https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog daily 0.75 2020-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1473310532704-44YHK3EIQYOMHOL4MIQ5/Gioji+20131118_Kyo_590f+tsukubai%2C+Alyse+copyright+text.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog/2020/9/6/arctostaphylos-bark monthly 0.5 2020-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1599461164277-KBDHS5UHTTBCTMQUVZA8/Arctostaphylos_Dr_Hurd_bark_sun_2020-08-23_AlyseLansing.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - What the red bark of Manzanita does in summer If it was not for this blog, I would have missed this shot. What a joy! For me, photographing a garden and creating it are almost too integrated to separate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1599429079163-FAWJ7XMLQ7WOPW10IHP7/ArctostaphylosDrHurd110_ALansing.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - What the red bark of Manzanita does in summer Foreground plants frame the scene: a Japanese Maple tree (top), an Arnold Promise Witch Hazel (center left); and ground covers of Bamboo Iris (Iris confusa) and Helleborus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1600658881497-SV1ITDJU8J3REMK5L6VS/ArctostaphylosDrHurd120cr_ALansing.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - What the red bark of Manzanita does in summer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1599429483875-5N9BCZVLNFIHNXCO6KUM/ArctostaphylosDrHurd_210b_ALansing.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - What the red bark of Manzanita does in summer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1599462831920-QARDF0RW5VGVFZHXDYC5/ArctoDrHurd4_325b_ALansing.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - What the red bark of Manzanita does in summer Coreopsis ‘Moonbeam’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1599462874264-FLWNGTUNLPDFJ2PSFAEV/ArctoDrHurd5_410b3_ALansing.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - What the red bark of Manzanita does in summer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1599462905747-M7EXQY4G3T6DT4Q8LQTO/ArctoDrHurd6_510b_ALansing.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - What the red bark of Manzanita does in summer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1599462944133-F1DT2E84SMADU26C03GN/ArctoDrHurd7_650c2_ALansing--.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - What the red bark of Manzanita does in summer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1599462984380-82LDVT9M3H6LP8MDTDFF/ArctoDrHurd8_710b_ALansing.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - What the red bark of Manzanita does in summer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1599463015473-LJSONU1L7Z4RMN6KCWQE/ArctoDrHurd9_810c_ALansing.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - What the red bark of Manzanita does in summer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1599463063678-6LEM32O9E6AOI3V4TOHI/Arctostaphylos_peeling_red_bark_DrHurd10_850_ALansing.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - What the red bark of Manzanita does in summer Arctostaphylos peeling bark curls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1599463155054-LYNSE3QWV1PH98YS2NG1/ArctoDrHurd11_910b_ALansing.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - What the red bark of Manzanita does in summer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1599463210900-2P9HNS93JVDOW05UP9OA/ArctoDrHurd12_2020-08-23_002_ALansing.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - What the red bark of Manzanita does in summer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1599463244715-JJ0QTP5UY355EBY06IBI/ArctoDrHurd13_2020-08-23_003_ALansing--.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - What the red bark of Manzanita does in summer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1599463320135-CEOJHZHA3WWDQTNYJMJL/ArctoDrHurd14_2020-08-23_004_ALansing--.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - What the red bark of Manzanita does in summer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1599463341451-AD477FIMAG83MXI1ADVI/ArctoDrHurd15_2020-08-23_005_ALansing----.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - What the red bark of Manzanita does in summer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1599463369610-U0SBB0GSH9WDN3RZP7BS/ArctoDrHurd16_2020-08-23_050_ALansing.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - What the red bark of Manzanita does in summer https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog/2019/8/18/heather-tucker-garden monthly 0.5 2020-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1566792087858-V2W4S9K76OSX2DUNIUFC/60+BYD+ALansing_HeathersGarden2019sig+-+-.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden A few of Portland’s garden bloggers relax in Heather & Greg’s new back yard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1567042386173-L3RZ64YJH2VGNVDSYVWM/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden Spring 2016 - The front garden as it looked when I visited 3 years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1567140706522-XTYA0EFTPWXLFLF172BV/ALansing+2016-04-09+HeathersGdnApril3.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden Camas Lily in bloom, April 2016. Camassia leichtlinii ‘Blue Danube’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1567140741865-XB2WXLZYWL9PKCUTMVB8/ALansing+2016-04-09+HeathersGdnApril2.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden Spring 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1566795841797-SCQKW9RS3ENLIA8D4UH2/6+house+ALansing_HeathersGarden2019sig.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden Late summer 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1567142255170-F5943XVWFAQ03AUC4WQ8/1a+house+ALansing_HeathersGarden2019sig.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden The main “forms and masses” Heather uses in the front are: low plants in the middle to maintain the focal point front door; and taller plants to the side, in a sweet frame of the house. A rain garden is on the right, between the driveway and front door. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1566971982797-UFCJ5EI04J3G6FG4U8N9/50+Penn+swlk+fxd+ALansing_HeathersGarden2019sig.JPG Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden Pennisetum spathiolatum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1566972073172-TJ7ANC8NNZBPFROFXTRX/3c+Penn+ALansing_HeathersGarden2019sig.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden Pennisetum spathiolatum (Slender Veldt Grass) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1567396431892-7BJH63ACRXGW60NQQDHG/51+Penn+sdwlk+fxd+close+ALansing_HeathersGarden2019sig.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden Pennisetum spathiolatum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1567151023084-Y9DIBU83HWKHB9IKJJIH/27+agave+below+daph+ALansing_HeathersGarden2019sig.JPG Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden Agave parryi, unknown cultivar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1567151074650-9AN6DY43OJWYZ8X56YY9/26+agave+and+daph+ALansing_HeathersGarden2019sig.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden Pleasing blues and golds— Agave parryi cultivar with Sedum ‘Angelina’ and a variegated Daphne odora such as ‘Mae-jima.’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1567151220690-5ICD63P6842UW9SPYOSF/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden Agave parryi cv., and Calluna ‘Stockholm’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1566796008740-9H5IQ2UEJU5XELCCE5MK/32+Stipa+gig+ALansing_HeathersGarden2019sig.JPG Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden Stipa gigantea, Giant Feather Grass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1566796136721-VPY0498CZRTI3QR42QO6/37+little+bluestem+ALansing_HeathersGarden2019sig.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden Parahebe perfoliata with the subtle red tones in the Little Bluestem grass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1567392446480-TJYROBJ78UUZLTXP3VM1/37b+parahebe+ALansing_HeathersGdn.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden Parahebe perfoliata with the subtle red tones of Little Bluestem grass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1566796245917-RVNUFW4Y12D43DHI5250/40+Sesleria+wide+ALansing_HeathersGarden2019sig.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1566796281341-HK4MPVZ185FVUV7LA30I/41+Sesleria+cl+ALansing_HeathersGarden2019sig.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden Sesleria autumnalis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1566796319909-C50UHC83JBXFJWQQD40E/48+Dasylirion+ALansing_HeathersGarden2019sig.JPG Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden Dasylirion texanum, Texas Sotol. Desert plant, downtown cool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1566796362488-AMXDSZ67RDLLK39D505J/49+Dasy+w+ppl+ALansing_HeathersGarden2019sig.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden L to R: Heather Tucker, Julie and Lance Wright https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1567396617024-IZJKFDYFFSA7JRMKB1DQ/55+Penn+sdwlk+arct+ALansing_HeathersGarden2019sig.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden Arctostaphylos ‘John Dourley’ with Pennisetum spathiolatum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1567485686619-NXJOPJX6CWHRLIHJ6RYH/59+BYD+BEFORES+HeatherTucker.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1566796430840-7MJZ7PXC7PYM4HJZS85H/60+BYD+ALansing_HeathersGarden2019sig+-+-.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1566796735268-3C2L2B4YTGRC76S1RCVB/62+back+bed+trops+ALansing_HeathersGarden2019sig.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1566796779523-BEYS0XVHD2UOQGE3BQ3M/70+stones+ppl+ALansing_HeathersGarden2019sig.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1566796818728-FK4IM0Y2UOAPMW7YKVHJ/71+stones+ALansing_HeathersGarden2019sig.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1567477626271-D1WV5QEYX5U78POJANT4/78+Plume5sti-500W.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden Plume Poppy (Macleaya cordata) and small water feature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1566797408469-T6JGSKNV6MPTI8XQHJE7/65+Coco+ppl+ALansing_HeathersGarden2019sig.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden Jane Finch-Howell (of MulchMaid.blogspot); Patricia Cunningham (of plantlust.com); Greg Zwart; and Matthew’s year-old French bulldog Coco, who entertained us all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1566797435911-BQXF9MM8K77NGLMMPEPK/66+Coco+Greg+ALansing_HeathersGarden2019sig.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden Coco converses with Greg for quite a long while, about the very serious business of his food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1566797471041-ZXC1F61FU9Z02GIKEN71/80+Matthew+ppl+ALansing_HeathersGarden2019sig.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden Mathew Hubbard of The Lents Farmer blogspot, and Jeremiah Campion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1566797475295-W8N9IQQGXOGR1R989JJX/82+Amy+ppl+ALansing_HeathersGarden2019sig.JPG Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden Jeremiah and Amy Campion (of AmyCampion.com). Just out of the photo, is Alan Bertin of the Mardi Gras Gardener wordpress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1566796867118-T460DY2J7C2G2JQYEAY1/85+Carex%2CWoodwardia+ALansing_HeathersGarden2019sig.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden L to R: Anemanthele lessoniana (Pheasant’s Tail Grass), Carex ‘Cappucchino’ (New Zealand Hair Sedge), Woodwardia fimbriata (Giant Chain Fern), and Fatsia japonica. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1566797577028-NZ7XMWON8GEXLOCDECUO/87+Carex%2CWoodwardia+ALansing_HeathersGarden2019sig.JPG Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden Anemanthele lessoniana, Carex ‘Cappucchino,’ and Woodwardia fImbriata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1566797763606-D2EB8ABMY541TOFFHO8U/92+back+stoop+ALansing_HeathersGarden2019sig.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden Back door feeling particularly tropical. (These are hardy to Portland.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1566797836596-NV67L4378VOY8BPAGVWP/95+Final+ALansing_HeathersGarden2019sig+-+-.JPG Garden Inspiration Blog - Heather’s Garden https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog/2019/5/6/south-waterfront-nature-in-urban-space monthly 0.5 2019-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557892107155-MSFRR7I07AMJEZOM2FMM/AlyseLansing_SoWater1500_1.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces Waterlogue app applied to my photograph—river birch on pedestrian-friendly Pennoyer Street, South Waterfront district, Portland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557892982496-5EX7W0T7PC1GGIIG6R1A/ALansing_SoWater1500_2.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces Elizabeth Caruthers Park on right. Pennoyer Street bisects the main road, on the left, just out of view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557893007283-VVKF9XFU9X0TLHWLXG48/ALansing_SoWater1500_3.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1558043280886-X7CM7RUC7EVTJSQPZZXS/ALansing_SoWater1500_4.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557893050617-MD2L57U878NLDI74GLQ1/ALansing_SoWater1500_5.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces The whole composition is an interesting mix of soft and hard, nature and man-made. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557893055363-NWORZ45UDL0D4FMX715U/ALansing_SoWater1500_6.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557893056191-L09TJ9QG6FK3YY384YGS/ALansing_SoWater1500_7.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces Intriguing water courses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557893108170-23A4L1PV7A59DAX24BFU/ALansing_SoWater1500_9.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces Grove of river birch (Pennoyer Street, north side of the John Ross building). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557893131441-ZYRSXRMOIRYYNB0VWN3G/ALansing_SoWater1500_10.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces River Birch, Betula nigra or cultivar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557893165773-PMET5TBN380QSZIM1JDH/ALansing_SoWater1500_11.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557893165391-YQ45KG57MTG9GNWJGUXR/ALansing_SoWater1500_12.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces Imagine this place without the frosted glass. One can see how a bit of artistic detail like this adds much. It is “the jewelry.” The spot would be dull without it. It would be an ignored space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557893167875-LDLHS2JJ6BINNEUMHRZO/ALansing_SoWater1500_13.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557893708856-IP998O98PUNFGILD6IVQ/ALansing_SoWater1500_14.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557893729132-P3SJTG43FSIR2W59O55A/ALansing_SoWater1500_15.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557893756741-T4QAHYZHLWOVQLGK1YSF/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557964974748-S6K9NLVX3BU2HCL3OK5H/ALansing_SoWater1500_17.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557964997496-U4UXTB7TVP3XGP3FKNEU/ALansing_SoWater1500_19.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces Native Iris tenax in bloom at the front doors of the city homes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557893862683-Q02I4KSH7NGIBCSI8IRE/ALansing_SoWater1500_20.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces Here the rainwater overflow grate is obvious. Frequently the infrastructure was hidden—which was nice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557893857364-3IWDG6A48BOWDXSO5KEX/ALansing_SoWater1500_21.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces Camas Lily (Camassia) in the bioswale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557893865311-6O5V5E135MZI8S3I2FCW/ALansing_SoWater1500_22.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces Camas Lily in a different section of the swale—a little more “upland.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557894180850-P7222QPO9O3WR1UB1ECM/ALansing_SoWater1500_23.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557894209496-2GNBU30H9VNRR08FL1DR/ALansing_SoWater1500_24.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces Handsome waterfalls outside the Atwater building, on the public walkway Pennoyer Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557894233554-FC58LGBOU79C54EVRLDV/ALansing_SoWater1500_25.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557894264349-HXYUEOYFF932QEHNV3Z2/ALansing_SoWater1500_27.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557894287647-AZVC6S3XGO9K8T0BXFH2/ALansing_SoWater1500_28.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557894344886-V4QMGJ03HW3DO812OE8G/ALansing_SoWater1500_29.