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The NWFG Festival; things I liked in the display gardens
If you've been online much this last week you probably know the Northwest Flower & Garden Festival took place in Seattle Feb 14-18—it was a fantastic gathering of plant people from near and far....
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The NWFG Festival; the plants, the people and the city
The big display and "City Living" gardens (which I wrote about on Wednesday) are only a small part of the appeal of the Northwest Flower & Garden Festival that took place in Seattle last week....
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Visiting Longwood Gardens
The 2023 Fling kicked-off in style last September at Longwood Gardens. Because our Fling Organizer in Chief, Karl Gercens, is the Conservatory Manager at Longwood Gardens, our visit began with a...
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Longwood Gardens; America's best bathroom hallway (and more)
We're back at Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania, the kick-off location for the 2023 Fling.I'm wandering through the Conservatory District at Longwood, taking in the splendor of it all.Aechmea chantinii...
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It's March, how is the garden?
Our mild winter weather continues and would be an absolute dream for the garden, if not for the extremely horrid week we experienced mid-January, the effects of which continue show themselves. My last...
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A February visit to the ferns at the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden
While I love visiting new gardens and experiencing different things, I'm also a sucker for a good annual tradition. That's is why I visit the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden every February on our...
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Back to the Amazon Spheres!
The last time I'd visited the Amazon Spheres was before COVID. In 2019—while writing my book—I was got to visit with Matthew Wood, principal at Site Workshop—the landscape architecture firm who, along...
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More from my visit to the Spheres
Today I'm sharing some of the interesting plants that caught my eye during my February visit to the Amazon Spheres. In case you haven't heard of them, the Spheres are three spherical conservatories,...
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Vancouver BC Study Weekend, the Daykin Garden
Just for fun (and to frustrate the hell out of me) today's photos loaded in reverse. If it had to happen (and evidently it does) this is kind of an interesting garden for it to happen with. Walking...
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L.H.'s fantastic Vancouver Garden
In the booklet handed out with this June '23 event it stated that "L.H." (they used her full name) asked those touring her garden not take photos—consequently I almost didn't make this stop. There were...
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VanDusen Botanical Garden
On Wednesday I heard a story mentioning the day—March 13th—was the 4-year anniversary of COVID-19 declared as a national emergency and lockdowns going into effect. That brought a flood of emotions, but...
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Agaves, aloes, cactus and euphorbia at Lotusland
A friend recently visited Lotusland and shared a few photos on Facebook, that got me to thinking about the fact I hadn't finished coverage of my November '23 visit. Today's post is a plant-centric one...
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The stock tank table planting, how did it hold up? (and other plant reports)
Here in Portland we've just wrapped up an amazing stretch of sunny and warm (mid 70's+) weather. Once I saw that forecast I decided it was time to take off the last two plant coverings in the back...
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Ferns and bromeliads at Lotusland
On Monday I shared photos of the spiky plants at Lotusland (as seen during my November 2023 visit), today we'll have a look at the ferns and bromeliads...My entire visit that day was limited to just...
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Old Goat Farm, finally
We all have a garden or two that lives large in our imagination. One we always meant to visit, but never did. And then the property sold, or the garden closed—later when the garden comes up in...
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New plants, RSBG and compost that happens...
This is going to be a bit of a long and winding road post. It all makes sense in my head, let's see if I can tell the narrative so it makes sense to you...This is a photo of the Pseudopanax ferox in my...
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Pam Frost's garden, a Vancouver Study Weekend stop
Next up on my Vancouver Study Weekend adventure (last June) was this garden belonging to Pam Frost. A multi-layered planting screens the front of the house from the street—I was standing with my back...
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The Walters Garden—from the VHPG Study Weekend
The tour booklet we received at registration for the Vancouver Study Weekend event had a suggested route for seeing the open gardens. Since I started my day at the UBC Botanical Garden (skipping the...
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The Martini and Koelink gardens (in Vancouver)
This post wraps up the Saturday garden stops from last June's Study Weekend in Vancouver, BC. All that's left are the Sunday gardens! Do not worry, there are five of them—so still lots to see.The...
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Spring! There's finally life in my garden...
After three months of garden ugly (not just winter, but extreme storm damage) I can finally look around and see things that are alive. It is a wonderful feeling! Today I want to share the joy and take...
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