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In A Vase On Monday - Ikebana rule breaking
In a Vase on Monday is hosted by Cathy at Rambling in the Garden. Â Last week Cathy challenged us to put together a vase today loosely based on Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging. Â Click here...
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Sorticulture Part Three
You may remember previous posts about Everett, Washington's celebration of garden art. Â Today I'll share more of the show. Even sasquatch had a great time!Funky multi-tiered planters by SK Designs.Leaf...
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Wednesday Vignette
An ornithological puzzler. This grassy nest, containing a single egg was seen at Jungle Fever Nursery recently. Â Can you identify to which species of bird this might belong? Â Frankly, I'm puzzled....
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Cindy Andre's Garden
Back to garden touring! Â Cindy Andre's garden in Carnation, WA is sunny, bright, and full of beautiful edible and ornamental plants. Â Her paw paw trees even had fruit on them! Sometimes, when arriving...
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Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day July 2016
Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, our monthly floral party, is hosted on the fifteenth by the one and only Carol at May Dreams Gardens. Â Do click here to see what's blooming in gardens the world over on this...
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In A Vase (sort of) on Monday/Foliage Follow Up
This Sunday, members of the Cascade Cactus and Succulent Society from Seattle came down to visit my garden and I also guided them through the garden of my friend Florence who was out of town. It was...
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How To Grow P's in Pots and Random Stuff from My Garden
There's nothing quite as wonderful as the fragrance of sweet peas or the taste of freshly picked edible peas. Â It's too late to plant either of those but since I have a greenhouse, and most things will...
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Wednesday Vignette
Wednesday Vignette is hosted by Anna at Flutter and Hum. Â Click here to see her vignette and links to those of other participants.Problems with your heart? Â Liver need a tune up? Â Kidneys on the fritz?...
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Playing At The Beach
Yesterday we drove northwest to Kalaloch (pronounced clay lock ) to play on the beach.  I have a few memories of  walking on the Atlantic coast when I was a kid and we visited relatives in Connecticut...
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New Plants Show Up!
Looking at weird plants online late at night sometimes leads to packages of unusual greenery arriving at the door. Â On the same day that I discovered that the plant thief (I think I know who she is)...
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Revisiting Linda and Tom Reeder's Seatac Garden
It was 2013 when Alison and I first toured Tom and Linda's garden as part of a Northwest Perennial Alliance garden tour and discovered a fellow blogger.  You can relive that first visit here and visit...
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Retail Therapy at Molbak's
When an email arrived in my inbox advertising Molbak's 30% sale on all succulents and another advising me that I had frequent shopper bonus dollars to spend, I knew that a visit was in order. Dropping...
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Wednesday Vignette: Enjoying the Sun
Wednesday Vignette is hosted by Anna at Flutter and Hum. Â Click on the link to see her vignette and links to those of other participating bloggers.Ah, those lazy days of summer are what we live for....
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Visiting Emily's Garden
One of my computer-dwelling blogging friends, Emily, Â lives and gardens in Ravenna (the neighborhood in northeastern Seattle, not Italy.) Â Recently I had the pleasure of visiting her and seeing her...
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New Friends Come to Visit
Several weeks ago, I received an email from the Cascade Cactus and Succulent Society inviting me to join them to tour some Tacoma gardens and saying that they'd like to visit mine as well.  My garden...
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Barone Garden Decor
Until they put a sign on their building that could be read from the freeway, we always thought of Barone Garden Decor as that place with a lot of pots. Â The inventory of pots is so large that they make...
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Windcliff, The Garden of Dan Hinkley and Robert Jones
I'm lucky to live only an hour drive from Windcliff, the garden and home of Dan Hinkley and Robert Jones. Â Luckier still, the garden is now open to members of the Northwest Perennial Alliance and...
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Wednesday Vignette: Beach Memories
Wednesday Vignette is hosted each week by garden blogging pal Anna at Flutter and Hum. Â Click here to join in the fun!You may remember our recent visit to the ocean (here) during which my pockets were...
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Squak Mountain Greenhouses and Nursery
Although many of our nurseries and growers have gone out of business in the last ten years, we in the pacific northwest  are very lucky to still have so many fabulous nurseries to visit!  In July,...
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Pam and Andrew Penney's Kent Garden
New this year in the Northwest Perennial Alliance Open Gardens book is the garden of Pam and Andrew Penney."We have gardened on this property for 12 years now.""During that time we have continuously...
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