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Wednesday Vignette: This
What? This.Wednesday Vignettes are hosted by Anna at Flutter & Hum. All material © 2009-2016 by Loree Bohl for danger garden. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited and just plain rude.
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A second chance at Bomarea success...
When I started blogging (2009) one of the first local gardeners I connected with was Kate Bryant. Back then she was writing a regular column for Portland Monthly Magazine, as well as running her own...
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Following a hunch...the Morgan & Laufenberg Garden
Last August, when my garden was open for the Green on Green tour, I got to chatting with a nice fellow who knew all the cool plants. Turns out he was the friend of a friend and planned to open his...
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IAVOM...that's pretty girly
For this week's "In a Vase" creation I started with a pair of small (under 5") vintage yellow cornucopia vases. I wish I could remember where I bought them, I suspect it was probably a thrift shop,...
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The potential! At the ReBuildng Center...
When I wrote about my Bromeliad dish garden I referenced the ReBuilding Center, later I realized I've never dedicated an entire post to this amazing Portland resource. Time to right that wrong!The...
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Wednesday Vignette; poison much?
Headed home from an afternoon dog walk and this scene greeted me just across the street. Granulated weed killer dotted liberally across the landscape...It's repeated throughout the year, such a...
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Wind Dancer revisit
When I signed up for the Salem Hardy Plant Society Study Weekend (held in June) I thought I'd be seeing all new-to-me gardens, so I was pleased when I noticed the garden of Carolyn and Larry Kolb on...
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August Favs...but wait, how is this the last Friday of August!!!???
So this is it, the last Friday in August. What the, really? Around these parts — and since we don't have kids (no "back to school") — September is still very much summer, so I'm not quite in panic mode...
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Yes, what he said!
My friend Peter (aka the Outlaw) recently wrote a series of blog posts about his visit to Portland in early August, including one with many sexy photos from Cistus Nursery (see that here). We visited...
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Sometimes we just need a little extra support...
I'm always on the lookout for easy trellis ideas. If not easy then at least innovative, something that gets my wheels turning. While I appreciate the creative "pot and piece" stacking here it's not...
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Wednesday Vignette, who needs boxwood?
Who needs boxwood or any of the other "standard" hedging plants? Tomatoes...now that's the best hedge of all. At least in the summertime...I should have gotten a close up of the mouth-wateringly ripe...
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Farwest, the 2016 version
Tis that time again, or rather it was. Last week was the annual Oregon Association of Nurseries Farwest Trade Show. This isn't your average garden show, those who come expecting to see display gardens,...
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Lotusland, back to the begining
I've shared our visit to Lotusland in a rather haphazard manner. First we shopped the gift shop, then we admired the Bromeliads and lastly we visited some huge blooming agaves none of which in the...
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In a Vase on Monday; it takes a village
Here we are, it's Labor Day in the USA. For many people this means summer is over, it's time to dig out the sweaters, surround yourself with pumpkin spice everything, and retreat indoors. You know me...
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Sunday September 11th, so much to choose from...
This coming Sunday has three fun events to chose from — for those of you near Portland that is. If you're really fast maybe you can even squeeze in all three!First of all, my fellow bloggers Tamara...
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Wednesday Vignette; but what is the question?
Wednesday Vignettes are hosted by Anna at Flutter & Hum. All material © 2009-2016 by Loree Bohl for danger garden. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited and just plain rude.
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Visiting the Ruth Bancroft Garden in August
If you follow me on other social media platforms you may have heard I made a quick trip to California last week to attend the media preview party for The Bold Dry Garden;Â a new book from Timber Press...
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Learn from my mistakes #20 Agave Edema (this one hurts)...
I really wanted to blame this on the company we hired to remove the moss from our roof. Yes, as immature as that sounds, I REALLY wanted to. But, as the story unfolded, it became obvious the only one...
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The Bold Dry Garden, a book review
"Before I started working on this book, I had never been to the Ruth Bancroft Garden" admits Johanna Silver in the very first sentence of the preface to The Bold Dry Garden. No she doesn't live in...
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U.G.L.Y. obscured (finally!)
The overgrown wall-o-Privet came out in early 2014 (photos of the removal here) and the whole feel of the back-garden changed. Here's a picture from August of 2013, a sort of "before"...Post-privet the...
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