What the red bark of Manzanita does in summer
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Rhythmic patterns of peeling bark - Arctostaphylos ‘Dr Hurd’
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Heather’s Garden
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Pleasant evening with friends in the garden of Heather Tucker and Greg Zwart. A tour with the creative director/head gardener herself.
Read MoreQuick Trip, Japanese Garden
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Visit this breathtaking space, “wash your spirit clean.”
Today’s take-away: the value of shadows, and detail.
Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun
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In honor of Wildflower Wednesday, I return to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, a beautiful, warm place for an armchair revisit.
Read MoreAustin: Wildflower Center, part 1 - wild and wooly
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The wild and wooly Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, thunder rolled
Read MorePistils Nursery mid-winter houseplant heaven
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Inspired by Urban Jungle style, a trip to one of Portland's unique nurseries--this time for indoor plants.
Read MoreOde to fall Cyclamen
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Cyclamen hederifolium - among the prettiest of fall flowers for your garden, easy to grow
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Designers Garden Tour 2017
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Seven fresh and elegant private gardens on Portland's westside, open with the Association of Northwest Landscape Designers.
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Deer fence progress: Barberry removed (SE Quad, part I)
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The story of the life of a Rose Glow Barberry, a deer fence, a manzanita, and the difficulties of designing one's own space. Our own yard, fall 2016.
Read MoreCarson Garden
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Long 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 MoreGarden Tour Day: My Favorite Things
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My 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 MoreEvolution of a Vignette
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This is the story of one small, forlorn spot in a garden, and how it became an effective composition, over a month's time, in a client's garden. It's a "before and after," with all the steps between.
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