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces The softer texture of Brome grass next to coarser ______ in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557894339731-TPIVTASRP60HFBFZ87AC/ALansing_SoWater1500_30%2831.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces California brome (Bromus carinatus), I am guessing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557894348410-23TSGJNMXUDTKB5GULO4/ALansing_SoWater1500_31%2830.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces Does anyone know this one’s ID? I’m still hunting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1558054152563-E1UV7XK3X5SKUKUU750K/ALansing_SoWater1500_33.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557894498027-2JOOQFVAQ0CZ384Y4UDC/ALansing_SoWater1500_34.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces Stopped for some ice tea at River Parkway Bistro on Pennoyer Street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557894522805-TRJ07Z3HVJBY22Y010W5/ALansing_SoWater1500_35.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557895122782-1VVSH6N9W4HH1J18LFBJ/ALansing_SoWater1500_36.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557895201007-22OWNQBARZKXDOESVU3I/ALansing_SoWater1500_38.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces The serene quality of water that’s beautifully done like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557895200864-0WCU00NHFMXYMCQV1WKZ/ALansing_SoWater1500_39.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1557895176220-TT8R2MQJKVKGQ9BHMAN8/ALansing_SoWater1500_40.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - South Waterfront: nature in urban spaces https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog/2019/3/21/quick-trip-japanese-garden monthly 0.5 2020-03-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1553564975123-203VJVAM98DVD2UTNGYW/Japanese+Garden%2C+view+from+Kingston+St.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Quick Trip, Japanese Garden Form and line, at the entrance to the Japanese Garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1553509166636-ARJYRNNGYN0G35P8ZLJ0/OHSU_CHH_view_3-4-19 Garden Inspiration Blog - Quick Trip, Japanese Garden View from OHSU’s Center for Health and Healing (south waterfront), 12th floor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1553509388799-40ISXP6S38QCYQXYC705/AlyseLansing_JGdn_002.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Quick Trip, Japanese Garden Light streamed through the tall Douglas Firs behind the entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1553496267751-9KQSJCYDLI8DW93AINDK/2017-03-04__1500-wide+-+10-.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Quick Trip, Japanese Garden Entry garden bamboo. Design elements: color and tone contrasts; use of horizontal and vertical lines; proportion and scale of each element in relation to each other—and in relation to the hillside forest behind it. Everything “feels right.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1553496236336-J74EB1F6JE9W63IHBU3K/2017-03-04__1500-wide+-+06-.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Quick Trip, Japanese Garden I admire the bamboo staking in this garden, artistically and subtly executed. They situate the horizontal pieces exactly at the average person’s eye level, so that most of the gridwork that could distract the eye is “hidden.” I had to stand up on the water feature ledge to get this photo, and even then, it was hard to distinguish the lashing and how it’s done. I love the cleverness, and the thought that was obviously put behind that detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1553496278907-X4OZAG0JZ81CTB3635O5/2017-03-04__1500-wide+-+11-.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Quick Trip, Japanese Garden Craftsmanship in black screens (Shout-out to Anna Kullgren for the attention to this one—she had seen and published these same screens, seemingly the same day I visited. The set of four screens is slightly hidden behind bamboo—you can see them in the background in the previous photo. Anna wrote a thoughtful piece about the meaning in these screens, all the more fun for me to read, as I had just spent some thoughtful time with them myself.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1553496299248-W1NLZ8MXI51455N5DCJN/2017-03-04__1500-wide+-+12-+last+black+screen.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Quick Trip, Japanese Garden Craftsmanship in black screens and curbstones--more examples of the attention to detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1553499818037-YXDF95Y0TL2HVWPNPJ0S/2017-03-04__1500-wide+-+17-+bridge+%28transition%29.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Quick Trip, Japanese Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1553501948865-W5EOBP9AAJ8LXFA513U3/2017-03-04__1500-wide+-+18-.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Quick Trip, Japanese Garden Cultural Village terrace, facing south. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1553501954039-B2LITJ0ZC15V5MIHMGL5/2017-03-04__1500-wide+-+19-.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Quick Trip, Japanese Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1553503036727-X76KJ0KTEU6QPFJABZB7/AlyseLansing_Portland_Japanese_Garden_April+1+2017.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Quick Trip, Japanese Garden Gift shop is straight ahead. Note the cut-outs in the pavers, where granite gravel is placed. (These cut-outs are driplines—alternative to gutters on the roof.) This is the cut-out seen in previous photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1553500993353-CD3MGRVX98F1DG3E4C1N/2017-03-04__1500-wide+-+23-April+1+2017+mini+gdn+red.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Quick Trip, Japanese Garden Tsubo-niwa garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1553501011795-7OJD7W63MEXDXMPFL6BU/2017-03-04__1500-wide+-+24-April+1+2017+mini+gdn.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Quick Trip, Japanese Garden When I first saw this little space, I was blown away by the consideration put into every square inch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1553501013350-5E6Y1DEA30CZMLU9QNV3/2017-03-04__1500-wide+-+25-April+1+2017+last+mini+gdn.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Quick Trip, Japanese Garden Tiny garden, and drainage! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1553502887156-8DM3W9FT06WTEHRFHE70/2017-03-04__1500-wide+-+40-+%28transition%29.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Quick Trip, Japanese Garden Main garden gate is straight ahead—the old admissions booth. Note the finely pruned red-barked pine. It may be cliche, but it certainly draws me forward! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1553502870972-HVJCW8YC8DDRD0PL6WCG/2017-03-04__1500-wide+-+45-+red+pine.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Quick Trip, Japanese Garden Beautiful bark, and the ground plane, which, characteristically, is elevated with detail. Such paving detail here also elevates the pine. It could be a Japanese Red Pine (Pinus densiflora), but I believe it’s a cultivar of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris). Do give a shout in the comments if you know it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1553502900667-U1D72O0EE5N29MPAJ1Q3/2017-03-04__1500-wide+-+46-.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Quick Trip, Japanese Garden Paving detail at the foot of the pine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1553502897668-SO8E4KX77OH4JA907F9J/2017-03-04__1500-wide+-+50-+looking+bk+thru+gates.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Quick Trip, Japanese Garden Looking back through the original entry gate, back toward the red-barked pine... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1553502909936-HZOW1RY99COORHHR86IO/2017-03-04__1500-wide+-+51-+red+pine+FAVE.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Quick Trip, Japanese Garden ...It's one of my favorite trees in the garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1553504675294-8VLK9Z0NZZA65YVX04TL/2017-03-04__1500-wide+-+60-first+moss.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Quick Trip, Japanese Garden I was again struck by the shadows...and how bright the sun was upon the moss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1553504662704-QR1YQBUR7OP8G7ZVMF19/2017-03-04__1500-wide+-+61-+first+shadow+USE.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Quick Trip, Japanese Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1553571111078-S9ZPS87THTWU9I621CQ0/Flat+Garden%2C+view+from+veranda%2C+3-4-2019_AlyseLansing.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Quick Trip, Japanese Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1553507873142-TGK3VIVLV8UHEC0VZXTT/2017-03-04__1500-wide+-+81-.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Quick Trip, Japanese Garden You know when a composition is really pristine... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1553507885360-7QNOGM9ZHB3IIADBRKUU/2017-03-04__1500-wide+-+82-.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Quick Trip, Japanese Garden ...when it can be cast in black & white, and be just as fantastic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1553508389333-0S0CW83ID1SWVE8VNCTJ/AlyseLansing_JapaneseGardenShadows2019-03-04.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Quick Trip, Japanese Garden https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog/2019/2/20/quail-witch-hazel-snow monthly 0.5 2019-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1550705510539-6JF3KLK6SGOMZHJZ4DVO/2019-02-15_Quail1_AlyseLansing_sig.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Quail, witch hazel, and winter wildlife show Blooming Witch Hazel, and quail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1550705534114-MXG9H5S7PSSW45K7ICRJ/2019-02-15_Quail2_closeupcrop_ALansing-sig.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Quail, witch hazel, and winter wildlife show California Quail. (Sorry for poor picture quality!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1550706520454-6PREH4JUSVTGHIVYSYYG/2019-02-23a_Quail_circledonbeam_ALansing-sig.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Quail, witch hazel, and winter wildlife show https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1550706585351-D4BYMAW767QSIIQX56VT/2019-01-04_DeerFenceGate1_AlyseLansing_sig.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Quail, witch hazel, and winter wildlife show https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1550706608954-HDM163JFWL3XN4YQHI4F/2019-02-23b_AllThree_QuailDeerSquirrel_sig.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Quail, witch hazel, and winter wildlife show https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1550709053806-Q9RAL22IB2LY8A0HM6Z6/2019-02-09_Hamamelis_snowdusting_ALansing-sig.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Quail, witch hazel, and winter wildlife show https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1550709082117-XS4XDZZ9RUOKPKM3NUL5/2019-02_Hamam_sun_snow_AlyseLansing_sig.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Quail, witch hazel, and winter wildlife show https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1550709111916-AJZESGQRP3SBC360IYAG/2019-02_Hamam_snow_AlyseLansing_sig.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Quail, witch hazel, and winter wildlife show https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog/2019/1/23/austin-wildflower-center-part-2 monthly 0.5 2019-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548388737125-BNLF0IF9DR5PKQVDXO1M/Lady+Bird+Johnson+Wildflower+Center+grotto+tunnel_AlyseLansing.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548382580905-CBZ5WOVPYH8S5VUI5Y07/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+1.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun L to R: myself, Joe Gass, and Emily Gass - Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, May 7, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548382608511-RAS4FD1KD42F6NPDLL2N/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+2.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548382659445-YDFYWTRBTUSHPKRSJKXK/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+00.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548383900614-A9VHUBTY5WM80VELU700/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+4.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548384836994-1ASE1AHYFUZ3HDAOMCSS/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+7.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun The glade is shaded by several Texas native trees, most notably Quercus fusiformis (Escarpment Live Oak) which grows everywhere throughout the Hill Country, and ubiquitous throughout Austin. They make the city so beautiful. The photo above is all live oak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548386154823-3FRH7SYWSCZLQUXZR4H5/Wildflower_Center_Part2_tillandsia.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun In the oaks grow these epiphitic “air plants,” Tillandsia recurvata, or Small Ball Moss. Cute little buggers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548384839062-QA110E1DDM73C6X5T5KY/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+6.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun The paths crossing over the stream (a built water feature), effectively enhance stream. The creek-building craftsmanship is flawless! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548384859442-WYYV5N28WND5T884154U/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+10.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun The unobtrusive foot bridges highlight the water in a subtle way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548384881658-QGCWY26OJMA2FHQYSXJH/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+11.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun Even better are the stream banks. Creating the water’s edge with horizontally layered native stone, the builders effectively mimicked the natural limestone springs and stream edges from the surrounding country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548384879880-9Y1USJTFTWVHS5FRLZ8M/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+12.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun The planting pockets crafted into these stream edges were not unnoticed by me! I was charmed by the plants at water’s edge. The particularly frothy one is one of the Maidenhair Ferns. (I’m guessing Adiantum capillus-veneris?) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548394084706-JVJSUZRIK70RFON8YNLC/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+14.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun Agave americana, American Century Plant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548394230885-O32TLVKDG48RUTJHEY8L/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+16.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548394298458-F95P9TZHXAMYXI5MR241/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+17.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548407192979-C4MJ7XEVVR0OQ660CLGI/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+18.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun No rattlesnakes yet, y’all. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548407190585-5E40BFYNYMI7PKWALA32/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+20.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun I’m guessing Englemann’s Daisy. Anyone catch me on this? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548394947996-APF969QY00O339DCVQ2H/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+29.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun First I came upon this mosaic wall, named “Nature’s Spiral,” that’s fun to climb AND showcases the spirals of nature from sunflowers to shells to hurricanes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548394948315-PZH7R27VO8HD8TTI81RG/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+30.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548394961611-TYRN5TAQ4AQC89O4MUYX/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+31.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun Just beyond the mosaic wall, what is that in the hillside? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548394957432-6K3ONZTPPQXBNOHXHPS6/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+33.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun I was drawn in… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548394963239-XAAOWDAB7VCZ3XHAQ26B/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+35.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun Pictograph art in the tunnel…waterfall clearly yet mysteriously beckoning beyond https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548394965855-KQ1D0XNF8J3OCZL5IDDS/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+36.