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Back to Little Prince for the afternoon
My friend Emily Joseph (nursery manager for the Hardy Fern Foundation) made the trip down to Portland last week for the OAN's Farwest Show. While she was in town, she stopped by to visit the garden,...
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Twenty four hours in Port Townsend, Washington
Port Townsend is 216 miles from our home in Portland. Yes that's approximately 4 hours of driving, each way (depending on traffic). Yes we drove up on Tuesday and back home on Wednesday. We were on the...
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Off to Far Reaches Farm, to see ferns
Ah Far Reaches Farm, such great plants, so far away. Thankfully Kelly Dodson and Sue Milliken (owners of Far Reaches)Â aren't afraid to hit the road, and have brought plants down to many a sale in the...
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The crevice garden at Far Reaches and my fern haul (aka Pt 2 of an excellent...
Last Friday's post covered the ferns at Far Reaches Farm, today we we take a walk around the crevice garden and the area around Sue and Kelly's home.This collection of crevice garden mounds was...
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Scenes from front garden puttering
Early in May I shared photos of a planting I did in a large container next to the front steps, a container that used to hold a Feijoa sellowiana (pineapple guava, it was a winter fatality). The...
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Christine Weaver's open garden
Christine Weaver's East Portland garden was open in May, on the same day I visited other HPSO open gardens (here). I ran out of time that day, thankfully she opened again in late August and I was sure...
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Plants on and around the fence, video tours
In early June—when I shared photos and short videos of the Leo planters on the fence—blog reader and frequent commentor Chavli requested a video of all the fence plants. I did not forget about the...
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"The Accidental Dry Garden" at the Northwest Perennial Alliance 40th...
Coming up this Sunday, Sept 15th, I'll be at the Bellevue Botanic Garden giving a talk for the Northwest Perennial Alliance called The Accidental Dry Garden.In the presentation I'll share information...
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Nancy Heckler's garden, during the Puget Sound Fling
Many of the gardens on the 2024 Garden Fling itinerary were ones I had seen previously—many, but not all, not this one. I was thrilled to finally get to visit Nancy Heckler's garden and meet her in...
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Goodbye Nolina 'La Siberica', hello mossy logs and ferns
I broke the sad news about the demise of my Nolina hibernica 'La Siberica' in late July. I began that post with the smallest sliver of a hope that somehow this long term resident of the garden might...
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Roadtrip, north again
Yes, I do love a planty road trip. Last weekend I headed back up to the Seattle/Bellevue area to give a talk for the NPA, and as luck would have it the same weekend the Hardy Fern Foundation was having...
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Create a Scene in Malvern, PA (during the Philly Fling)
Would you believe I still have several Philly Fling gardens to write about? Crazy! Even more crazy is the fact that I saw this garden one year ago today. I didn't plan it this way, in fact I edited and...
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Halstead/Robinson Garden, first stop of the 2024 Fling
The first morning of the Puget Sound Garden Fling both buses boarded the Pt Defiance / Tahlequah ferry for the trip to Vashon Island. I've learned there are two kinds of people when it comes to a ferry...
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Christina Hanson's paper botanicals at the Miller Library
Before leaving for my recent trip up to the Seattle/Bellevue area I'd heard about an exhibit of paper botanical sculptures at the Miller Library (part of the UW Center for Urban Horticulture), so I...
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The Center for Urban Horticulture, part of the University of Washington...
Since I was already at the Center for Urban Horticulture to see the paper botanicals exhibit I decided to explore the campus...I first visited this extension of the University of Washington Botanic...
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Catching up on a few drive-by gardens
Today's post features a few places I've stopped to take photos of, but that didn't warrant a full blog post all their own (they're worthy, I just don't have enough photos). First up the Pat Calvert...
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Bellevue Botanical Garden, 2024 visit
Time flies. It seems like just yesterday I was at Bellevue Botanical Garden, but it's been over two weeks now, I visited on Monday Sept 16th. One of my favorite things about this garden is that...
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A Philly Garden Fling threefer
Regular readers are going to be spending time in Pennsylvania over the next few weeks. I've decided since the Philly Fling took place over a year ago, I really need to concentrate on powering through...
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Owl Creek Farm in West Chester, Pennsylvania
Today we visit Steve and Ann Hutton’s Owl Creek Farm (another Philly Fling garden), on a very wet Saturday in September, 2023. The bus dropped us off at the end of a long driveway and we walked up to...
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My second visit to Scott's Seattle garden
Today's post is my final garden visit from a trip up to the Seattle/Bellevue area in mid-September, subject: my friend Scott's garden. I first visited this garden back in 2021 (here), and while there...
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