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Alyse Lansing - Landscape Design, and Garden Inspiration Blog

Garden Inspiration Blog

Regarding all things that inspire the making and keeping of a garden

Alyse Lansing - Landscape Design, and Garden Inspiration Blog

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May 16, 2019

South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces

May 16, 2019/ Alyse Lansing
South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces

Making smart landscaping decisions

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May 16, 2019/ Alyse Lansing/ 14 Comments
On my walks, Travel, Gardens, Nature
Portland OR, South Waterfront, urban, bioswale, stormwater, creative, birch, wetland, grasses, sedges, plants, native plants, wetland plants, landscape architecture, water conservation, remediation, sustainable, landscape design, urban planning
February 20, 2019

Quail, witch hazel, and winter wildlife show

February 20, 2019/ Alyse Lansing
Quail, witch hazel, and winter wildlife show

Wednesday Vignette - our yard - Quail! Witch Hazel in bloom. Birdseed-feeding wildlife menagerie. New patio area and deer fence in progress.

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February 20, 2019/ Alyse Lansing/ 8 Comments
Gardens, Nature, Our yard
Quail, Wildlife, deer, deer fence, habitat, Hamamelis, Arnold's Promise, Witch Hazel, gate, winter garden, garden design, Wednesday Vignette
January 23, 2019

Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun

January 23, 2019/ Alyse Lansing
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.

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January 23, 2019/ Alyse Lansing/ 11 Comments
Gardens, Nature, Garden Tours, Garden Design, Travel
Garden Tour, garden design, Austin TX, art in the garden, children's garden, nature play, courtyard, conservation, Texas, plant masses, trees, small trees, botanic garden, fo, garden, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, meadow, native plants, cave, pictographs, rock/stone, Sun, wildflowers, sculpture, water features, stream, Wildflower Wednesday, y
June 14, 2018

Wednesday Vignette: A rare sight in deer country

June 14, 2018/ Alyse Lansing
Wednesday Vignette: A rare sight in deer country

This many blooms are a rare sight in my deer country garden.

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June 14, 2018/ Alyse Lansing/ 2 Comments
Gardens, Garden Tours, Our yard
Deer, flowers, color, spring, lilies, clematis, brodiaea, Queen Fabioloa, Bulbs, wednesday vignette
January 19, 2018

Book review and invite to HPSO Winter Program: authors Paul Bonine and Amy Campion

January 19, 2018/ Alyse Lansing
Book review and invite to HPSO Winter Program: authors Paul Bonine and Amy Campion

Images by Amy Campion, from the new book Gardening in the Pacific Northwest: the Complete Homeowner's Guide, by Paul Bonine and Amy Campion.

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January 19, 2018/ Alyse Lansing/ 4 Comments
Gardens, How To, Nature, Resources
book review, Pacific Northwest, Northwest, Xera Plants, Gardening in the Pacific NW, plants, native plants, Arctostaphylos, manzanita, Arbutus, Madrone, HPSO, speakers
November 05, 2017

Ode to fall Cyclamen

November 05, 2017/ Alyse Lansing
Ode to fall Cyclamen

Cyclamen hederifolium - among the prettiest of fall flowers for your garden, easy to grow

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November 05, 2017/ Alyse Lansing/ 10 Comments
Plant profiles, Our yard, Gardens, Garden Design
Succession planting, Soleirolia soleirolii, Ivyleaf Cyclamen, photography, November, part-shade, winter garden, ground cover, fall bloom, our yard, deer resistant, fall color, October, Cyclamen, shade, Baby's Tears, Cyclamen hederifolium, Plant Sequencing, Dry shade, part-sun, September
October 12, 2017

Wordless Wednesday - wildflowers, domesticated

October 12, 2017/ Alyse Lansing
Wordless Wednesday - wildflowers, domesticated

A meadow adapted

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Gardens, Garden Design, Nature
meadow, wildflowers, portland, oregon, McMenamins, Wordless Wednesday
September 15, 2017

The Farm, eclipse, and items of collateral beauty

September 15, 2017/ Alyse Lansing
The Farm, eclipse, and items of collateral beauty

A silo in elegant decay, and the lesser-loved plants of the world (some say weeds)...make for some beauty at the farm. As does a day with my father-in-law, and the spirit of my husband's mom.

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September 15, 2017/ Alyse Lansing/ 14 Comments
Nature, Gardens
Family, gratitude, patina, Willamette Valley, eclipse, Love, grieving, weeds, Lou Reed, farm, travel, light, beauty, pattern, Sun, family, Oregon, Humility, photography, serenity & connection, Queen Anne's Lace, humility, Carlton OR, collateral beauty, imperfection, Imperfection, wildflowers, elegant decay, Gass farm, Sabi, perfect day
May 09, 2017

Suddenly Spring

May 09, 2017/ Alyse Lansing
Suddenly Spring

A rare day of Tibetan tree peony, pink flowering dogwoods, and my first garden bloggers' plant exchange in Matthew's garden.

