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In A Vase On Monday
In A Vase on Monday has been hosted for four years now by the indefatigable petal pusher, Cathy of Rambling in the Garden fame. Click here to see her arrangement today, a very special blogaversary...
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Garden Bloggers' Foliage Day (A Day Early.) Yielding to Temptation from Far...
Christina at Creating my own garden of the Hesperides hosts Garden Bloggers' Foliage Day on the twenty-second day of each month. For the first time, I've remembered the date and participated in this...
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Wednesday Vignette - Too Wet To Tour
Wednesday Vignette is hosted each week by Anna at Flutter and Hum. Click over there, you know you want to!After the March Mania Sale at the Bellevue Botanical Garden, I wander around the garden...
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On my way to a nursery recently, this sylvan quartet was spotted. One can only imagine the arboraceous confabulation. We've all heard about talking to the trees but have you ever wondered if they...
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Searching for Spring at Watson's
It's spring and, because of our cold temperatures, the garden is waking up a bit more slowly than usual. Fortunately, nurseries are brimming with color to make up for spring's recalcitrance this year....
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In A Vase On Monday - Rain, Rain, Go Away!
We've had a cold and wet spring so far with no significant change predicted for the next few weeks. Despite the sogginess and chill, plants are blooming and beginning to leaf out. My choice of...
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A Different Kind of Gardening
This Saturday, instead of spending time in the soggy garden outside, I got to spend the day in a nice toasty (I was firing projects from a class earlier in the week in the kilns) classroom at Mandarin...
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Wednesday Vignette - Hope For the Sunshine Tomorrow
Many thanks to Anna at Flutter and Hum for hosting Wednesday Vignette! Join the party by clicking here.Seems like someone around here should start building an ark as it seems like it's been raining...
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Spring In A Box
A big box store that is. Each year, in the late summer there is a wistful feeling at the sight of the removal of the plant corral in the parking lot of our local Home Depot so the recent sight of the...
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Random Friday - It Could Be Worse
We in the Pacific Northwest have been complaining about the nearly nonstop rain a lot lately. On the morning news today, the anchor said, "News Flash! The sun may make an appearance today!" while a...
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In A Vase On Monday - Eggsactly What the Doctor Ordered
Inspired by the arrangement of another IAVOM contributor last year around this time, I searched for a footed egg vase and actually found several. Even though it's not yet Easter, I decided to use one...
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The Heronswood Early Spring Sale
The famous Heronswood garden is once again looking grand thanks to the excellent stewardship of the Port Gamble S'klallam Tribe, the property's new owners. Dan Hinkley, the garden's creator, is...
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Wednesday Vignette
Wednesday Vignette is hosted by Anna at Flutter and Hum. Click on over there to see what's crossed her lens and mind this week.Can you see the little patch of blue sky? This unusual sighting took...
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Strolling Through Heronswood
For some reason, this piece, Vladimir Martynov’s setting of The Beatitudes, composed in 1998, came to mind while enjoying the beauty of Heronswood in the early spring. Feel free to listen as come...
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Dragonfly Farms - Huge Flash Sale. All Must Go.
So read the email that arrived in my inbox a week or so ago. On the same day as the Heronswood sale, Heidi opened Dragonfly Farms for one last sale. It was a delight to see her and her fabulous...
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In A Vase On Monday
Passover begins at sundown today and it's holy week in Christendom. Yesterday was Palm\Passion Sunday, a schizophrenic celebration beginning with a triumphal procession and ending with the passion....
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Treasure at Far Reaches Farm
After Saturday's visit to Heronswood and Dragonfly Farms, Carmen,(Elantra)the plant mobile, took us to Far Reaches Farm because we always visit when we're out that way but also because a special...
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Wednesday Vignette - From My Kitchen Window
It's once again pink carpet time in the bed outside my kitchen window. The inherited camellia sheds petals on the ground making the blue of the pulmonaria blooms pop. The screaming yellow of skunk...
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Savage Plants
Not far from Heronswood, Dragonfly Farms, and Windcliff is Savage Plants, a fun nursery full of great plants and garden art. Like gardens, each nursery is a reflection of an individual passion or...
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Discovering Secret Gardens
Believe it or not, there are even more nurseries between Heronswood and Far Reaches. So often, I pass signs on the side of the road but am in a hurry to get to the next nursery or the car is so full...
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