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun This was my favorite part of the garden, approaching as I did from the back. From that side, the tunnel’s destination and purpose is mysterious. The pictographs inside surprised and delighted me, and beyond—that waterfall! What had been hidden, unfolded in a secret grotto. It was only “secret” for a moment, but I enjoyed that brief fantasy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548395766176-RHRXHICL02DG5D66ELSE/Wildflower_Center_overhead+-+1.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun This Google 3-D compilation shows the overall view of the Luci and Ian Garden. My approach from the back started in the upper right, and went counter-clockwise around the space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548396422195-3T8MPPTMAJ8D3HKOEVPG/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+3-.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun This is the Dinosaur Creek water feature, as it winds down and around from the waterfall on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548396425345-6EF0BI1LQXE9HWZS25YR/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+4.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun Kids really were enjoying this place. I would think it would be endlessly fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548396441368-41GC2KD3OO9SUB35DQTA/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+5.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun There were little details everywhere. I loved their use of sculpture for the tactile experience of animals. The whole ecosystem is featured, in whatever way they can show it. (This occurred throughout the Center.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548396433650-VRRRLZJLP7M0QBLJMV6H/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+6.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun The “headwaters” of Dinosaur Creek (even though they are really the out-take). It has the feeling of a giant dinosaur track. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548396445811-1V7EDA78T5KI8QONKY4B/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+7.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun I love how you can just step across the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548396447921-LSR1THVF94B2XURI4FSB/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+8-.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun Shade comfort. Looking toward the waterfall (dark spot in center left). The grotto tunnel is straight ahead. Multiple nooks! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548396458398-0909H9SCFFJMSPCEXQFT/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+9-.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548397000594-2SEBOG29X3CVGG67B54U/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+25.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548397000906-CEBEAN9NKDA6ZMPAGV9F/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+26.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548397009407-IPUQZ4JQSXTHQCIWOP0U/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+27.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun Instead of jungle gyms, climbing logs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548397071518-8QUN3ZVMA59WDYWR88A9/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+21.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548397088419-GZ4RT58ZY9A79XKTZ26Q/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+22.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548397087915-X0LDKE5L1M09AE0XIGP8/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+23.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548397095486-8B930A9XA7R8XMC0KT02/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+24.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun Birds nest play forts are as artistically/lovingly woven as a robin herself would do. This place is a little village of bird nest homes. Or forts, if you roll that way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548398775981-VL4ZZ1PE3KISJUUWM47P/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+11.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun Horsetails, horsetails, everywhere. Austin is in love with them. (The pavilion in the background is my next stop.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548398773311-FBYZBLMJGGTZHEP1ZSX4/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+12-.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun In this open-air pavilion, I stopped to admire the walls’ patterns and the built-in amphitheater seating that also happens to be the building’s foundation. A good teaching space. And then—above—what’s this?… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548398783119-T5DU1A87DNG8EUTKCABE/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+13.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun GASS FANS?? (Gass is my married surname. As my husband frequently has to explain regarding his last name, “Yes, that’s ass with a G.”) Upon closer look I realized my mistake. But hey, now I know what the Big Ass Fans logo could be, without its first two letters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548398803591-D3U80ZR0TFQLW4WT1GS1/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+14-.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun Outside the Robb Pavillion is a huge swath of Winecups, Callirhoe involucrata. Also known as Purple Poppy-Mallow. It was radiant on this day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548398801591-9CHU63LS4ZPJNLOWPXEY/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+15-.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun Purple Poppy-Mallow, or Winecups. And green cricket-y critter enjoying the center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548400295266-H01F7VQXJ8BO8SIVI2UE/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+20-.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548400323169-CIFVLCJP7QMF5DZ9AOLW/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+22-.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun What a sweet plant this is! Even without much bloom yet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548400320318-ASPFB1X1MA0K024FSWGH/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+23-.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun It’s a Standing Cypress, Ipomopsis rubra, in the phlox family. New plant crush for me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548400335437-ST2SAY360NIFHDRA5F2P/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+25-.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun Yucca rupicola, common name of Twist-leaf Yucca. Another sweet one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548409610496-SIQ3VZ8TZ3BKLWQINHLO/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+26.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun The ground looks good—yucca with the wildflowers scattered betwixt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548401065486-WVT9FPLWUH8INPB31X4M/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+28-.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun Meeting up with my family again, I spied Emily on her walk to the top of the Observation Tower. This cool tower is in the NW corner of the central courtyard complex. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548401071186-6U4ONIWC5W14OOC6EUUE/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+29.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun On our way into the Wildflower Cafe for lunch, this Possumhaw tree captured me. Per the signage (Thank you, Wildflower Center!), this is an Ilex decidua. A holly native to the east coast. In the west, we don’t see too much of this one, but we should! That it can be grown this large, and limbed up into a tree, it’s an opportunity missed. This is my favorite form and size of a tree... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548401084531-CZO6EVPCH8NFIMGLC2AL/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+30-.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun …and the berries are bright—a complement to both the leaves and the warm rocks of the building here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548401101511-PN7T6I9KVPAXV6JIHVV3/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+33-.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun The Wildflower Cafe, our lunch spot… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548401101886-SPGDBBPGAC33KSS86V32/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+35-.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun …has perfect Wildflower Center chairs! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548401178290-NRO5NEC5MOHI4PWZ1Y0J/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+37-.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun “Crafted in Texas,” the underside says. Eagle Products, Houston. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548401426277-908W5JZCS9OBRGBUYY0X/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+39-.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548401316266-YT5LBHSMLJ57K93OPK8Y/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+40-.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548401332920-G87VMBI170W3GYUF9R0Z/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+41.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun This glass sculpture, on the center axis through the courtyard, caught my eye. When the sun is angled lower in the sky, it would make an even bigger shadow on the surface below. It looked like water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548401332267-QRTS99PVRNOH2B949OTF/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+43-.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun Looking down the axis of the central plaza https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1548401345381-I3RLIBMOJ7AH3SPNK3DW/Wildflower_Center_Part2+-+44-.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 2 - in sun https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog/2018/7/25/austin-wildflower-center-1 monthly 0.5 2019-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1532977840489-WUL2NKVPBTONE1V4O6R9/AlyseLansing_IMG_6798-3731.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 1 - wild and wooly Central courtyard and the "Courtyard Spring" water feature, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, on deluge day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1532669270543-638NNPGBVTZDYB7TJ4GY/AlyseLansing_WildflwrCtr_1.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 1 - wild and wooly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1532977309394-E3BI3P28EL8DS8I8S8QC/AlyseLansing_IMG_6750.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 1 - wild and wooly View of the tower cistern from the admissions gate. Overhead channel that would bear runoff water can be seen upper right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1533006106706-DGRR6SCCV7ATPJVTU3RM/AlyseLansing_IMG_6756_ver2.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 1 - wild and wooly Water channel at the top of a colonnade, like ruins of an ancient Roman viaduct. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1532923535609-W4LPSC0S4ANHSDWEAGSY/AlyseLansing_IMG_0019.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 1 - wild and wooly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1532923696832-391069ZR4MPG2N4PLLOF/AlyseLansing_IMG_3718.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 1 - wild and wooly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1532720535848-Y7WL1349L315YAUF4SLX/Austin_Fling_group_photo.JPG Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 1 - wild and wooly The full conference of the Garden Bloggers' Fling, 10th Anniversary, Austin TX, May 4, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1533006404584-WNB0NZO8VF3X7FD9EYKT/AlyseLansing_IMG_6782.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 1 - wild and wooly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1532925184811-CX9KG1NE58RVR14FOH7T/AlyseLansing_IMG_6817.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 1 - wild and wooly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1533018956743-1WZ7SKSR9BXDT46M83NZ/AlyseLansing_IMG_6869.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 1 - wild and wooly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1532926075091-4M4DLQIIFVZS5CDI4DRV/AlyseLansing_IMG_6824.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 1 - wild and wooly The courtyard's Texas Mountain Laurel, on rainy morning https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1533004198439-YVPI9OBIKZQU78XNIPBE/AlyseLansing_IMG_9467.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 1 - wild and wooly The courtyard's Texas Mountain Laurel, on a sunnier day https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1533008852810-6V28PSQU3DUKZKJM7U1Q/AlyseLansing+IMG_9475and_Collage3.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 1 - wild and wooly Sophora secundiflora (Texas Mountain Laurel) leaves, seeds, bark and trunks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1532933841260-XXQ8V9JQ1UIIPZX7V38L/AlyseLansing_IMG_6777-3733.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 1 - wild and wooly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1532928448090-9OVGG4P2DBOYRRLWUD4F/AlyseLansing_IMG_6790.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 1 - wild and wooly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1532933141603-BXM5ITLKJXLHZRE7HN88/AlyseLansing+IMG_6812.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 1 - wild and wooly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1532753778385-3ORBVJ78SNYYI24744PI/AlyseLansing_IMG_6806.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 1 - wild and wooly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1532937615407-GTBE8O8K6JAWPA2ZTCQ8/AlyseLansing_IMG_3692.JPG Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 1 - wild and wooly Run for cover https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1532987555699-1EAXP8N1UIJPLVQQZNAD/AlyseLansing_IMG_3734-b+arched+walkway+improved.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 1 - wild and wooly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1532937709409-VZPI77D2MAHQSHAUBEFM/AlyseLansing_IMG_3634.JPG Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 1 - wild and wooly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1532933684432-AE1JPFRTAPFTHXFZTO30/AlyseLansing_IMG_6829.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 1 - wild and wooly Our group seeking shelter from the rain, under the central courtyard's porticos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1532993448257-V1SRD0C9A9PLP03N72EU/AlyseLansing_IMG_6850.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 1 - wild and wooly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1532993585439-NQ0BR9BEMS5VNQJKHW01/AlyseLansing_corner_puddle_deluge Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 1 - wild and wooly This puddle, which extends to the house wall, rose to twice this size, by the time we left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1532993683697-H0BGNBYHZVVE072BT2VR/AlyseLansing_IMG_6853.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 1 - wild and wooly At some point, each of the 93 members of the Garden Bloggers group made it in and out of the Wildflower Center gift shop, during our waiting out the deluge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1532993918366-35SGYNS61AQ92DK5B0LX/AlyseLansing_IMG_6863+archway+%27before%27.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 1 - wild and wooly "Before" - Lori Daul waiting out the deluge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1532994056757-MIUOJ5S1UDUJ158SMWAA/AlyseLansing_IMG_9476+archway+%27after%27.