Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun
/In honor of Wildflower Wednesday, I return to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, a beautiful, warm place for an armchair revisit.
Read MoreRegarding all things that inspire the making and keeping of a garden
In honor of Wildflower Wednesday, I return to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, a beautiful, warm place for an armchair revisit.
Read MoreThe wild and wooly Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, thunder rolled
Read MoreThis many blooms are a rare sight in my deer country garden.
Read MoreSeven fresh and elegant private gardens on Portland's westside, open with the Association of Northwest Landscape Designers.
Read MoreInspiration from private gardens in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Read MoreLong linear spaces, in my experience, rarely feel this comfortable or are this beautiful. It is difficult to achieve, and I was thrilled to see this space and walk through it. Contrary to the usual desire to zip on through a straight line, this one slowed me down.
Read MoreMy clients' garden was accepted into Portland's ANLD Garden Tour, and 550 people came through the garden on tour day. What a day! Here I share some of my favorite impressions from that day, which--the only thing I can think to compare it to--is like one's own wedding day.
Read MoreCreative residential landscape design serving the greater Portland OR area and Columbia County OR. Planning comfortable gardens and living spaces as extensions of your home.
With this platform I explore the inspirations behind good gardens—the beauty, patterns, and ecosystems of nature; ideas from travel and garden tours; design theory; and the practicalities of personal garden creation. There is a love behind the outdoor spaces that are most pleasing and comfortable—it is my fondest desire to share that with you.
I personally garden in zone 8a in Scappoose, Oregon, 25 minutes north of Portland, near the Columbia River.
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"Break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean."
—John Muir