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A spiky garden discovery in Silverton, Oregon
A couple weeks back Andrew and I were on our way to Silver Falls State Park when I caught sight of a large Agave ovatifolia...Since Andrew was at the wheel we didn't stop (he requires plenty of...
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The Other Side Nursery opens tomorrow!
One of my favorite Portland plant people is opening his own shop and I am thrilled to be able to share it with you. My friend Nanthawat (Nat) is an extremely generous human, as well as an incredibly...
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Tsuru Island, Gresham's Japanese Garden
As I was leaving The Other Side Nursery, Nat mentioned I should check out the Japanese Garden at Main City Park, in Gresham. Since it was a beautiful afternoon and I've never explored Gresham...
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Hortlandia weekend, once again...
Is this what normal feels like? As long as I've been gardening in Portland, April has meant the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon's plant sale, Hortlandia. That is up until 2020 when COVID cancelled it. In...
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Returning to La Conchita, California—Part Two
When I posted Part One of my November '21 drive through La Conchita I promised to share the rest of my photos soon. A month and a half later, here we go...Starting with, street-side agaves backed by a...
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Agaves; a talk by Jeff Moore
Calling all agave lovers! Coming up on April 23rd there will be a spiky talk on agaves by SoCal author Jeff Moore, presented by the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon—info here.This talk will be on Zoom, as...
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A visit to Cat's Austin garden
I first met Cat Jones at the 2017 DC area Garden Bloggers Fling, and got to know her even better during the Austin Fling in 2018. However, since you never really know a gardener until you visit their...
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April weather whiplash
Last week we enjoyed a couple perfect spring days, with sunny blue skies and temperatures in the mid-70's. Naturally I was in the garden; cleaning up, weeding, I even mowed the lawn. The most exciting...
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April Garden Blogger's Bloomday
Hot on the heels of our April winter comes April Bloomday, I stepped out with my camera wondering; would I have any flowers to share? Yep, turns out I do. Damn but plants are resilient!Rhododendron...
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Escape to the beach...
Sometimes you need to give into the urge to run away from your troubles...That's just what Andrew and I did last weekend. We didn't run far, just to the beach, the Oregon coast. We also didn't run to a...
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The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, on a dry day...
The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (aka the Botanic Garden of Texas) was a much anticipated stop during the 2018 Garden Blogger's Fling in Austin. I think I got in about 45 minutes or so of...
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The Great Migration, at Dale Latham's
It's not your imagination, you have seen this garden before. Most recently—on Jan 28th—when I shared some images of the steep back garden and it's agaves, at least one of which is visible in this...
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The Wonder Garden at the Hoffman Center for the Arts
As I shared last week, Andrew and I recently spent a little time at Oregon Coast, during that adventure we visited a little garden with a big name; the Wonder Garden...At some point in the past I'd...
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Visiting LA's Natural History Museum; outside the wall
Last November Andrew and I spent a week in the Los Angeles area and one of our stops was the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Andrew had been before, but this was a first for me. I was...
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Visiting LA's Natural History Museum; inside the wall
On Wednesday we started a tour of the garden at LA's Natural History Museum, arbitrarily drawing a line at what was on view publicly—that is without paying admission—vs. what you see once you've bought...
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Tortured palms, beautiful bamboo and a mushy agave...
Today's post is a three-parter, first up, the tortured palms. I spotted them in parking lot on the way to the Oregon Coast, I can't remember exactly where it was, but we pulled off to get gas and my...
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Visiting two very different gardens in the Seattle-area
I was surprised to discover I still had photos from our February trip up to Seattle (for the NWFG Fest) waiting to be published—today we take a quick look at two very different gardens, starting with...
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So many mahonia! A look at my collection...
Recently I began toying with the idea of a post detailing my surprisingly large mahonia collection—surprising because I wouldn't say this is a genus I am particularly enamored with, yet I've managed to...
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Portland desert garden drive-by (under construction)
What a difference a block makes! I regularly drive a path just one street over from this garden, I had no idea this was just around the corner. Granted it's new—under construction even—but it's already...
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Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden at UCLA, Part One
Last November I visited the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden at UCLA for the second time.The first time (back in 2015) my visit was a complete fluke, we just happened to drive by. This visit I...
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