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin: Wildflower Center, part 1 - wild and wooly "After" - Same entry archway in the sun https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog/2018/6/13/wednesday-vignette-lilies-and-brodiaea monthly 0.5 2019-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1528963102823-KON9H59R11EHBQ2GXOCN/AlyseLansing_Lilies_Clem_Brodiaea_June13%2C2018 Garden Inspiration Blog - Wednesday Vignette: A rare sight in deer country Left to right, Brodiaea 'Queen Fabiola,' orange and yellow Asiatic Lilies, and an old mauve Clematis - our yard, June 13, 2018. https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog/2018/5/12/austin-garden-tours-begin monthly 0.5 2018-05-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1526370479908-AK2M229PTLZ6535M675W/AlyseLansing_AustinCemtralLibrary1 Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin Garden Tours: begin Rooftop garden of the Austin Central Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1526661704344-YJKQJ3V3F6V4IEV85LTR/AlyseLansing_AustinLib-from-2ndStreet Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin Garden Tours: begin Portland blogger Loree Bohl walks along Shoal Creek Trail, with Austin Central Library behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1526849831789-4QB5OX7UX5BMO0U4D1GH/AlyseLansing_AustinCentralLib2018-05-03 Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin Garden Tours: begin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1526659657386-THH3GTH1DCWJU6XN9IQA/AlyseLansing_ShoalCreekTr-at-AustinLib Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin Garden Tours: begin Adjacent to Austin Central Library (to the left of this photo) are Shoal Creek Trail and the Second Street bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1526664892524-D43GTZUMH4SP6XJ7COHA/AlyseLansing_AustinLib_2nStButterflyBr Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin Garden Tours: begin Second Street bridge at Austin Central Library, over Shoal Creek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1526664732282-NQTJEMQNORTL3ZJVUAWR/AlyseLansing_AustinCentralLibrary_landscaping Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin Garden Tours: begin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1526660059200-9FZ1P6GZJCSA6ZM9YKB9/AlyseLansing_yuccabloomatAustinLibrary Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin Garden Tours: begin This blooming yucca shows "soft and hard together," with plants. Soft Mexican Feather Grass with hard lines of the yucca. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1526371372502-DNJLRSUUDQ03QJU7UWNL/AlyseLansing_AustinCentralLibrary-front Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin Garden Tours: begin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1526371485251-VHUXGP9UZLKGFJ9EP4XU/AlyseLansing_AustinCentralLibrary4 Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin Garden Tours: begin Geometric interpretations of the native, layered stone formations that are everywhere around Austin. It's what the Hill Country is made of. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1526852341400-IJM7XXNVIY5VR4U6RU8F/AlyseLansing_rooftop2b.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin Garden Tours: begin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1526851334439-OUF74CUFE28AVMUVHARN/AlyseLansing_rooftop5.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin Garden Tours: begin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1526670246182-ICOZRDIU09ILMIRBTL4V/AlyseLansing_rooftop_garden_6 Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin Garden Tours: begin Sculptural seat walls, native Muhly grasses, and Bauhinia lunarioides (Anacacho orchid tree). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1526716923889-BVIJ6UISD7VUPKZ4SBHR/AlyseLansing_rooftopBauhinia Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin Garden Tours: begin Anacacho orchid tree, Bauhinia lunarioides--a Texas native. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1526677853399-YKXRSKKXTMVK8RD57QL6/AlyseLansing_Bauhinia-introduction Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin Garden Tours: begin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1526852463878-Y03JZZSCJ4VB1RYMEXNP/AlyseLansing_rooftop6.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin Garden Tours: begin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1526671830320-A3T2OWFDCR51UAHD2N8G/AlyseLansing_CityHall_2018-05-03_1c.JPG Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin Garden Tours: begin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1526671869668-YBN8JP1BDNA1FF8NYQED/AlyseLansing_CityHall_2018-05-03_2.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin Garden Tours: begin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1526671910539-DAZCQ3U6X7Z9TGUUF839/AlyseLansing_CityHall_2018-05-03_3.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin Garden Tours: begin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1526671909570-NRPF5LE3E5OAJ65IKZBE/AlyseLansing_CityHall_2018-05-03_5.JPG Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin Garden Tours: begin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1526671943367-RF5BKJHRD96VB9V73TPI/AlyseLansing_CityHall_2018-05-03_7.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Austin Garden Tours: begin https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog/2018/4/25/wildflower-wednesday-mid-april-columbia-gorge monthly 0.5 2019-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1524732312116-I3Y2BTF35FQWT8U835FL/AlyseLansing_KlickitatRiver_DesertParsley.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Wildflower Wednesday: Columbia River Gorge desert parsley Lomatium grayi (Gray's Desert Parsley) on road-cut berm above the Klickitat River https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1524732842859-FRZ9LK34A9IWMHHVPST1/AlyseLansing_AntRanch_Lomatium.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Wildflower Wednesday: Columbia River Gorge desert parsley Gray's Desert Parsley, Lomatiium grayi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1524732927079-5K9ADLFMYGPINM8ZMYFC/AlyseLansing_Lomatium_umbell_flowers.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Wildflower Wednesday: Columbia River Gorge desert parsley Umbell flowers of the desert parsleys (here Lomatium grayi). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1524733170999-G38KE34WLCGU2LFLS1Z6/ALansing_Balsamroot-w-SuksdorfLomatium.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Wildflower Wednesday: Columbia River Gorge desert parsley Sunflower blooms of Balsamroot surrounded by as-yet-unblooming Suksdorf's Desert Parsley (Lomatium suksdorfii). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1524733343472-O06TNDTIZO8C0WOB1GBQ/ALansing_fieldofSuksdorf_and_Balsamroot.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Wildflower Wednesday: Columbia River Gorge desert parsley A few fat-blooming Balsamroot are sprinkled in a field of Suksdorf's Lomatium yet to flower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1524733696304-NJR7ZR0T9GW33DSS7O3V/Lomatium+grayii+nursery+signage.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Wildflower Wednesday: Columbia River Gorge desert parsley Lomatium grayi (technically now L. papilioniferum, but none of us calls it that) at Humble Roots Farm's Hortlandia booth, April 15 this year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1524733788299-5A99TW58WA80EIBFOOY7/Lomatium+suksdorfii+nursery+signage.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Wildflower Wednesday: Columbia River Gorge desert parsley Also at Humble Roots--Lomatium suksdorfii. Supposed to be a little easier to grow in the landscape, but "easier" in this context is relative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1524733883126-IQ6NRLGICZWSMJ16TA0K/Suksdorf_1.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Wildflower Wednesday: Columbia River Gorge desert parsley Suksdorf's Lomatium. Note the comparison of foliage with L. grayi, to the left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1524733960858-GU8Z61FLMLLX7NACKUFN/Suksdorf_2.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Wildflower Wednesday: Columbia River Gorge desert parsley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1524734027855-ERG6EEC0JH52WLL4ARQ4/LomatiumGrayiTag.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Wildflower Wednesday: Columbia River Gorge desert parsley Gray's Lomatium. Thank you to Joy Creek Nursery and propagator Leslie Gover for growing this one to sell. It's wintered over a full year for me, in this pot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1524734216620-0YGBYRWZ7E4CYR9HW15P/AlyseLansing_Lomatium-and-Lupine_inthewild.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Wildflower Wednesday: Columbia River Gorge desert parsley In the wild, Lomatium grayi with budded Columbia Gorge lupines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1524734545161-UUDP3IP3VGHMTK9ZJ8LE/AlyseLansing_Lupine-and-fern.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Wildflower Wednesday: Columbia River Gorge desert parsley Young lupines with fern (probably early-emerging Lady Fern, Athyrium filix-femina). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1524734661630-9K6T3NIFB3RK87PCWF85/HoundsTongue_Cynoglossum_grande.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Wildflower Wednesday: Columbia River Gorge desert parsley Hounds Tongue, Cynoglossum grande. A beautiful true blue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1524741331516-BBPFW5955KCCODVUNCEK/Lomatium_grayii_Klickitat_hill.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Wildflower Wednesday: Columbia River Gorge desert parsley Lomatium grayi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1524739278176-HF602F5WTJC9SAPHKMIB/AlyseLansing_LeavingAntRanch.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Wildflower Wednesday: Columbia River Gorge desert parsley Our road out of camp, with the Klickitat River below. Lomatium grayi blankets the road cut, and many hummocks of Suksdorf cover the hills. https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog/2018/2/5/pistils-nursery monthly 0.5 2018-02-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1519628995521-05HDHF1I8MFBHEZBNAY2/PistilsNurseryonMississippi_AlyseLansing Garden Inspiration Blog - Pistils Nursery mid-winter houseplant heaven https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1518510874700-1JB3XS4QL5VQRKU2A4LK/AlyseLansing_Pistils2 Garden Inspiration Blog - Pistils Nursery mid-winter houseplant heaven https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1519628166263-L9SMCW73JILKMSGPRPNO/2018-02-01+12.19.59-1.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Pistils Nursery mid-winter houseplant heaven Gate to Pistils' courtyard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1519630675513-K0I2UULCJLQ8BXCFXV54/Cornus_mas_Portland_street_tree_AlyseLansing Garden Inspiration Blog - Pistils Nursery mid-winter houseplant heaven Cornus mas, Cornelian Cherry, in bloom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1519698225139-SOJ12SVLLISOKY725X7M/Cornus_mas_bloom_Feb-1-2018_AlyseLansing Garden Inspiration Blog - Pistils Nursery mid-winter houseplant heaven Cornus mas in full bloom, early Feburary 2018 (a good year). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1519633524849-8RE1OXCLS9VAS1FA6OLO/AlyseLansing_insidePistils%281%29 Garden Inspiration Blog - Pistils Nursery mid-winter houseplant heaven https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1519631136412-KUBXCQU1QQ03YYNSVGSW/AlyseLansing_insidePistils%282%29 Garden Inspiration Blog - Pistils Nursery mid-winter houseplant heaven https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1518600885354-XO0QQQG1A6SFTKEXKKY6/AlyseLansing_Pistils_frontroom Garden Inspiration Blog - Pistils Nursery mid-winter houseplant heaven Lots of PNW hand-made pots and glass vessels for hanging compositions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1519637527460-SQ9OJCENMS9558OJWOKG/Pistils_tropical_AlyseLansing Garden Inspiration Blog - Pistils Nursery mid-winter houseplant heaven Ctenanthe, a big bold tropical, is similar to the Calathea types (Prayer Plants). They look fantastic indoors as interior design, when healthy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1519690609022-XNY2BHXRHM6T6S49A73W/Pistils_backroom_AlyseLansing Garden Inspiration Blog - Pistils Nursery mid-winter houseplant heaven https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1519631963366-0E0M21P9UHSBKM5SFYDL/Firesticks_PistilsNsy_AlyseLansing Garden Inspiration Blog - Pistils Nursery mid-winter houseplant heaven Firesticks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1519698578699-UTHWHXRH6FRN6LHQRU26/geocrested_cactus_ALansing Garden Inspiration Blog - Pistils Nursery mid-winter houseplant heaven This fantastic cactus is a crested form of Myrtillocactus. It takes its time to time to get this large, I gathered from the price tag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1518600144369-N61DA6QUQTJIQY9728HP/AlyseLansing_Pistils_backroom3 Garden Inspiration Blog - Pistils Nursery mid-winter houseplant heaven https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1518600384867-7UVOHBEXTV3227SSTNIJ/AlyseLansing_Pistils_backroom5 Garden Inspiration Blog - Pistils Nursery mid-winter houseplant heaven Pistils' attractive sink & potting bench area, with Staghorn Ferns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1518600215786-ON8WX2FPB6NBU5APRON8/AlyseLansing_pistils_backroom4 Garden Inspiration Blog - Pistils Nursery mid-winter houseplant heaven A variegated String of Hearts (Ceropegia woodii) cascades from a bark wall mount. Also in the shot is a strongly procumbent Rhipsalis and an orchid (I believe). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1519686522896-3O1RK0S5R7N7KSOPN0XJ/TheMuchSoughtAfter_Pilea_AlyseLansing Garden Inspiration Blog - Pistils Nursery mid-winter houseplant heaven https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1519637844973-X558FAK2XZ4ND0O9SA5D/Pilea_baby_AlyseLansing Garden Inspiration Blog - Pistils Nursery mid-winter houseplant heaven Pilea baby starting to grow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1518601818405-FR16K3Y6301O52JR6CN1/AlyseLansing_Pilea_with_pot Garden Inspiration Blog - Pistils Nursery mid-winter houseplant heaven The little container of Pilea I was trying to fit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1519637332567-3USBRI46DOYECKDERAJI/AlyseLansing_roundpot_collage Garden Inspiration Blog - Pistils Nursery mid-winter houseplant heaven https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1519637240878-WM8Y0ML5INV7K77YZCQC/AlyseLansing_PhilodendronLemonLime_Echiveria Garden Inspiration Blog - Pistils Nursery mid-winter houseplant heaven https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog/2018/1/18/book-review-paul-bonine-amy-campion monthly 0.5 2018-01-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1516360883659-VA4XA6T62CBR2F8O5CB1/GardeninginthePacificNorthwestflier Garden Inspiration Blog - Book review and invite to HPSO Winter Program: authors Paul Bonine and Amy Campion Images by Amy Campion, from Gardening in the Pacific Northwest (Timberpress, 2017) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1516358490997-3BI6FL6DH3ZD51L17X72/GardeninginthePacificNWcover Garden Inspiration Blog - Book review and invite to HPSO Winter Program: authors Paul Bonine and Amy Campion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1516360812856-7ZL6KVI27YLR5AULBRC5/Collage2 Garden Inspiration Blog - Book review and invite to HPSO Winter Program: authors Paul Bonine and Amy Campion Three plants in the book now high on my wish list: L to R-- Digitalis obscura; Amsonia hubrectii in fall color; Seseli gummiferum, common name Moon Carrot. (first photo by Amy Campion, next two by Alyse Lansing.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1516358167782-XQYIVQVJTUWV38VGXMB6/AmyCampion_Arbutusmenziesii Garden Inspiration Blog - Book review and invite to HPSO Winter Program: authors Paul Bonine and Amy Campion Pacific Madrone (Arbutus menziesii), photo by Amy Campion. https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog/2017/12/3/zumwalt-part-ii monthly 0.5 2018-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514453176002-QMW69C0GCFWMI9JCWVJ9/AlyseLansing_Zumwalt_PattisTrail.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514453245337-08TFBGTM62MMMQ8OPX1W/AlyseLansing%29_Zumwalt_FindleyButtes Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514453339127-Q87HVZHPRJQ6E80RL3BC/AlyseLansing%29_RoadtoZumwalt Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514455073607-MFFSXM89JEQCM5KLYRB7/AlyseLansing_approaching_Duckett_Barn Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II Duckett Road, Duckett Barn, and Harsin Butte. