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The second half of my visit to Kris's garden
Okay are you ready? I've got more photos from my visit to the garden that inspires the blog Late to the Garden Party. I'll start with a reshare of the huge magnolia near the front door. Why?Because...
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At last! A sunny morning...
January in my garden was grey, wet, and warm, it was actually the second warmest January on record here in Portland. As for rain, our "normal" precipitation for the month is 4.88", this year it was...
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Touring the plants at the Oregon Zoo
As a member of Portland's Lan Su Chinese Garden I enjoy reciprocal admission to other local organizations throughout the year, it's a great program. For January this meant Andrew and I could visit the...
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Wednesday Vignette, are there any flax plants on Flax Plant Rd?
A couple weeks back I found myself out in Cornelius, Oregon; "Oregon's Family Town." I thought my eyes were deceiving me when I drove past a street sign that said "Flax Plant Rd", so I turned back to...
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Rocks and Needles, oh my!
Thanks to a couple photos I saw on Facebook—and an exact location private messaged to me—I was able to check out this interesting garden that I'd missed for years, even though I've driven by, just a...
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My visit to Rainforest Flora
During our holiday getaway to the Los Angeles area I had Rainforest Flora on my list as a "would like to visit if it works out" possibility, and luckily, it did.As you can see from the sign, Rainforest...
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Denver Garden Bloggers Fling: the Johnson Miles garden
Today we're back in Denver at the Johnson/Miles garden, one of the private gardens we visited last June during the Garden Bloggers Fling.We had 35 minutes to see this garden and all that it had to...
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Agave towers and the hazards of garden touring with dozens of camera toting...
Today we return to the Johnson/Miles garden (the subject of yesterday's post), so I can share a few photos of my favorite feature, these agave towers...There was a trioAnd they were AMAZING.Repurposed,...
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Wednesday Vignette, strange fruit
I took this photo on a Christmas Day hike along the Powerline Trail in the hills above Thousand Oaks, CA. It was opuntia heaven up there let me tell you! This pad stood out though, for it's unusual...
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“So that thing’s dead right?”
I was working in the front garden, a bit of winter clean up, when a person walking by stopped to chat. We talked about the blooming Arctostaphylos x ‘Austin Griffiths', the fact that yes indeed you can...
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Happy Valentines Day!
These images are from the Christmas display at the Annenberg Space for Photography, in Los Angeles, but I thought they made a great Valentine's post. Much spiky-plant love to you all!Weather Diary, Feb...
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February Bloomday
It's Bloomday again! It seems so soon, but then again I'm probably confused because I posted photos of the garden back on Feb 3rd and included a lot of what was blooming at that time.In order to keep...
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Dendrochilum smithianum (pulcherimum), close-up
I recently shared a photo of my Dendrochilum smithianum (one of the orchids "on a stick" I picked up at last year's Northwest Flower & Garden Fest) on my Instagram and danger garden Facebook pages....
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Visiting Sunflower Farms in Gardena, CA
After touring Rainforest Flora I still had a little time before I had to be back to pick-up Andrew. I asked the staff at Rainforest if there were any other nurseries nearby and got a list of three, all...
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Wednesday Vignette, I wish I could have got it home in one piece...
I regret not getting a photo of this wide-leaved epipyllum in situ at Sunflower Farms. Back then—before it broke on its journey to Portland—it was all one huge beautiful piece. I found it as a cutting,...
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Jungle cactus, my latest obsession
Jungle cactus—actually this obsession isn't entirely new, I've been on a rhipsalis kick for awhile, and anything epiphytic tends to draw my attention. But our December trip to Southern California...
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Visiting Dustin Gimbel's garden
When putting together my wish-list for places to visit during our trip to the Los Angeles area last December I figured Dustin Gimbel's garden was a long shot, since it was Christmastime and all. Dustin...
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Part One of my 2019 visits to the Kuzma-Halme Garden
Longtime readers may recall my annual blog posts on this Portland garden, since 2011. A lot has changed in eight years, and the garden now has a name: Hummingbird Garden. Visit on a sunny day in June...
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Part Two of my 2019 visits to the Kuzma-Halme Garden
We spent yesterday in the front garden, today we're exploring the back garden, starting with this striking eucalyptus in June...And from a slightly different perspective, in August.When I visited in...
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Wednesday Vignette, time spent in the garden is the good life
Small clean-up tasks that can be done in short bursts of time are a blessing during days that are mostly rainy with a dry spell or two. I had just finished cutting out broken and brown sarracenia...
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