The Hardy Plant Society of Oregon holds a giant spring sale--and also a smaller Fall Sale. Oh, there is still a gaggle of crazy gardeners vying for fabulous plants, but the fall sale is a little more mellow than spring's Black Friday crush. And a great feature of the...
You want to know something funny? Or at least I think it's funny. I'm just as overwhelmed looking at my photos as I was when visiting Huntington Gardens. Is that normal? Have a look see--and tell me what you think. Another lush landscapy vista. A little spiky this. A...
I've previously visited The Oregon Garden only in July, you see a very different place in January. Maybe that's why, in past visits, I'd not noticed the small xeric garden to the left of the formal entrance. It doesn't look newly planted. Even if the Yucca rostrata...
Last week we shared some of your favorite plants for winter interest, this week we wrap it up. I'm going to start with a "favorite" that demonstrates what an odd winter this had been – weather-wise – for a great deal of the United States. The comment came from Rhode...
We've all watched new homeowners move in and take over an existing garden. Some work with what they bought, taking out and adding to, making their mark on what was created by another - but now belongs to them. Others opt for the scorched earth approach and can only...
In its former life the building, and the surrounding grounds, served as an elementary school for my neighborhood. Students for miles around came to what was then known as the John D. Kennedy Elementary School - from it's opening in 1915 - until it shut down in 1975....
Touring a gorgeous garden is always a nice way to spend an hour or so – but when things get personal, and you discover the gardener shares a passion of yours, well, it’s even better. I bet you can guess what passion I am referring to? While on a blogger’s pre-tour for...
A few years ago, at a party for “plant people,” I was introduced to a friend’s new beau. His first question, “favorite genus?” I didn’t hesitate, not even for a second, before answering…agave! As I may have written here previously, my being a part of this plant lust...
So close, and yet... I was in Berkeley last week, mere minutes away from so many places I wanted to visit. 15 minutes away from Annie's Annuals, where I wanted to grab a few Musschia wollastonii, among other things. 30 minutes away from The Ruth Bancroft Garden, which...