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 MoreSeven fresh and elegant private gardens on Portland's westside, open with the Association of Northwest Landscape Designers.
Read MoreUnusual sculptures from our recent deep snow...and other pleasant side effects.
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 MoreThis 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.
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—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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