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In a Vase on Monday - one big leaf
I worked really hard putting together this week's vase...Okay, not really. I've been cycling through single Tetrapanax leaves for awhile now. Each one lasts almost a week before it starts to look...
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A walk at the Leach Botanical Garden
Back on October 23rd I took advantage of a beautiful day and paid a visit to Leach Botanical Gardens. My first visit was back in 2010, I was excited to become reacquainted.Leach Botanical Gardens is...
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Wednesday Vignette, fill the frame with foliage
How many can you name? Visit Flutter & Hum for links to all the bloggers sharing vignettes today.As requested (by Kris) here's the list, in roughly counterclockwise order from the bottom of the...
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I’d admit I have a problem – if it were a problem
How many is too many? Did Imelda have too many shoes? Does Evan have too many Bromeliads? Do I have too many Agaves? Well, in order to answer that question we need to know just how many I have right?...
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"We met in front of a dragon sculpture..."
I was recently invited to tour the garden of a Facebook friend. He reminded me that we'd met before, in front of a dragon sculpture at the Yard, Garden and Patio Show back in 2014. Indeed we did! He...
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Simplicity, in wreath form
So, it seems I've got that hankering again. Must. Make. Wreaths. The first urge to create resulted in a sort of lavish, partially decorated, twig wreath. That one included a lot of different elements...
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How us crazy folk deal with winter
If you've been reading this blog for any length of time you know that our shade pavilion (pictured below) undergoes a transformation in the winter months and becomes an enclosed, sort of, greenhouse...
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Wednesday Vignette - how lucky I am to be a gardener
Walking around the garden one morning I stopped in front of the Melianthus major 'Antonow's Blue' and looked at it, I mean really looked at it. Soaked the whole thing up. I am plant rich, and I love...
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Thankfulness
I intended this to be a list of all that I am thankful for. I did write it out as such and thought long and hard about each and everything as I wrote. Doing so was a great exercise and one that brought...
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Visiting Grand Marketplace
Grand Marketplace, here in Portland, recently celebrated it's second anniversary. I know because I was there the day before the big party. I am a little embarrassed to admit it had been just about two...
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In a Vase on Monday - California Dreaming...
Like the simple wreath I posted about last Monday this arrangement is meant to be a pause between the harvest celebration of autumn/Thanksgiving and the full on gift giving, bright and colorful, chaos...
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The Poinsettia Challenge is on!
As with my change of heart on ornamental cabbage and kale I remember the exact moment that I realized Poinsettias have potential. It’s when I saw this…It's the work of Justine Hand, and it appeared on...
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Wednesday Vignettes - A chilly holiday weekend in Spokane, Washington
Sunny skies and cold temperatures made for a beautiful backdrop to a long Thanksgiving weekend spent with family in Eastern Washington. While out sightseeing on Friday Andrew and I stopped for a walk...
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It's only an experiment if you don't interfere...
Q. What's even worse than having temperatures suddenly drop into the low to mid 20's when you haven't even had a proper freeze?A. When those temperatures are predicted for when you'll be out of town.So...
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Huntington Fridays, a sequel
On December 22, 2014, I made my third visit to the Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino, CA. The front entry was torn up for a remodel so we entered the garden from a point unfamiliar to me.It...
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Blue? Oh yes I do...
Last Saturday Hoov, over at the blog Piece of Eden, posted photos of a home in her neighborhood with a blue driveway. She wrote "Bet You Don't Have A Neighbor With a Blue Driveway!"...oh ya?I'll see...
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It's a red poinsettia Christmas...
Since the 2015 Poinsettia Challenge is my doing I thought I'd take it up a notch and challenge myself to embrace the red poinsettia. You see, while it has been years since I've purchased any...
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Wednesday Vignette - new Agaves in the 'hood!
I took advantage of a (mostly) dry hour and went for a walk. Headed home I spotted a new planting at McMenamins Kennedy School. A fine mist in the air made everything appear sort of fuzzy, an illusion...
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Learn from my mistakes #18 - don't drown the Agave!
Last summer I planted this Agave bracteosa, careful to mix in lots of course material and happy to have found that metal ring - which allowed the soil around the Agave to be built up while also being...
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Huntington Fridays from 2014; the Australian Garden
First of all I lied. The Australian Garden at the Huntington will not be the subject of this and next week's post. Last December when I dumped the photos into folders I neglected to separate out the...
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