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514453995376-6K368VWW97LOQ8TSJEXC/AlyseLansing_Zumwalt_DuckettBarn4 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II Duckett Barn and coral https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514455177298-SM43RP2DLSWOWRJ7E7EZ/AlyseLansing_Zumwalt_Duckett_Barn Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514454571553-SYS7ZUPTVPJLZBCBCA33/AlyseLansing_Zumwalt_DuckettBarn6 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II The middle Findley Butte, as seen from the Duckett Barn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514458311202-ETW6MSXAAWNHWWROFAOL/AlyseLansing_Zumwalt_kiosk_1 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514458370220-SS5TNXWTVL3VPJLMGRC5/AlyseLansing_Zumwalt_kiosk_2 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514458401090-LZ1784E582GQS4FJFC84/AlyseLansing_Zumwalt_kiosk_3 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514458477797-LKHCDAHIASW2BEL0T33X/AlyseLansing_Zumwalt_kiosk_4 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514594755547-72IJSJZG68NJTGE15IYD/AlyseLansing_Patti%27sTrail Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II Patty's Trail, heading toward the breaks of Camp Creek https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514458875091-SUT46P5R6T2YGVZHMXYU/AlyseLansing_Patti%27s_Trail_2 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514459053390-WNWU7JBTNGUERN3I5JG1/AlyseLansing_Patti%27s_Trail_3 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514459115562-24JZU8M0UCXPZDUKXGPE/AlyseLansing_Patti%27s_Trail_5 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514459494375-HX3M7DQXFQKBJHKV2H5M/AlyseLansing_RiparianFencesCollage Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514462505718-D7SKRLTITGD9V7EIFWGK/AlyseLansing_Zumwalt_Patti%27s_riparian Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514459569566-RXP7JW9N659DF37SXMXY/AlyseLansing_Patti%27s_Trail_6- Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514462919240-9RUI3UXJMA03W59PHKZ3/AlyseLansing_Patti%27sTrail_Buckwheat1 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II Possibly Blue Mountain Buckwheat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514460079879-Z8LQZM1OIHPY5D56DANR/AlyseLansing_Patti%27sTrail_Buckwheat3 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514460110941-N4GEWG4KBAOUN8CK5FXW/AlyseLansing_Patti%27sTrail_Buckwheat4 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II Possibly Blue Mountain Buckwheat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514459852790-KZ856TZSKD8HY509KNK9/AlyseLansing_Patti%27sTrail_ToID Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II Ferny-foliaged forb that was everywhere https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514460175891-IPR4E1MBWV34N5ZTH2XX/AlyseLansing_Patti%27sTrail_to_ID Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II Flower stalks of the ferny-foliaged forb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514460230038-UUQ1I4NNFDA5IUYEX0BE/AlyseLansing_Patti%27sTrail_bunchgrass1 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514460276156-NCQNKMI5QZLAVN5FHWN9/AlyseLansing_Patti%27sTrail_bunchgrass2 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514586448353-OPGXASK92CO1XNMJ51G3/AlyseLansing_Patti%27sTr_2fields_returning Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514460426563-87D4R8VZU7HII1RH0IDZ/AlyseLansing_Patti%27sTrail_field1 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514460466232-GLM8WTENWZSCZBHK459C/AlyseLansing_Patti%27sTrail_field2 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II "Foxtail" seedheads. All I know is that it's not a Fescue (e.g. Idaho bunchgrass). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514460554691-WRDXPHKV3J67VKS7AM8W/AlyseLansing_Duckett-Barn-and-Patti%27s-Trail Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514460797036-B9ZNDSI8BTGIKUBZHYT4/AlyseLansing_trailhead_Patti%27s-Trail_1 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514460858614-2PYANUL3TITHT9JJPVY9/AlyseLansing_trailhead_Patti%27s-Trail_2 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II The sign features Patti's Trail's namesake, Patricia Wessinger (for whom I am very thankful!). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514461005182-BFNQ3OX561HDPW0892OA/AlyseLansing_road-at-Duckett-Barn_2 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II Duckett Road, heading east. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1514461140533-DYDTUK0LJWENK8Z2K3XN/AlyseLansing_Patti%27s-Trail-at-Duckett-Barn_3 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part II Zumwalt Prairie heaven https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog/2017/11/26/zumwalt monthly 0.5 2018-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512282297239-FPD33XS2Q6TEP5CC677R/AlyseLansing_Zumwalt_layout Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I Zumwalt Prairie Preserve. Left: Patti's Trail. Right: Horned Lark Trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512285186484-2KSC1F3W0Z3OEZG4991E/Zumwalt+Prairie+MAP+overview Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I Zumwalt Prairie Preserve's large 51 square miles in far NE Oregon. Note proximity to LaGrande, Enterprise, and the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512285991740-E72HJ9JKNQWPGMT2CLV0/AlyseLansing_Imnaha_Canyon_from_Buckhorn1 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I The Imnaha River canyon, as seen from Buckhorn Overlook, off Nat'l Forest Road 46. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512285794341-I8L0OW97IRS86ZB2FUOI/AlyseLansing_Imnaha_Canyon_from_Buckhorn2 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I Oh how I regretted not having a telephoto lens for this trip! Even though a rough picture at best, I hope you get the idea. The Imnaha River country is strikingly beautiful. Idaho's Seven Devils Mountains in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512286800443-8AJFO377SPMMRH23IX08/AlyseLansing_Zumwalt-Buckhorn_Rd Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I Zumwalt-Buckhorn Road (aka Zumwalt Road), the Findley Buttes of Zumwalt Preserve, and the Wallowa Mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512287589490-4NVTOWEIIIGKUQOUIPJN/2017-10-25+13.23.43+Horned+Lark+Trail.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512331559751-2IQ8NQGH2U8FSZ46E3SG/HornedLarkSign_1 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I Noted: 1) No dogs (ground-nesting birds, extreme sensitivity to disturbance). 2) Day use only. And 3) how cool that this is the high divide between the huge Grande Ronde and Imnaha watersheds. Meaning, this is a high, expansive plain like a terrace above the major canyons you can't see, but can feel, nearby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512331640410-5UBGPWSW4GRU35CTPMTT/HornedLarkSign_2 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512288087408-DV9ZRPYIA838OP10MB3C/AlyseLansing_Horned_Lark_Trail_1 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512288243949-MU2CTS8FQTO3A7M9UURT/AlyseLansing_Horned_Lark_Trail_2 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512288283173-6B9SW4EW88LQTI8A4YRX/AlyseLansing_Horned_Lark_Trail_3 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I There's something about a sweet, clean line. I could take pictures of all day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512288383823-9MC5BRONME4XMHG4FBUM/AlyseLansing_Horned_Lark_Trail_5 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512331779855-LRG3UQKJAP86GV9KIHQY/AlyseLansing_HornedLarkTrail_11 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512288438645-F8LSR4HV5K0DZE0NVO0S/AlyseLansing_Horned_Lark_Trail_6 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512464802624-IBSZOWVZZQKJZ90PPGIL/Circular+pond+at+Horned+Lark+Trail Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I Google aerial image (springtime view) of the circular pond. Pine creek at left. The trail drops in from upper right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512331839944-NIM96TOFYHXEO13OCIPX/AlyseLansing_HornedLarkTrail_pond Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512288872635-WN04AGHER815AM8VEHTE/AlyseLansing_Horned_Lark_Trail_9 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512288996549-SJ5MX8LOV9H8QAXXG8I3/AlyseLansing_Horned_Lark_Trail_10 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512289420453-FKAOBXJ586U3D1BC5L0T/AlyseLansing_Horned_Lark_Trail_12 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512333881162-41A2D8BL49GNRYVF578A/AlyseLansing_Horned_Lark_Trail_13 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512333927188-BVHYK9D9SAAZVW0XO032/AlyseLansing_HornedLarkTrail_skull1 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I My Wednesday Vignette: Cattle skull, tripod fence, Zumwalt Prairie and eastern Oregon sky. Three photos. *Wednesday Vignette hosted by Flutter & Hum. Click to see other intriguing vignettes of the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512289722062-OZTUTBG1VSPCTGMXD13L/AlyseLansing_Horned_Lark_Trail_15 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512289774649-LUSEQ45KUE9E7592XWKR/AlyseLansing_Horned_Lark_Trail_16 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512340228154-DJEFMNRD4JSM1L4E108F/AlyseLansing_HornedLarkTrail_grass-1 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512289882431-MHNNXSMSK8RR95O0GCOO/AlyseLansing_Horned_Lark_Trail_18 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512289932001-UNTL2S7TFWDUYTSEHVBN/AlyseLansing_Horned_Lark_Trail_19 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512289980620-PAW9NG6EAVCNKKOX8B3B/AlyseLansing_Horned_Lark_Trail_20 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I Is this the same Hawthorn or Hawthorn relative, further up the slope? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512334073442-LE0GVIKJH1GAU4L1LPZY/AlyseLansing_HornedLarkTrail_21 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512290159470-CON0RX6W5RR4OL1HUZ25/AlyseLansing_Horned_Lark_Trail_22 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512290304769-CWAR1WO8UDAZWA9GGELS/AlyseLansing_Horned_Lark_Trail_24 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512290357589-KWLVL5U831SFM9VNNO20/AlyseLansing_Horned_Lark_Trail_25 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I Buckwheat specimen 1 and elk droppings. Hand for scale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512290408851-E1QEMPK42BPGHZWW9138/AlyseLansing_Horned_Lark_Trail_26 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I Buckwheat specimen 1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512290446725-83XY5UF9TVMF5JAG4HV1/AlyseLansing_Horned_Lark_Trail_27 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I Dried flowers of Buckwheat specimen 1. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512290490473-U8OTRXEAFKINOKI56R10/AlyseLansing_Horned_Lark_Trail_28 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I This starry-flowered plant grows natively on a rocky bluff near my home. I've yet to trace it "backward in time" to its blooming phase, so that I can identify what it is. Will the flower be as pretty as these dried flower sepals? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512290702562-1571ZWP68J703NO3FZNG/AlyseLansing_Horned_Lark_Trail_30 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I Two of the Findley Buttes that mark the Zumwalt Preserve, and the Wallowa Mountains behind them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512290826818-2MKM1L98T59MYE6CMKVC/AlyseLansing_Horned_Lark_Trail_31 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1512290966494-NKJWOY0VTKLNY04NL216/AlyseLansing_Horned_Lark_Trail_33 Garden Inspiration Blog - Zumwalt Part I https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog/2017/11/4/cyclamen-hederifolium monthly 0.5 2017-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1509851045575-RPK38OVTX75I1L4K1B94/AlyseLansing2017_Cyclamen_1 Garden Inspiration Blog - Ode to fall Cyclamen Cyclamen hederifolium with Japanese Forest Grass (Hakonechloa macra 'Aurela') and Baby's Tears (Soleirolia soleirolii), October 2017. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1509851110022-2ZQGKPGM0E5WSYKDJKQ8/AlyseLansing2017_Cyclamen_2 Garden Inspiration Blog - Ode to fall Cyclamen Cyclamen hederifolium and Soleirolia soleirolii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1509851247530-Z26L2T8F6JRXSFG5W11T/AlyseLansing2017_Cyclamen-4 Garden Inspiration Blog - Ode to fall Cyclamen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1509933550193-1JD5SQ26RGLCN8Y2H57C/Wikipedia+Commons+Edgar+Degas%27+ballerinas+collage Garden Inspiration Blog - Ode to fall Cyclamen Paintings of Edgar Degas. Wikipedia Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1509934301509-5WAS70PGXPJQBUD8FZGK/AlyseLansing_Cyclamen_hederifolium_Oct2017 Garden Inspiration Blog - Ode to fall Cyclamen Cyclamen hederifolium https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1509851319615-M9ZTVREC2MAS7J1CCOEW/AlyseLansing2017_Cyclamen-6 Garden Inspiration Blog - Ode to fall Cyclamen Seeds form and stems curl as the petals drop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1509919344119-QFK0WFIZPGF4C4F9RRMD/AlyseLansing_Cyclamen_hederifolium_Nov5 Garden Inspiration Blog - Ode to fall Cyclamen https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog/2017/10/11/wordless-wednesday-wildflowers-domesticated monthly 0.5 2019-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1507744072298-OTCO1FG0TNP04ROF071J/AlyseLansing_meadow_adapted_McMen2012-07-29 Garden Inspiration Blog - Wordless Wednesday - wildflowers, domesticated https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog/2017/8/24/farm-eclipse-collateral-beauty monthly 0.5 2017-09-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1505460339997-V9P0C5HBJJ5FW3OWBGQG/beautiful_weeds_AlyseLansing2017_1 Garden Inspiration Blog - The Farm, eclipse, and items of collateral beauty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1505460558800-H9CA55PTY8L5ABO88TOJ/ab+2017-07-29+10.09.22h-cr1-PhoShEl-3.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - The Farm, eclipse, and items of collateral beauty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1505461643459-AC99QK8AJI9HP452FC1R/beautiful_weeds_AlyseLansing2017_3 Garden Inspiration Blog - The Farm, eclipse, and items of collateral beauty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1505461803630-9AXVWK9BQKSR1Q1R1GNC/beautiful_weeds_AlyseLansing2017_5 Garden Inspiration Blog - The Farm, eclipse, and items of collateral beauty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1505461720577-JADSS1O1A4NOOYBFGR9R/beautiful_weeds_AlyseLansing2017_4 Garden Inspiration Blog - The Farm, eclipse, and items of collateral beauty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1505461881967-70EDXUTIUZ36XRI0GPP0/beautiful_weeds_AlyseLansing2017_6 Garden Inspiration Blog - The Farm, eclipse, and items of collateral beauty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1505462060341-2LU9506KNF21NXUJVJJ8/beautiful_weeds_AlyseLansing2017_7_Barn Garden Inspiration Blog - The Farm, eclipse, and items of collateral beauty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1505462137510-ZOS7QKOT49TKPAE0WJ5T/beautiful_weeds_AlyseLansing2017_8 Garden Inspiration Blog - The Farm, eclipse, and items of collateral beauty Queen Anne's Lace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1505462297129-3HR2DBWXYXT1M71AZ0LP/beautiful_weeds_AlyseLansing2017_9 Garden Inspiration Blog - The Farm, eclipse, and items of collateral beauty Queen Anne's Lace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1505462356801-5RFYOTSYAR85JOIFLVWN/beautiful_weeds_AlyseLansing2017_10 Garden Inspiration Blog - The Farm, eclipse, and items of collateral beauty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1505462419814-64UCGLRUVJCMT1S5H2CP/beautiful_weeds_AlyseLansing2017_11 Garden Inspiration Blog - The Farm, eclipse, and items of collateral beauty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1505462785746-ZNCYT0A9ZQRQ23NLW7GG/weed_beauty_and_old_silo_AlyseLansing2017_12 Garden Inspiration Blog - The Farm, eclipse, and items of collateral beauty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1505462941158-WCOQNOB2NPLKGXAR4TGX/old_silo_AlyseLansing2017_13 Garden Inspiration Blog - The Farm, eclipse, and items of collateral beauty Old silo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1505463784975-3HDGGBUS25TQET8WJ02B/old_dairy_barn_AlyseLansing2017 Garden Inspiration Blog - The Farm, eclipse, and items of collateral beauty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1505463933881-ZJMSYOLOGRB42WA8P170/old_dairy_barn_AlyseLansing2017 Garden Inspiration Blog - The Farm, eclipse, and items of collateral beauty Old dairy barn https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1505463856637-EPRZ0QFP23RTD0OF0MB3/old_dairy_barn_AlyseLansing2017_14 Garden Inspiration Blog - The Farm, eclipse, and items of collateral beauty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1505464917123-SEJN75MY1DH2EN8KC3CH/farm_equipment_gone_fallow_AlyseLansing2017_15 Garden Inspiration Blog - The Farm, eclipse, and items of collateral beauty Farm equipment gone fallow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1505465036571-UHG5RMQVV6QXY2F5CMP4/beautiful_weeds_AlyseLansing2017_16 Garden Inspiration Blog - The Farm, eclipse, and items of collateral beauty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1505465097258-ULWAKDCXVFHJPCZY1NAA/weeds_and_silo_AlyseLansing2017_16 Garden Inspiration Blog - The Farm, eclipse, and items of collateral beauty https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog/2017/7/11/iavm-oakleaf-hydrangea-and-eucalyptus monthly 0.5 2019-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1499757518189-SKTXM9P1HA9T44KD20G1/AlyseLansing_2017-07-10_Oakleaf-Euc-Vase_1 Garden Inspiration Blog - In A Vase Monday: Oakleaf Hydrangea and Eucalyptus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1499757555045-O7EZJXHQREY1X19BR73T/AlyseLansing_2017-07-10_Oakleaf-Euc-Vase_2 Garden Inspiration Blog - In A Vase Monday: Oakleaf Hydrangea and Eucalyptus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1499757589883-2X2F528NW118MA2UMD1K/AlyseLansing_2017-07-10_Oakleaf-Euc-Vase_3 Garden Inspiration Blog - In A Vase Monday: Oakleaf Hydrangea and Eucalyptus Hydrangea quercifolia 'Sykes Dwarf' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1499757621075-MHNZUI5G4G7XXPIXVBB6/AlyseLansing_2017-07-10_Oakleaf-Euc-Vase_4 Garden Inspiration Blog - In A Vase Monday: Oakleaf Hydrangea and Eucalyptus Hydrangea quercifolia 'Sykes Dwarf' foliage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1500347237783-Z08OVT8YLPC977P63DA1/AlyseLansing_2017-07-10_Oakleaf-Euc-Vase_5 Garden Inspiration Blog - In A Vase Monday: Oakleaf Hydrangea and Eucalyptus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1499758734207-J3UT0Q2P3OEWF7XMTUXW/AlyseLansing_2017-07-10_Oakleaf-Euc-Vase_6 Garden Inspiration Blog - In A Vase Monday: Oakleaf Hydrangea and Eucalyptus Eucalyptus sp. 