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Waterwise Gardening with Kids this Summer
Photo: Getty ImagesInformation provided by the Regional Water Providers Consortium (RWPC)Using resources wisely and understanding water conservation is important in the Portland metro area. Portland...
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Investing in Hydrangeas
Hydrangea macrophylla'Wayne's White'Hydrangeas offer some of the best garden value for the dollar: Months of blooms and, in some cases, stem and leaf color and a fall foliage show. You have the...
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Gardening as Exercise
Wrist Stretch for the Gardener. Photo: www.StacyBest.comI don’t like gyms or to “work out,” but I do like gardening. In addition to walking Barney, my adorable Golden Retriever, and dancing, I consider...
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The Value of Garden Tours
Gate by Mike Suri, Suri IronFinding inspiration. Spending a day with friends. Reveling in what gardeners—and garden designers—have accomplished. Seeing how garden and lifestyle challenges are solved....
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New Plant Encounters
Salad Burnet (Sanguisorb minor). Photo: WikiCommonsNew is in the eye of the beholder and these plants are new to me even though one has been around for hundreds of years.A potluck dish of deviled eggs...
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Container Combinations
Orange. Chartreuse. Burgundy. I finally found success with my containers using a combination of these colors. Until this year, I’ve never been happy with my efforts to produce lush, lovely containers,...
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The Magical (and Real) Tree of 40 Fruit
A Tree of 40 FruitCan one tree be an artwork, research project, and form of conservation? If the tree is “sculpted” by award-winning artist Sam Van Aken, the answer is “Yes!” Scheduled to be...
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Shiny Leaves in the Garden
Pachysandra terminalis 'Green Sheen'Pachysandra terminalis‘Green Sheen’ started it all. With its incredibly shiny reflective leaves, it’s impossible to stroll by without noticing it. Except for its...
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Topiaries Herald Seasons and Occasions
Created by Lori Vollmer, co-owner of Garden Fever!The Farwest Trade Show, a wholesale show for the horticulture industry, wrapped up August 23. On the show floor we organized a display of sculpted...
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Name that Plant
I was strolling through an open garden and shot this image. Can you guess what plant it is? It certainly offers fabulous texture and color!
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Hardy and Hungry Pitcher Plants
Insects fall prey to these carnivorous plants. Their modified leaves form a deep cavity filled with liquid that entices then traps and drowns insects. The plants are fascinating to children and adults...
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Finishing Touches in the Garden
Rocks in the garden are the equivalent of mascara for blond eyelashes. (Note: This is the opinion of a strawberry blond that is seldom seen outside her neighborhood without mascara.) Rocks make...
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Tomatillos for Twenty
Photo: www.simplyrecipes.comUntil now, I’ve never grown tomatillos and have seldom eaten them, yet I decided to buy and plant four varieties earlier this year in my community garden plot. (Click here...
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Blue is Cool®
Baby Blue SpruceBlue is the favorite color among men and women in the U.S. and Europe. It is associated with harmony and infinity. Blue grows well with just about every other color in the garden. It is...
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Playing with Pumpkins
Pumpkin topiary. Photo: www.bhg.comFall has arrived. Even though it is the perfect time to add new plants and move around existing plants (both of which I need to do), a gardener can’t be blamed for...
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Species Tulips for Repeat Performance
Tulipa acuminata Photo: www.brentandbeckysbulbs.comTulips probably originated thousands of years ago in the harsh growing conditions of a mountainous corridor that stretches along the 40th parallel...
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Garden “Bathing”
Nature is good for us. In Japan where more than half the population is stressed, they advocate a practice called Shinrin-yoku, translated as forest bathing. Developed in Japan during the 1980s it has...
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Rare Plant Theft
Nymphaea thermarum, the smallest water lily in the world. Photo: NPR.orgWhy should we care if a rare plant is stolen from a botanical garden, dug in the wild for collecting, conserving or propagating...
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Planting Inspiration
Plants Make Our Lives Better artwork by Annabelle, age 9. Just in time for the holidays, the Oregon Association of Nurseries (OAN) is publishing its first ever e-calendar, which features the artwork of...
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Gardening for Nature
Asclepias speciosa (Photo: Wikipedia Commons)The act of gardening – tending and cultivating a plot of land – lets us actively participate in/with/for nature. One of the actions I’m taking to create a...
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