mid-winter houseplant heaven
A hunt for new indoor plant style, a Calathea and a PileaPistils Nursery, on Mississippi Ave in Portland, was calling me. I'd been meaning to get back there to view their indoor plant selection, ever...
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Wildflower Wednesday: Columbia River Gorge desert parsley
Lovely LomatiumsA two-hour drive from my home, the east side of the Columbia River Gorge becons at this exciting and wild-flowering time of year. I travel there each April with our local APLD group...
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Austin Garden Tours: begin
Touring with the annual Garden Bloggers FlingEvery spring for the past ten years, garden bloggers from across the country and internationally (Canada and England were represented this year) gather in...
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Wednesday Vignette: A rare sight in deer country
For a garden in deer country, this is a rare sight. Today, we enjoyed this little vignette of all the lilies I grow, with some new Brodiaea ('Queen Fabiola') and an old Clematis that will not quit, no...
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Austin: Wildflower Center, part 1 - wild and wooly
…[W]e use native plants to restore and create healthy, beautiful landscapes. We carry out our mission to inspire the conservation of native plants through our gardens, research, education, consulting...
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Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun
In honor of Wildflower Wednesday, I return to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, a beautiful, warm place for an armchair revisit. Being as how it’s Wildflower Wednesday (the native-plant-honoring...
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Quail, witch hazel, and winter wildlife show
Wednesday Vignette - Quail! Video: the covey of quail that have been visiting our yard this winter, eating the birdseed Joe’s been spreading on the ground. Such fun to watch them!Today’s “Wednesday...
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Quick Trip, Japanese Garden
A quick stroll in the Portland Japanese Garden,Shadows from late winter sun.I make a lot of trips to this garden. I have a membership and believe in this little place in every way. It’s a great place...
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South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces
Creatively using nature in urban common areasOn the morning I came upon this pedestrian-only street in Portland, I had just been reading about using nature in the pockets between buildings in urban...
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Heather’s Garden
Open Garden evening with garden blogger friendsI’ve been looking forward to sharing the garden of Portland blogger Heather Tucker. She is the talent behind Just A Girl With A Hammer, which chronicles...
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What the red bark of Manzanita does in summer
Rhythmic patterns of peeling bark - Arctostaphylos ‘Dr Hurd’Our yard, SE Quad If it was not for this blog, I would have missed this shot. What a joy! For me, photographing a garden and creating it are...
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