'Baby Blue' --popular in the florist trade for its coins of powdery blue juvenile foliage. I grow it outside in a pot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1499759197532-TMY3TTWBXALCQ6AR1Z7S/AlyseLansing_2017-07-10_Oakleaf-Euc-Vase_7 Garden Inspiration Blog - In A Vase Monday: Oakleaf Hydrangea and Eucalyptus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1499758075500-G8NKPMCRED2HMC6SMHSN/AlyseLansing_2017-07-10_Oakleaf-Euc-Vase_8 Garden Inspiration Blog - In A Vase Monday: Oakleaf Hydrangea and Eucalyptus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1499758161744-5F7OO769IMO41C3ADYYT/AlyseLansing_2017-07-10_Oakleaf-Euc-Vase_9 Garden Inspiration Blog - In A Vase Monday: Oakleaf Hydrangea and Eucalyptus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1499758223407-R8CITPO93AXIUR8EO2DT/AlyseLansing_2017-07-10_Oakleaf-Euc-Vase_11 Garden Inspiration Blog - In A Vase Monday: Oakleaf Hydrangea and Eucalyptus https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog/2017/6/10/designers-garden-tour-2017 monthly 0.5 2017-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497235502788-NF7PX99BSW7CEC4IDNLV/Terri%27sGarden-Whitworth%281%29_ALansing_6-7-17 Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 Orange flower of Trollius 'Golden Queen,' stunning with green and the rusted urn by artist Steve Farris. Stone edge mimics a dry creek bed, and is part of the drainage system for this wet back yard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497246825732-8E25UD5Z6IXO2ZH5OIZJ/Terri%27sGarden-Whitworth%282%29_ALansing2017 Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 These up-cycled metal sculptures by Steve Farris knocked my socks off. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497253985302-UKCBH56HVS7M0U0JL5P6/ANLD2017gdn1-Whitworth_ALansing Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 Marta Farris' sheep sculptures made Terri's Garden quite bucolic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497254955614-DGYDZ4TWOKFZPFL19CB1/ANLD2017gdn1_ALansing2017-06-07e Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 Sheep sculptures of recycled materials, by Marta Farris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497254993103-G2N1BORXZ5APOYXZXLNU/ANLD2017gdn1_ALansing2017-06-07k Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 Foliage combo: round-leaved rhody and native deer fern. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497255150482-E6NW5TYUTHLOVFOB7T2J/ANLD2017gdn1_ALansing2017-06-07m Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 Foliage combo: Chamaecyparis obtusa (Hinoki cypress) cultivar and Calluna (Heather). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497346930825-LFDG011HJHP15UYAFAAF/ANLD2017gdn2_ALansing2017-06-07c Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 Amphitheater effect, perfect aspect to look up into from patio below. Effective plantings by Hardiman & LaTourette and homeowners. Landscapes East & West installed the beautiful concrete from the designer's work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497255451154-6NEO9UDMNGIWK6FZ66JP/ANLD2017gdn2_ALansing2017-06-07d Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 Two colors of Astrantia, looking great together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497255503864-T6CULG4BIL014HRQHVZ5/ANLD2017gdn2_ALansing2017-06-07f Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 Bletilla striata (Chinese Ground Orchid), with white Astrantia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497255585865-EPQONXZLE40M116L822N/ANLD2017gdn2_ALansing2017-06-07g Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 Douglas Firs, so stately. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497346983892-YTUNH5974K27S3PH3QWZ/ANLD2017gdn2_ALansing2017-06-07i Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497255693393-SORNCD5KRJ3R1M0YZOC1/ANLD2017gdn2_ALansing2017-06-07j Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 I'm a sucker for a big stand of Digitalis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497255762516-ASZFFMP4GXXSS68LRY12/ANLD2017gdn2_ALansing2017-06-07k Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 Digitalis (Foxglove) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497349975177-OZFZBP4IV3Y0BYMEXQ3C/ANLD2017gdn2_ALansing2017-06-07n Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 Rocks and plants--some of the most complementary of all forms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497350054500-YHDWOG91FBK1J36L1TOL/ANLD2017gdn4_ALansing2017-06-07r Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 I could sit in the company of this Redwood all day. (Wide-angle lens makes it look smaller than it is; does not do it justice.) Heather admires it too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497255825177-1E3SHOITV4BH6ZG9LJQ9/ANLD2017gdn3_ALansing2017-06-07a Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 Tour this garden for how excellently it manages a steep slope. Over 100' rise from bottom of front driveway to the top of back yard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497348471592-9A71IHCO05TACVYPI2Y8/ANLD2017gdn3_ALansing2017-06-07b Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 Note how high the garden slopes up from the outdoor kitchen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497348716324-QSH9JBKSH7UMSRZYOC42/ANLD2017gdn3_ALansing2017-06-07c Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 From the top of the back yard, you're above the peak of the three story house. And yet, it does not feel too high. It's very comfortable. This upper viewpoint was my favorite spot in the yard. Cat bird seat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497349440065-ZPZDW0ZI21D6DMWCAZTK/ANLD2017gdn3_ALansing2017-06-07f Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 More illustration of the slope. Foreground person (R) is on fire pit terrace; the "lawn terrace" is at mid-slope; a lounge chair below by the house (L) shows the vertical distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497349665783-8J4LP5TMB8NA9VKV99DH/ANLD2017gdn3_ALansing2017-06-07i Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 ANLD friends and media folks with the homeowners on the lawn terrace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497349812204-450EQCBMYXPNCCL06BMO/ANLD2017gdn3_ALansing2017-06-07k Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 Skillful and artistic retaining https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497349890525-Z1HYEF16UPK7BTLSGB6I/ANLD2017gdn4_ALansing2017-06-07a Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 I love it when front yards share a design. Good neighbors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497350318108-13RU6FLG8F8PKHLG190Z/ANLD2017gdn4_ALansing2017-06-07b Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 I missed most of the best photo ops in this lush garden. But I got this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497350451131-3NE6XCUEBLQSZ8VYK9O1/ANLD2017gdn4_ALansing2017-06-07c Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497350571234-FDK66WXIQ7PKYVPM851L/ANLD2017gdn5_ALansing2017-06-07a Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 My favorite sunroom, at the Nickerson garden. Artist Katy McFadden, left, has several pieces on display. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497350708344-CV98BOV0WXSIHN9W9TCN/ANLD2017gdn5_ALansing2017-06-07e Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 Sunroom view-through. Two arbors vary in height, adding depth to the design. A Katy McFadden clay sculpture stands sentinel at the entry to the sunroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497351679310-FQYY6RRM3DEME0L6L1FC/ANLD2017gdn6_ALansing2017-06-07a Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 Marcia in her habitat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497351925465-4XHL43OUMJMPIUUM2A73/ANLD2017gdn6_ALansing2017-06-07c Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 Marcia Peck mosaics in the paths, everywhere. They bring a feel of luxury. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497352066199-XF3UP427DKN26HFKEN51/ANLD2017gdn6_ALansing2017-06-07e Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 A now famous view. For good reason! One cannot resist this path. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497352356342-Z411TJ7MUZQTAFXZO8KH/ANLD2017gdn6_ALansing2017-06-07g Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 Clematis 'Candida' & Rosa 'Eden' in peak bloom June 7, 2017. Both arbor and mosaic path created by Marcia Westcott Peck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497352608285-U7XZHGJWRR7TBSSSRT8E/ANLD2017gdn6_ALansing2017-06-07h Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 The pure white Clematis 'Candida,' with Rosa 'Eden.' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497352683910-Q7CMUW6DZUPR0PUJBSKV/ANLD2017gdn6_ALansing2017-06-07j Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 Edgworthia in a pot, with Berberis 'Golden Ruby', looking pretty great together. A surprise to see the Barberry used this way...and the edgeworthia too, for that matter. I love it when plants are conceived in ways outside of their usual box. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497352979708-52FMY316BDIIS1FBGIRJ/ANLD2017gdn6_ALansing2017-06-07k Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 Marcia Peck hand-work. Artistic detail, adds so much. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497353035463-0SPX3GOZWYAI5OTGBOEJ/ANLD2017gdn6_ALansing2017-06-07m Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 Love this low wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497353173847-SNU6VGMSUG7VG3RE4C76/ANLD2017gdn6_ALansing2017-06-07m Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 Saxifrage in a bowl on deck, lush and cool. Raised on pedestal like it is, it has the feel of a moss table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497353314260-55F0QCP38Y76K7RTUTG6/ANLD2017gdn6_ALansing2017-06-07n Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 Saxifraga https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497353446550-1CUOZGFDHHKSBQSRPUSS/ANLD2017gdn7_ALansing2017-06-07c Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 Marcia Peck handiwork in evidence here, understated and perfect. Marcia's carvings, inlaid in concrete cap stones, installation by JP Stone Contractors. This garden has great "seat walls" surrounding dual patios. Diagonally-placed patios maximize a small space and the slope.Readily-available pavers are used in varying sizes and in interesting patterns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497353710540-C2D1CKXAH9NNF9UK8S6H/ANLD2017gdn7_ALansing2017-06-07e Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 John Stone talking with homeowner Cathie Schmitt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1497353970630-A06RLBYOLX7VCJ6TBAYZ/ANLD2017gdn7_ALansing2017-06-07g Garden Inspiration Blog - Designers Garden Tour 2017 Shade composition https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog/2017/5/7/suddenly-spring monthly 0.5 2019-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1494316844492-CWG1SDDWQ86TV52PDF16/Paeonia+lutea+ludlowii Garden Inspiration Blog - Suddenly Spring Tibetan Peony (Paeonia lutea ludlowii) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1494310670099-AFV823HPO62K22520BM1/Paeonia_ludlowii_3 Garden Inspiration Blog - Suddenly Spring Paeonia lutea ludlowii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1494310745126-DQ00QB1JK36MGYH4701V/Paeonia_ludlowii_closeup Garden Inspiration Blog - Suddenly Spring Paeonia lutea ludlowii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1494311345620-V2BA0LZ16VR2ABU5B18T/Matthew%27sGarden1 Garden Inspiration Blog - Suddenly Spring Matthew's garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1494318454126-JQ46BGAVHS835YECZRLS/Matthew%27sGarden_white_peony Garden Inspiration Blog - Suddenly Spring This garden is filled with glorious peonies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1494311431718-QVO06IVW7QHJMHGYFW8E/MatthewinMatthew%27sGarden Garden Inspiration Blog - Suddenly Spring Matthew, showing some of his obscession with pond plants... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1494311711564-62EX7DKOZKYTSKYTK4LN/Matthew%27sGarden_pitcherplant Garden Inspiration Blog - Suddenly Spring ...and bog plants. Here: one of the showy and carnivorous Pitcher Plants (Sarracena sp.). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1494316732012-P1FQZSJWG1CU3TCNGKS0/IMG_0595.JPG Garden Inspiration Blog - Suddenly Spring Cornus florida 'Rubra,' Pink Flowering Dogwood. https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog/2017/4/19/wordlesswednesdaycherrybloom monthly 0.5 2019-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1492666140806-LZI011LHNTKOTX0ZL613/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Wordless Wednesday: Cherry bloom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1492666187774-AWXC0KFQLTVGA9S53YSK/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Wordless Wednesday: Cherry bloom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1492666215858-CQF34B8NRC202ZS5B1TI/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Wordless Wednesday: Cherry bloom https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog/2017/2/21/inavasemonday-oak-rounds-and-vase monthly 0.5 2017-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1487668969768-FGL6V6TU9KU8RBFA4NCU/AlyseLansing_oakroundsvase1 Garden Inspiration Blog - In A Vase Monday: oak rounds and vase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1487711683238-TN8Q5GM19RI4CR9U1JOQ/AlyseLansing_oakroundsstacked2 Garden Inspiration Blog - In A Vase Monday: oak rounds and vase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1487669092242-TECN2PDXHMZT4X141QNM/AlyseLansing_oakroundsvase3 Garden Inspiration Blog - In A Vase Monday: oak rounds and vase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1487669149449-SZNNWKPDPYFA4RRYHOH8/AlyseLansing_oakroundsvase4 Garden Inspiration Blog - In A Vase Monday: oak rounds and vase https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog/2017/2/13/oak-ii-the-tree-crew monthly 0.5 2017-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1486977581676-CFQIYWZYMKADMOFRJZYE/AlyseLansing_OakTree_fallen-1 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part II - the tree crew Photo of the back of my neighbor's house; view from my yard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1486977649568-95K9RZAOT70KZFY73DIR/AlyseLansing_OakTree_fallen-2 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part II - the tree crew This is a two-story house, about 2400 square feet inside. Fallen tree covered the entire house. (Addendum: It broke the roof ridge in 6 places, and considerable other damage that's hard to see in photos.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1486977703801-SBZ48CU7G8PQFOL7EI1T/AlyseLansing_OakTree_fallen-3 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part II - the tree crew The back of my neighbor's house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1486977831377-DDO608BG782CTLPK50TY/AlyseLansing_OakTree_fallen-4 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part II - the tree crew The weight of the tree is borne 1) at the source of the trunk and 2) across the whole roof, particular weight bearing on north walls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1486977881624-843QEBOUX4T2BIWAS5Y4/AlyseLansing_OakTree_fallen-5 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part II - the tree crew Front roof of the house, as seen from my yard, with the tree spreading out across the roof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1486977950099-X61YUP0AO9XZSN4MXEF3/AlyseLansing_OakTree_crew-1 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part II - the tree crew Day 1 began at dawn, with a cherry picker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1486978017955-YG6B3BKSUN01SC7YIZYZ/AlyseLansing_OakTree_crew-2 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part II - the tree crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1486978240572-Q24EM051WOB2G8EUYA3J/2017-01-13+09.41.08-crFx_1500.