You may recall, I posted about the Lan Su Chinese Garden before. I said that I hardly ever go--because I have a yearly membership, which means I can go any time I want. Hmmm. That doesn't make sense, does it? And it's not true. Now that I'm driving myself around town,...
I have a membership to the Lan Su Chinese Classical Gardens. Of course, that means I hardly ever go--because, after all, I can go any time I like. It reminds me of a million years ago when I had a free season ski pass at Timberline on Mt. Hood. Megan's dad was a part...
One of the lovely things about the Lan Su Chinese Garden is the space outside the walls for passers by to enjoy. Like the garden inside, the mini-gardens bordering the block are full of plants that remind us that the garden is always changing. At the garden now,...
There appear to be a few reoccurring themes on this blog, and in my gardening life. First up..."never say never" - just because you've not cared for a particular plant doesn't mean you won't find yourself falling for it's charms someday. Megan recently admitted to...
You go places you've been meaning to go, sometimes conveniently located right in town. On my sister-in-law's last day in town, we did a quick romp through the Chinese Gardens. I have a membership wherein I can take a friend, but how often do I use it. That's...
My garden is finally a place where I find myself winter engaged. I don’t advert my eyes but rather intentionally partake. Getting to this point involved a lot of visiting gardens and nurseries during the winter months. How better to see what looks good this time of...
'Tis the season for year end countdowns, and so we look at our top ten most searched plants this year, the ones that were requested more often than the other 27,000 in our library. I would not have expected such a well coordinated collection to emerge from random...