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May 09, 2017/ Alyse Lansing/ 2 Comments
Gardens, Plant profiles
Spring, peony, Paeonia ludlowii, flowering dogwood, Cornus florida, matthew's garden, Portland, pitcher plant, joy
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Alyse Lansing - Landscape Design, and Garden Inspiration Blog

Creative residential landscape design serving the greater Portland OR area and Columbia County OR. Planning comfortable gardens and living spaces as extensions of your home.  

 

About this blog:

On gardens and nature and being outside

With this platform I explore the inspirations behind good gardens—beauty, nature, ideas from travel, garden tours, journeys (trails), plant composition, spacial design, natural ecosystems, etc. I’m passionate about what gives certain outdoor spaces their spark, what makes them comfortable, or uplifting, or healing. The best gardens have love and “Life” behind them. An indefinable quality, but you feel it.

My own garden is in Scappoose, OR, USA, 25 minutes north of Portland, near the Columbia River. Zone 7b (occasional low 7ºF).

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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


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  • September 2020
    • Sep 20, 2020 What the red bark of Manzanita does in summer Sep 20, 2020
  • September 2019
    • Sep 7, 2019 Heather’s Garden Sep 7, 2019
  • May 2019
    • May 16, 2019 South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces May 16, 2019
  • March 2019
    • Mar 25, 2019 Quick Trip, Japanese Garden Mar 25, 2019
  • February 2019
    • Feb 20, 2019 Quail, witch hazel, and winter wildlife show Feb 20, 2019
  • January 2019
    • Jan 23, 2019 Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun Jan 23, 2019
  • July 2018
    • Jul 30, 2018 Austin: Wildflower Center, part 1 - wild and wooly Jul 30, 2018
  • June 2018
    • Jun 14, 2018 Wednesday Vignette: A rare sight in deer country Jun 14, 2018
  • May 2018
    • May 20, 2018 Austin Garden Tours: begin May 20, 2018
  • April 2018
    • Apr 26, 2018 Wildflower Wednesday: Columbia River Gorge desert parsley Apr 26, 2018
  • February 2018
    • Feb 26, 2018 Pistils Nursery mid-winter houseplant heaven Feb 26, 2018
  • January 2018
    • Jan 19, 2018 Book review and invite to HPSO Winter Program: authors Paul Bonine and Amy Campion Jan 19, 2018
  • December 2017
    • Dec 29, 2017 Zumwalt Part II Dec 29, 2017
    • Dec 6, 2017 Zumwalt Part I Dec 6, 2017
  • November 2017
    • Nov 5, 2017 Ode to fall Cyclamen Nov 5, 2017
  • October 2017
    • Oct 12, 2017 Wordless Wednesday - wildflowers, domesticated Oct 12, 2017
  • September 2017
    • Sep 15, 2017 The Farm, eclipse, and items of collateral beauty Sep 15, 2017
  • July 2017
    • Jul 11, 2017 In A Vase Monday: Oakleaf Hydrangea and Eucalyptus Jul 11, 2017
  • June 2017
    • Jun 13, 2017 Designers Garden Tour 2017 Jun 13, 2017
  • May 2017
    • May 9, 2017 Suddenly Spring May 9, 2017
  • April 2017
    • Apr 19, 2017 Wordless Wednesday: Cherry bloom Apr 19, 2017
  • February 2017
    • Feb 21, 2017 In A Vase Monday: oak rounds and vase Feb 21, 2017
    • Feb 14, 2017 Oak part II - the tree crew Feb 14, 2017
  • January 2017
    • Jan 26, 2017 Wednesday Vignette: Snow Patterns Jan 26, 2017
    • Jan 14, 2017 Oak part I - Memorial for an Oak Jan 14, 2017
    • Jan 3, 2017 Santa Fe Garden Tours: #1 GRAF Jan 3, 2017
  • December 2016
    • Dec 5, 2016 Fall pruning rewards: Elaeagnus Dec 5, 2016
    • Dec 3, 2016 Pruning reveals (SE Quad, part II) Dec 3, 2016
  • November 2016
    • Nov 4, 2016 Deer fence progress: Barberry removed (SE Quad, part I) Nov 4, 2016
  • September 2016
    • Sep 20, 2016 Carson Garden Sep 20, 2016
  • July 2016
    • Jul 13, 2016 Garden Tour Day: My Favorite Things Jul 13, 2016
  • June 2016
    • Jun 12, 2016 Evolution of a Vignette Jun 12, 2016
  • May 2015
    • May 24, 2015 Wildflowers and Local Trails May 24, 2015

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