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In A Vase on Monday
Each Monday, Cathy at Rambling in the garden challenges us to cut some things from our garden to bring inside and enjoy for the week. Thank you, Cathy for being our host and causing me to throw...
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Can You Identify This Tree Growing in Portland?
On a recent trip to Portland to attend the Yard, Garden, and Patio Show and to do a sneak drive-by of a certain blogger's garden, (posts to follow) I spotted this in a Danger-ous neighborhood.Here is a...
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Wednesday Vignette
Tacoma's Ruston Way has a delightful bayside walk punctuated with pocket parks, historical markers, and fabulous restaurants, some of which are actually atop pilings in the water. Once one actually...
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The Portland Yard, Garden, and Patio Show Part One: The Gardens
The Portland show had far fewer gardens this year than in the past few and they seemed to resemble offerings at home shows much more this year but there were still some fun ideas and cool...
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Portland Yard, Garden, and Patio Show Part 2: The plant vendors
While the gardens at the Portland show were a bit of a disappointment for gardeners, there were still a lot of plants to be seen at the numerous plant vendor spaces and at the Hardy Plant Society of...
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In A Vase On Monday - Little Bottles of Spring
Inspired by the Educational tables put together at plant sales by the Hardy Plant Society of Oregon and other organizations at some plant sales and this little collection of tiny bottles, I set out to...
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When In Portland...Visit Some Nurseries! Portland Nursery on Starke
Portland Nursery has two locations and instead of looking and feeling like the same nursery in two places, each has a distinct look, personality and specialties. Division street has a huge area...
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Wednesday Vignette - Goodbye Winter!
Hello spring! Squirrel planted Crocus tommasinianus pop up in random spots in the lawn. Sometimes the little furry buggers know best!Wednesday Vignette is hosted by Anna at Flutter and Hum. Click...
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A Quick Stop at Cistus
Years ago, I would drive two and a half hours just to visit Cistus Nursery (previous posts here.) and then drive home. Now, a trip to the Portland area just doesn't seem complete without a visit so...
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Random Friday
Sort of random. These are all shots from my garden on a recent and rare sunny day.I'm lucky to have sevaral daphne odora perfuming my garden. These have a reputation for being fickle. Here are my...
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In a Vase on Monday - An Invitation
We've been invited to tea at Frog's house near the pond at the bottom of our garden. (You know, close to where the fairies live.)THERE are fairies at the bottom of our garden! It's not so very,...
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Garden Stalking in Dangerous Territory
Does this look at all familiar to you? Does the green door with the paper flower wreath help? How about the chartreuse hover pot? Spiky plants? Anyone, anyone? Look at the size of that Agave...
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Wednesday Vignette
Scared to death of cacti at Bark and Garden Nursery in Olympia.Wednesday vignette is hosted by Anna at Flutter and Hum. Do click over there and see her vignette for this week and find links to those of...
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Visiting City People's Garden Store
After checking out the Northwest Flower and Garden Show, I had a bit of time and decided to visit some area nurseries. City People's Garden Store is an urban nursery that always has lots of...
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Winter Walk-Off 2016
For the fifth consecutive year, Les at A Tidewater Gardener is hosting his Winter Walk-Off. Learn more about it here! The rules are fairly simple. Walk, ride, or drive to a location, set out on foot...
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In a Vase on Monday
Looks like we're going to make it as the vernal equinox is only a few days away. Fragrances of late winter blooms fill the garden and the magic of earth's rebirth is afoot! We've had gale-force...
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Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day March 2016
On the fifteenth of every month, Carol at May Dreams Gardens invites garden bloggers around the world to share what's blooming in their gardens. Click here to visit her blog and find links to all of...
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Tiny Umbrellas for Foliage Follow-Up March 2016
Several years ago, I fell in love with Podophyllum, the whole family. Now only the native American Mayapple is considered a podophyllum while the Podophyllum delavayi, also formerly known as...
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Signs of Spring
Oh, please utter the three little words that everyone longs to hear, "Plant Sale Today."This also works.A less wordy version also thrills. Alison, The Bonney Lassie, and I recently made our first field...
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Flower World Friday!
Okay, it was a couple of Saturdays ago. It's always a joy to visit the 15 acre Flower World where they grow 95 percent of what they sell and the produce stand where one can buy fresh squeezed and non...
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