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DIG Nursery
For me, Vashon Island means DIG nursery. In fact, although the island is a wonderful place, it was the description of DIG in the late Stephanie Feeney's The Northwest Gardeners' Resource Directory...
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In a Vase on Monday - Cheating Again
Cathy at Rambling in the Garden encourages garden bloggers to cut something from their gardens or foraged nearby to bring inside to enjoy all week. I did bring some flowers inside to enjoy but they...
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What's Jumping at Jungle Fever?
Driving round to the parking lot of Tacoma's Jungle Fever Nursery for the Adventurous Gardener, the fabulous new purple, teal, and orange gates really pop out of the foliage!Feeling adventurous? Let's...
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Wednesday Vignette
Spring has brought with it so much beauty that one feels compelled to share a bit. Okay, and a bit of fun as well. At the church where I work, it seems that the restrooms have a maximum occupancy of...
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So, What's Happening in My Garden?
After work yesterday, I took a quick walk around the garden, well part of it, before getting busy with the many jobs that need doing. Here's some of what made me smile.Last summer, a few nurseries...
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Kathy's Corner is Packed Full
Or so the sign says. Let's investigate, shall we? Good advice!Oh yes, packed full of plants of all kinds!I love the Sempervivums with webbing like this but for some reason, they seldom last long in my...
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In a Vase on Monday
Plants tend to grow. Today's vase contains Ceanothus that needed to be cut back in the parking strip on one side of the house and Euphorbia wulfenii that needed to be cut back in the parking strip on...
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May 2018 Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day
On the fifteenth of each month, Carol at May Dreams Gardens hosts Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, inviting garden bloggers all over the world to show what's blooming in their gardens on this day. Click...
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Wednesday Vignette - A House is not a Home And Foliage Follow-Up
Several weeks ago there was some exciting activity as a robin worked industriously at building a nest. The noise of the bird landing and moving about in a group of Mahonia 'Charity' was interesting....
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Come on Out to the Greenhouse
Let's take a stroll out to the greenhouse and see what's up. You may recall this post from November when things were getting fairly crowded. It's now possible to walk through the whole space...
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Retail Therapy at Wells-Medina Nursery
On the twenty-eighth of April, my pal Alison (Bonney Lassie) and I led a workshop about garden blogging at the Bellevue Botanical Garden under the auspices of the Northwest Perennial Alliance. I...
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In a Vase on Monday
Today's vase started with Loree's idea about using Buddleja globosa in a vase. I couldn't find the vase I'd thought of for today but this one has been sitting around, waiting to be used for months.In...
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Rare Plant Research Annual Open House
Rare Plant Research is a wholesale grower of unusual plants that opens it's doors to the public one weekend a year. I'd purchased their plants from local nurseries for years before visiting myself and...
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Wednesday Vignette - Clever Design.
Garden statuary is becoming more and more realistic all of the time. This vignette was captured at Xera Plants in Portland.Notice how the blue of the pot is echoed in the cherub's blue shirt. and how...
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Xera Plants and Contained Exuberance
As we drove up to Xera Plants in Portland, the bright color of this rose caught my eye. One also caught a ride home with me.Xera had been a great wholesale grower of plants for many years before they...
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A Little Friday Fun at Digs Inside and Out
After thirteen years, Digs Inside and Out is moving from it's Alberta Street location in Northeast Portland to a new location in Sellwood, an area of Southeast Portland. As packing boxes were being...
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Cecile Brunner In a Vase on Monday
One might say that Cecile Brunner is in her cups on Monday but casting aspersions on such a sweet little thing might not be the best way to start the week.  On the other hand, the climbing Cecile...
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Drawing Inspiration from Friends
Okay so the title was a nice way to say stealing ideas from blogging pals. In keeping with the theme, I'm stealing some photographs to illustrate this post. I'd long admired Pam Penick's fabulous...
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Wednesday Vignette -What is That?
Costume idea for Handmaid's Tale?(Image lifted from the interweb.)No, that's not it.  It's Lupinus 'Westcountry Blacksmith' Wednesday Vignette is hosted by Anna at Flutter and Hum. Click here to join...
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A Spectacular and Mysterious Garden
More than 20 years ago, I admired this garden from the outside and it's gardener, who was working outside, invited me to view the garden inside the gate. She said that she wished she hadn't planted...
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