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Sorticulture 2018 The Art
Sorticulture is my favorite garden festival for a number of reasons:Â It's outside in a beautiful park, there's live entertainment that's not over-amplified, floral fragrances mix with those of food...
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In a Vase on Monday
On Saturday, I found a new gadget called Easy Arranger at Sky Nursery in Seattle. Chicken wire bent over the top of a vase might do something similar but this bent nicely, stayed in place, and had no...
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Alden Gannon's Garden: The Morticia Addams School of Gardening?
Alden Gannon's description of his garden in the Northwest Perennial Alliance Open Gardens book has made me smile for several years now but ofr one reason or another, I've not been able to visit until...
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Wednesday Vignette - Have a Happy and Peaceful Independence Day
Wednesday Vignette is hosted by Anna at Flutter and Hum. Click here to read what's on Anna's mind and what's caught her eye this week!I meant to take a picture of our new neighbor's front porch all...
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Time for a bit of Shopping - Sky Nursery
We were in Seattle visiting gardens on Saturday and had a bit of time left for some plant shopping. Sky Nursery is located north of Seattle in Shoreline and it's always a treat to visit this huge...
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Revisiting the Garden of Julie King and Paul Smith
You may recognize this garden from a visit last year. You can see that post here. When I saw that it was on the list of open gardens last weekend, I decided to have another look at this wonderful...
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Sort of In a Vase on Monday
My garden looks terrible most of the time because it usually only gets tended for about two hours a week during the academic year. However, there's nothing like having a few weeks off and having an...
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The Countdown Has Begun
Only four days left to get my wreck of a garden whipped into shape for Saturday's open and there's so much left to do. Here are a few shots of how things are looking at the moment.'Fragrant Cloud'...
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Wednesday Vignette
At Wells Medina Nursery on Saturday, a young man on the staff noticed that I was taking pictures and he said that he thought I'd be interested in seeing something. No matter how many times I see this,...
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The Garden of Jacqueline and Lawrence Houston
It's always exciting to see the "New" icon next to a garden in the Northwest Perennial Alliance Open Gardens book which means that this garden hasn't been open before. That icon appeared after the...
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Sandy's New Fence
You may recall reading about my friend and neighbor, Sandy here, here, here. and here. She's the one who gave me all of her outdoor pots last summer. Somehow they all got filled. Anyway, a couple...
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July 2018 Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day
On the fifteenth of each month, Carol at May Dreams Gardens hosts Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day. Click here to see what's blooming in her garden and to find links to Bloom Day posts from participating...
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In A Vase on Monday/Foliage Follow Up - Size Matters
In A Vase on Monday is hosted by Cathy at Rambling in the Garden. Click here to see what others are putting in containers today.Foliage Follow Up is hosted by Pam at Digging. Click here to join the...
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Summer At Swanson's Nursery
A couple of weekends ago, after touring some Seattle Gardens we were only fifteen minutes from Swanson's Nursery so it made sense to stop by. (It always makes sense to visit nurseries.)Humphrey, the...
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Wednesday Vignette: I Need a Name!
Wednesday Vignette is hosted by Anna at Flutter and Hum/The Creative Flux. Click here to join the fun.Ah summer. Out on the sidewalk gazing up through the leaves of Tetrapanax, Magnolia macrophylla...
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The Garden of Chick Stamschror and Rick Guttu
Chick and Rick's Bellevue garden was open for the Northwest Perennial Alliance earlier this month. Little did I know that this garden was near Tom's childhood home. On the way to the garden we...
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The Garden of Denise Lane
Just up the road a bit from Wells Medina Nursery is the garden of Denise Lane, We entered the garden from the side and found no gate or fence just stone paths that looked very natural.It's almost as...
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In a Vase on Monday - Desert Still Life
This weekend was a whirlwind of garden touring. On Saturday, we visited verdant gardens in Olympia, our state's capital about 30 minutes south of us and on Sunday a two and a half hour drive took us...
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Revisiting the Garden of George Shriver and Omar Watson
The Northwest Perennial Alliance listing for the Shriver/Watson garden noted that this garden had never before been open for the NPA. Approaching the garden it seemed familiar to me for some...
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Wednesday Vignette: So Brief a Life
Wednesday Vignette is hosted by Anna at Flutter and Hum. Click here to see what's caught her eye and mind this week and to find links to posts of other participating bloggers.A lifespan of only six to...
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