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part II - the tree crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1486978213839-DEHJ91D5HM7LSKS5K8VI/AlyseLansing_OakTree_crew-4- Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part II - the tree crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1486978946340-V4D71XJYGBZLNXO0LWLB/AlyseLansing_OakTree_crew-5- Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part II - the tree crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1487058368806-A4YNCQLEIUC8R5GKSRDU/AlyseLansing_tree_removal_day1_%286%29 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part II - the tree crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1487058469256-OBI4OS74VY4LK9F95MTK/AlyseLansing_tree_removal_day1_%287%29 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part II - the tree crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1487058522355-NLQAMIVN3D20U7LLQG0H/AlyseLansing_tree_removal_day1_%288%29 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part II - the tree crew Extremely slippery conditions, as we were still in a deep freeze. Tree limbs were used for safety harness anchors, and later also for anchoring pulleys for limb section removals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1487058564165-SZUBK7IYBLL5DYIP48AK/AlyseLansing_my_view Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part II - the tree crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1487063854532-TNYREW3D5SH77GWID8PE/AlyseLansing_my_view_2 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part II - the tree crew One of my favorite shots. So much color. So much action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1487059148989-II3VPUSJSYTX0X9LY2LI/AlyseLansing_my_view_3 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part II - the tree crew Beginning to show some of the damage to the roof. (Addendum: although the damage was considerable, there was miraculously much less than could have been.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1487058756565-IM9HEAOL25O69AUHKQ68/AlyseLansing_tree_removal_day2%28a%29 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part II - the tree crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1487058839316-PMOGU0CKPE09DPHU6H7R/AlyseLansing_tree_removal_day2%28b%29 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part II - the tree crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1487058886624-EDCHU1PPTV9YYIZ19LW4/AlyseLansing_tree_removal_day2%28c%29 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part II - the tree crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1487058953024-W06TERRPCAAE6UE8FB4W/AlyseLansing_tree_removal_day3%28a%29 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part II - the tree crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1487062014981-PWPLN3P9A76AC3DX51XL/AlyseLansing_tree_removal_day2%28b%29 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part II - the tree crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1487062055710-UM7147JVMVCH6S9HGOIF/AlyseLansing_tree_removal_day2%28c%29 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part II - the tree crew Jason https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1487062096739-90L1BSTFS8D288PEL2MT/AlyseLansing_tree_removal_day2%28d%29 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part II - the tree crew Ground crew controls the fall with their rigging. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1487062124923-WTOMDIV282S0RT38TEMP/AlyseLansing_tree_removal_day2%28e%29 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part II - the tree crew Lowering the log https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1487062165004-H9QHGEI7XGLLD34UBIQL/2017-01-15_00040-cr+lowering+log+---1500.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part II - the tree crew As the log is lowered, the ground crew catches it so it doesn't bounce into the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1487062195485-2MYZMBK7L2AX7ZZSDWT7/AlyseLansing_tree_removal_day2%28g%29 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part II - the tree crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1487062229682-HGBQNYSYW6S7IM4VGB67/AlyseLansing_tree_removal_day2%28h%29 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part II - the tree crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1487062288347-OTYMWR2ORBWKIMAF713J/AlyseLansing_tree_removal_day2%28i%29 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part II - the tree crew https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1487062859565-1AQU0M055Z51MJ6OP0YR/AlyseLansing_tree_removal_day2%28j%29 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part II - the tree crew Lots o' rigging. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1487062501259-JBKO5UME260JF4ZLSQJP/AlyseLansing_balanceonthree_a Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part II - the tree crew Triad support. Compare this shot with the 4th image in this blog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1487191400559-OV1ZC86HZLKF55G16YH2/AlyseLansing_balanceonthree_b Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part II - the tree crew Shims under limb, supporting it.   https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog/2017/1/25/wednesdayvignettesnowpatterns monthly 0.5 2019-02-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1485415444058-K8WMLPT9K19IQO942VBP/AlyseLansing_snowpatterns1 Garden Inspiration Blog - Wednesday Vignette: Snow Patterns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1485415968518-L3KQ6JZ36ZEGPETMCPP6/AlyseLansing_snowpatterns2 Garden Inspiration Blog - Wednesday Vignette: Snow Patterns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1485422504864-SL5B3XGCWUF9G9D89DXP/AlyseLansing_snowpatterns3 Garden Inspiration Blog - Wednesday Vignette: Snow Patterns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1485416340131-FHDWRBKTIF6DSFO9CYHX/AlyseLansing_snowpatterns4 Garden Inspiration Blog - Wednesday Vignette: Snow Patterns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1485416386229-YPY3AL8Z15P56RSLEDAL/AlyseLansing_snowpatterns5 Garden Inspiration Blog - Wednesday Vignette: Snow Patterns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1485416433643-SQWC5PJGF2060N338ZVL/AlyseLansing_snowpath1 Garden Inspiration Blog - Wednesday Vignette: Snow Patterns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1485416483410-OMBU9Y2NGZGYRJTCCU4I/AlyseLansing_snowpath2 Garden Inspiration Blog - Wednesday Vignette: Snow Patterns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1485416512752-76KBMZJ9BWHJ6BNK5MNU/AlyseLansing_snowpatterns6 Garden Inspiration Blog - Wednesday Vignette: Snow Patterns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1485416607128-9QECCWVUXM8YC901XFG3/AlyseLansing_snowpatterns8 Garden Inspiration Blog - Wednesday Vignette: Snow Patterns https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1485416657445-W63X6HJQQS8LTZZOYO8O/AlyseLansing_snowpatterns9 Garden Inspiration Blog - Wednesday Vignette: Snow Patterns https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog/2017/1/12/memorial-for-oak-tree monthly 0.5 2017-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1484388228070-HRWFF6YXOUAPRDAQB4QG/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part I - Memorial for an Oak May 5, 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1484388115249-LTHE0K843JZ50EG90SKQ/AlyseLansing_Quercusgarryana2 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part I - Memorial for an Oak August 10, 2010. This is the street side of my tan house, and in back is the perfectly-formed, 80-foot+ Garry Oak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1484389405461-OFCTLGC0AIFTQMOR31VL/AlyseLansing_Quercusgarryana_3 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part I - Memorial for an Oak April 6, 2007. My neighbor's house, and the tree that dominated the majority of their 100' x 100' lot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1484389349275-I7ZITG8Z8KM5MFUWPM45/AlyseLansing_Quercusgarryana_5-2010a Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part I - Memorial for an Oak May 19, 2010. The view from my house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1484389462872-DAUU2UXVQEUGSTIL1PT5/AlyseLansing_Quercusgarryana_5-2010b Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part I - Memorial for an Oak May 19, 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1484389514345-9WP7ZXHAI7XUYZ9RI7ZT/AlyseLansing_Quercusgarryana_5-2010c Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part I - Memorial for an Oak May 19, 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1484389644570-JL7HU9QTDND0M2IQ5XV4/AlyseLansing_Quercusgarryana_4 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part I - Memorial for an Oak April 6, 2007. The view from the deck of my neighbor's house. These are the two trunks that proved the death of this giant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1484389700514-LDZ5QQETHVFBYVWK4USI/AlyseLansing_Quercusgarryana_5 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part I - Memorial for an Oak April 6, 2007. The view from my house. Note the neighbor's house here. It is 2 stories high. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1484390137026-E3BOBCZLQETX4AZKA99D/AlyseLansing_Quercusgarryana_3-29-16a Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part I - Memorial for an Oak March 29, 2016. View from my deck, with Magnolia 'Susan.' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1484390176740-GLWFI4KGWPFUUB98FT6I/AlyseLansing_Quercusgarryana_3-29-16b Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part I - Memorial for an Oak March 29, 2016. The old Garry Oak was a backdrop for so much of our lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1484390528353-F4AJOJIJ92SOH2ZYEVTK/AlyseLansing_Quercusgarryana_5-9-13a Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part I - Memorial for an Oak May 9, 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1484389958312-BI3F0JY1YMLBAA9A87B2/AlyseLansing_Quercusgarryana_3-29-16b Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part I - Memorial for an Oak May 9, 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1484390212616-FHKVOY0W45TPPK365E4C/AlyseLansing_Quercusgarryana_6 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part I - Memorial for an Oak Feb 24, 2011. With a light dusting of snow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1484391380732-WH8UJKU7JM4SL63VRQVF/AlyseLansing_Quercusgarryana_12-23-08 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part I - Memorial for an Oak December 23, 2008. This tree looked amazing in snow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1484391847147-U39J8U6IKJZ1J0H3M9HB/AlyseLansing_GarryOak_fallen2017_1 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part I - Memorial for an Oak January 11, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1484391961632-QCGJVZGBJZE1HPE22XPR/AlyseLansing_GarryOak_fallen2017_2 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part I - Memorial for an Oak January 11, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1484391998984-J935BEPI0HGXOYBRE4NX/AlyseLansing_GarryOak_fallen2017_3 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part I - Memorial for an Oak January 11, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1484392056448-BDFUA7U25COOSIO7PDTI/AlyseLansing_GarryOak_fallen2017_4 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part I - Memorial for an Oak January 11, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1484392109280-E11HOHJGZVTDJXMNU4X4/AlyseLansing_GarryOak_fallen2017_5-front Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part I - Memorial for an Oak January 11, 2017. Front view, tree looking like it is trying to eat the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1484392171543-IQ483QBMREUGO64R8378/AlyseLansing_GarryOak_fallen2017_6 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part I - Memorial for an Oak January 12, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1484398011827-KESFBW72NUV52AUTJZBO/AlyseLansing_deerwithfallenOak_1 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part I - Memorial for an Oak Jan 11, 2017. Deer with fallen oak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1484398232704-S50PMMEQQ32VL694HK9H/AlyseLansing_deerwithfallenoak_2 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part I - Memorial for an Oak January 11, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1484394864257-I23ML75NGDD6JDPHIZY0/AlyseLansing_deer_beds Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part I - Memorial for an Oak January 12, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1484398344710-4R9NNN2ENUYUAO2X39JP/AlyseLansing_deerwithfallenoak_3 Garden Inspiration Blog - Oak part I - Memorial for an Oak January 11, 2017 https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog/2017/1/2/santa-fe-garden-tours-day-1-gdn-1 monthly 0.5 2017-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1483423802448-JB9R7VTIIOCDU21A149P/AlyseLansing_Graf%282a%29_fountain Garden Inspiration Blog - Santa Fe Garden Tours: #1 GRAF https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1483418018751-ZUNXX4ZO00RFAFRFJKZH/AlyseLansing_Graf%283%29_fountain Garden Inspiration Blog - 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Santa Fe Garden Tours: #1 GRAF https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1483421859525-9EYS8FFI8I48KD1DOYVF/AlyseLansing_Graf%2825%29_waterfeature Garden Inspiration Blog - Santa Fe Garden Tours: #1 GRAF https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1483421916049-L9KD2VWBKWZLLUJR22H2/AlyseLansing_Graf%2826%29_NassellaPerovskia Garden Inspiration Blog - Santa Fe Garden Tours: #1 GRAF https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1483421968810-BL60ZEQQNUJ5CWMFVUDV/AlyseLansing_Graf%2826%29_NasellaPerovskiaSalvia Garden Inspiration Blog - Santa Fe Garden Tours: #1 GRAF https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog/2016/12/2/pruning-rewards monthly 0.5 2017-02-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1480830643153-ANWTS1UKIR3JXYFZXC18/15+2016-10-29+17.12.30--2b+Gilt+Edge+1500.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Fall pruning rewards: Elaeagnus Elaeagnus 'Gilt Edge' after pruning in Fall 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1480925810810-NX8AIBYP9VRM9OEFPBW5/AlyseLansing_ElaeagGiltEdge_bee Garden Inspiration Blog - Fall pruning rewards: Elaeagnus One of many honeybees humming through this Elaeagnus 'Gilt Edge' in October. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1480925850669-7B20GRP51L58E5DAHOMI/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Fall pruning rewards: Elaeagnus Elaeagnus 'Gilt Edge' flower under leaves, Oct 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1480925891510-UJFCZ3LE66FLBFSLZ3R0/AlyseLansing_GiltEdgeSilverberry_newgrowth Garden Inspiration Blog - Fall pruning rewards: Elaeagnus Gilt Edge Silverberry, with silvery-gray new foliage in April. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1480925926114-IFGVYFMOEZS2EIN07K8S/AlyseLansing_Silverberry Garden Inspiration Blog - Fall pruning rewards: Elaeagnus Elaeagnus 'Gilt Edge' in April, with silvery-gray new growth. NOTE last season's foliage color behind the new leaves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1480915756278-25ZZZAG80QIA0OQIMILH/AlyseLansing_ElaeagGiltEdge_inMay Garden Inspiration Blog - Fall pruning rewards: Elaeagnus Gilt Edge Silverberry in May. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1480925988661-Q0WDYQX4MVJVXLUFJ6GU/AlyseLansing_SilverberryFoliage Garden Inspiration Blog - Fall pruning rewards: Elaeagnus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1480917432325-DD8DCP4T6ZH3LVBNPKUO/AlyseLansing_Silverberry_undersides Garden Inspiration Blog - Fall pruning rewards: Elaeagnus Elaeagnus Gilt Edge, every leave is white beneath. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1480919116059-IH5RWRVKF01JC2BN1TKS/AlyseLansing_Crataegusphaenopyrum Garden Inspiration Blog - Fall pruning rewards: Elaeagnus Crataegus phaenopyrum (Washington Hawthorn), Ceanothus 'El Dorado', and Elaeagnus ebbingei 'Gilt Edge', winter 2008. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1480926040447-VJPCZ7HIDNS23I8JH931/AlyseLansing_Crataegusphaenopyrum2 Garden Inspiration Blog - Fall pruning rewards: Elaeagnus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1480923207125-R4GRV5EKI5P23MR8PN72/AlyseLansing_Fallvase1 Garden Inspiration Blog - Fall pruning rewards: Elaeagnus Fall vase: warm compliments of red, orange and yellow, with some cool purple relief. All are fall prunings from my yard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1480923326267-YMDV8YMR6RYZV3CF47QE/AlyseLansing_FallVaseC Garden Inspiration Blog - Fall pruning rewards: Elaeagnus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1480923365582-399RLAH0NA7LKZNWZUNX/AlyseLansing_FallVaseE Garden Inspiration Blog - Fall pruning rewards: Elaeagnus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1480923402146-29W8ZGV45QKOG2DZZ0G4/AlyseLansing_FallVase_closeup Garden Inspiration Blog - Fall pruning rewards: Elaeagnus https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog/2016/11/29/pruning-reveals monthly 0.5 2020-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1480823622322-JMLNTD2C8KYEPQ7ZVPRH/AlyseLansing_pineandshrubsborderinfall Garden Inspiration Blog - Pruning reveals (SE Quad, part II) The southeast corner of our yard, from a 2nd story bedroom. Left to right: orange Japanese Maple fall color; purple berries of Callicarpa (Beautyberry); Pacific Wax Myrtle; Mahonia 'Arthur Menzies'; bluish leaves of Osmanthus delavayii; Pinus contorta (Shore Pine); and red fall color of Berberis thunbergii 'Rose Glow,' the last barberry left in my yard. My story today begins with the pine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1480823585742-FM7ZL0H4FZWNV5W6AU1W/AlyseLansing_Pinus_contorta Garden Inspiration Blog - Pruning reveals (SE Quad, part II) Pinus contorta, Shore Pine, native to the Pacific NW coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1480823733250-P50REYOBNP68USAJ095J/AlyseLansing_Pinuscontorta_pruned Garden Inspiration Blog - Pruning reveals (SE Quad, part II) Pinus contorta, Shore Pine, after pruning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1480824584871-7EIRUUA34NPD1001072O/AlyseLansing_softbedofneedles Garden Inspiration Blog - Pruning reveals (SE Quad, part II) Pine needles make the softest woodland floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1480408891694-GHYSYZT9XKPACAM8YD05/AlyseLansing_Myrica-before-prune Garden Inspiration Blog - Pruning reveals (SE Quad, part II) BEFORE: Pacific Wax Myrtle (Myrica californica, aka Morella californica) in center, before pruning. It is swallowing a Mahonia 'Arthur Menzies' at center right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1480641592747-229RD4SN7MJ44GLPG522/AlyseLansing_MahoniaArthurMensies Garden Inspiration Blog - Pruning reveals (SE Quad, part II) AFTER: Mahonia 'Arthur Menzies,' after limbing up and removing neighboring branches that crowded it. It is flowering early this year--beginning mid- to late Nov. Freezes may catch these blooms, but if they last, the Anna's hummingbirds that overwinter here LOVE these flowers. It is great to place this and similar crosses such as 'Charity' where you can watch from windows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1480823864265-IVK3MSMPQ88ELIZZHWMF/MahoniaArthurMenzies_June2013_AlyseLansing Garden Inspiration Blog - Pruning reveals (SE Quad, part II) Arthur Menzies Mahonia in June 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1480823895584-3VIE71K9QW5T39K1L8F4/AlyseLansing_BeautyberryProfusion Garden Inspiration Blog - Pruning reveals (SE Quad, part II) Callicarpa bodinieri 'Profusion' in November, Scappoose OR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1480823932326-DSNLPJZYSGSIE9T44DOL/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Pruning reveals (SE Quad, part II) Red berries of Crataegus phaenopyrum (Washington Hawthorn). Planted here with yellow-and-green variegated evergreens Ceanothus 'El Dorado' and Elaeagnus ebbingei 'Gilt Edge'--a fantastic winter combination. https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog/2016/10/20/barberry-removed monthly 0.5 2020-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1478306745458-O910414RB3F9TG1XMO7B/Berberis%281%29_AlyseLansing Garden Inspiration Blog - Deer fence progress: Barberry removed (SE Quad, part I) This is a pic from a few years back, with the south sun behind the red fall color of the barberry. In this shot, I had just pruned up the branches off the ground. That helps a barberry look more tidy, and makes horsetail removal easier. But it doesn't last very long (the low branches grow back), and it is a wicked, needle-filled job. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1478306774641-B1G4DUFNRQ6HY510Q5FB/Berberis%282%29_AlyseLansing Garden Inspiration Blog - Deer fence progress: Barberry removed (SE Quad, part I) Years ago, I used to have more Barberries, and oh how I was drawn outside with my camera every fall, when autumn splendor hit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1478306798359-YRVX10JZN8GG0KK087P0/Berberis%283%29_spring_AlyseLansing Garden Inspiration Blog - Deer fence progress: Barberry removed (SE Quad, part I) This photo of the barberry we finally removed after 20 years last week, is from Spring of 2008. It shows that most of the plant had reverted to straight purple. Note weedy horsetails tangled with the barberry at ground level, and the young Dr Hurd Manzanita in front. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1478306824734-MYZ4B4N0QT8DLU949MAL/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Deer fence progress: Barberry removed (SE Quad, part I) 'Before' picture, Oct 2016 - which is actually a 'During' shot, taken when I had improved some of the lowest branches already. You can see how old and tired the area had become. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1478306863324-5QVO37B2BNXRRLRA72LE/Berberis%285%29_wManzanita_AlyseLansing Garden Inspiration Blog - Deer fence progress: Barberry removed (SE Quad, part I) Here shows my continued attempt to improve the looks of the barberry. Though still a rat's nest of branches, its fall colors accented the Manzanita trunks beginning to be revealed behind it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1478306893999-I1QGSJW3YKMSJMW6I7A4/Berberis%286%29_thorns_AlyseLansing Garden Inspiration Blog - Deer fence progress: Barberry removed (SE Quad, part I) Berberis thunbergii 'Rose Glow' bare limb showing needle-like thorns. Fall color and berries remain on branches in background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1478306920367-3JZF2749X6IROHJZV8M5/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Deer fence progress: Barberry removed (SE Quad, part I) Another 'Before/During' shot of the overall area, before removals. Joe is preparing his ropes/chain for pulling out the bush with our truck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1478306953782-TK8F327ABXIOPG7SHMY5/Berberis%288%29_AlyseLansing Garden Inspiration Blog - Deer fence progress: Barberry removed (SE Quad, part I) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1478306992824-5RO1FPU4FOZ8M2885GVE/Berberis%289%29_AlyseLansing Garden Inspiration Blog - Deer fence progress: Barberry removed (SE Quad, part I) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1478307038835-TH4IJMWBG6XR40L52NGK/Berberis%2810%29_AlyseLansing Garden Inspiration Blog - Deer fence progress: Barberry removed (SE Quad, part I) Synching it up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1478307067178-GQ63FHUWBF2EI05T9H29/Berberis%2811%29_AlyseLansing Garden Inspiration Blog - Deer fence progress: Barberry removed (SE Quad, part I) Wrapping it up into one mass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1478307094733-V75CVYPDQA19A9JHVFWL/Berberis%2812%29_AlyseLansing Garden Inspiration Blog - Deer fence progress: Barberry removed (SE Quad, part I) Chain around crown at base, will be used for removal with truck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1478138991729-ERD3PKL6CYAKBFNZDTHU/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Deer fence progress: Barberry removed (SE Quad, part I) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1478307216835-TRCLE4ST3MOF0ZA9FKMX/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Deer fence progress: Barberry removed (SE Quad, part I) After pulling out with truck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1478139396021-6PITSIPBTBFEEJU4N6JV/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Deer fence progress: Barberry removed (SE Quad, part I) Crown roots are cut off, to prevent dragging a trail of dirt behind the truck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1478307283060-0H45J0WCH6C451OSU1OR/Berberis%2815%29_AlyseLansing Garden Inspiration Blog - Deer fence progress: Barberry removed (SE Quad, part I) Keeping the chain attached, Joe uses truck to pull the bulk of the shrub up to the debris pile, with considerably less effort than otherwise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1478307348943-OW3IF15SOOAQVJTY2KCL/2016-10-13+birdseye Garden Inspiration Blog - Deer fence progress: Barberry removed (SE Quad, part I) Fast forward. After much clean-up and some new mulch down, here is the cleared and cleaned area as seen from above. The largest barberry once stood in the dark-mulch area center right. (One barberry remains, upper right.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1478307387528-EG2C1KDV5IOUG3WWGJ6K/Manzanita_2016-10_AlyseLansing Garden Inspiration Blog - Deer fence progress: Barberry removed (SE Quad, part I) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1478307419339-19UZPSCMV958UVFT87OK/ManzanitaDrHurd%282%29_AlyseLansing Garden Inspiration Blog - Deer fence progress: Barberry removed (SE Quad, part I) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1478307457810-2UWVD5C253CVETDX5JQJ/ManzanitaDrHurd%283%29_AlyseLansing Garden Inspiration Blog - Deer fence progress: Barberry removed (SE Quad, part I) Arctostaphylos 'Dr Hurd', Oct 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1478307483282-LTGS18XJ3LKLRVAWTLLK/ManzanitaDrHurd%284%29_AlyseLansing Garden Inspiration Blog - Deer fence progress: Barberry removed (SE Quad, part I) 8-year-old Arctostaphylos 'Dr Hurd' and 20-year-old Berberis t. 'Rose Glow' in fall. https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog/2016/9/12/carson-garden monthly 0.5 2020-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1473705471877-WDYVL0TWI5J5RS8AR7B1/Carson_back_yard_path_1 Garden Inspiration Blog - Carson Garden Carson Garden (facing west). Looking toward the bust sculpture at the west end of the axis path.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1473793930487-V3Y94DMZSU0C0FTPKV9S/Carson+back+yard+axis+path%2C+facing+east Garden Inspiration Blog - Carson Garden Carson Garden, axis path, standing near the bust sculpture, looking east. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1473793976342-1ACV50UKGHA6BCIR15DH/Carson+back+yard+axis+path%2C+facing+west Garden Inspiration Blog - Carson Garden Carson garden, axis path, looking west. (Note: the sun/shadow lines from this hot afternoon are harsher than normal.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1474422248024-0OJM9SEX13T6R4EZT9IT/J+2016-08-13+15.44.02h+Eloise+Carson+Gdn+GRN+ON+GRN.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Carson Garden Hakonechloa macra 'All Gold' (Japanese Forest Grass) and Pieris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1474422214736-ZLBA15OIXYTKNW0U616R/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Carson Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1474409847687-BRHS017ZVHRYIJGMKX9N/HakMac_and_Liriope_CarsonGdn_AlyseLansing-net Garden Inspiration Blog - Carson Garden Hakonechloa macra 'All Gold' and Liriope spicata https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1474422153034-BH0IF8DSTRN5FBWLOBPU/Gravel+axis+path+and+secondary+paver+path Garden Inspiration Blog - Carson Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1474422119297-RASUWUH4EMQPCOC1BZKJ/Carson+Gdn+axis+path%2C+bust Garden Inspiration Blog - Carson Garden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1474413471162-NMUJ4Z49Q9J9JD0NCXGB/l+2016-08-13+15.40.22h-cr1+Trumpet+Vine%2C+Campsis.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Carson Garden - Carson Garden Gate and trumpet vine, unknown variety https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1474413667583-69FYGMH1YZCRFRFRYMJ8/l+2016-08-13+15.40.23%2815.41.31h-fx+Trumpet+Vine%2C+Campsis.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Carson Garden - Carson Garden Gate and trumpet vine, unknown variety https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1478286387731-JB03WHZRHD9QXY5K2SKL/l+2016-08-13+15.40.41h+Campsis.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Carson Garden - Carson Garden Trumpet vine, unknown variety https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1478286414905-SUHK9LGKFQV82423NO57/l+2016-08-13+15.40.51h+Campsis.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Carson Garden - Carson Garden Trumpet vine, unknown variety https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1478286340253-2SPVDKEE8JXLL27YWVTR/o+2016-08-13+15.34a-fx.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Carson Garden - Carson Garden Colorful dining terrace in the front yard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1478286451904-CO8C2Y6GCD5JLOQPA54J/o+2016-08-13+15.34b2.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Carson Garden - Carson Garden Colorful and comfortable dining terrace in the front yard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1478286477811-Y59303TZ7AFKHOXLTX9Z/p+2016-08-13+15.35.05h-fx3+Arctostaphylos.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Carson Garden - Carson Garden Three Arctostaphylos 'Howard McMinn' (Manzanita) have grown over the years to form a billowy "cloud" at the edge of the dining terrace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1478286508912-MF9QLD8QVMHTHQ6C32Z4/p+2016-08-13+15.38.27+Arctostaphylos.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Carson Garden From the pathway below, the structure of the 3 Arctostaphylos 'Howard McMinn' shows they've been lightly limbed up, exposing their beautiful form and red bark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1474410484749-84OQTEDYBKJ2J8N0Z12U/p+2016-08-13+15.39.11+HDR.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Carson Garden - Carson Garden Side view of the three Arctostaphylos 'Howard McMinn.' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1474410487722-R76TYKHAEG8CIS92WRBJ/r+2016-08-13+15.34.18h-fx2.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Carson Garden - Carson Garden The steps up to the boxwood terrace (front yard) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1474410501978-HDS4K79GF6U2GU8FKHWW/r+2016-08-13+15.34.28h-fx1.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Carson Garden - Carson Garden Cool trick with Bearberry Cotoneaster--they've pruned this low-growing ground cover tightly to the step risers. With a wide tread (as is here), this touch of green helps soften the step edges...and looks great with the blue of Hebe 'Quicksilver.' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1474410503020-DLQ3LMDM4KW4FQM6UVYG/u+2016-08-13+15.33%2855.40h-fx1.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Carson Garden - Carson Garden The boxwood terrace with its lush container plantings. Near the fountain (just out of sight to the right), this is a cool place to sit on a hot day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1474410513512-200STFX6SD38BTF2AW28/u+2016-08-13+15.33%2856.07-1.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Carson Garden - Carson Garden One of four red-leaf banana containers on the boxwood terrace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1474410511825-C04MGXN1V2AJCSEOW4NN/u+2016-08-13+15.33%2856.15.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Carson Garden - Carson Garden Two cascaders in the terrace containers: Dichondra 'Silver Falls' (L) and red-purple bells of Rhodochiton atrosanguineus (R). Credit for the latter ID is to my friend Michelle Timberman who writes: “The purple bell-shaped flowers are Rhodochiton atrosanguineus…a half-hardy annual vine here. Gorgeous flowers.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1474410516740-PQ3X4B6O6PAREWCOFS4R/y+2016-08-13+15.50.53h-fx3.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Carson Garden - Carson Garden Succulents in the utility area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1474410519286-O3TWLIUR76BWQ9P86CXL/y+2016-08-13+15.51.38h-fx1.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Carson Garden - Carson Garden Front door porch, view from the side https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1474410526359-6MLCIDQY4NHBJJX0G334/y+2016-08-13+15.52.41h-fx2.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Carson Garden - Carson Garden An island bed adjacent to the front porch is filled with Japanese Maple, Choisya 'Aztec Pearl', and Hebe. Gives the whole thing a round-y shape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1474410530634-J5DWPR5JRW4BL1JQWBG3/z+2016-08-13+15.49.20+HDR.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Carson Garden - Carson Garden Bust sculture provides the focal point and final transition at the end of the back yard axis path. https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog/2016/6/30/garden-tour-day-my-favorite-things monthly 0.5 2017-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1468222706504-4KJF2YJV2WZXHB3UIOZM/b+2016-06-18+10.10.57-FxLine%2C+Bk+yd+overview+-----.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Garden Tour Day: My Favorite Things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1468222677472-8VMKPYWBYTMI9EH2ULIH/c+2016-06-18+09.31.39h-sm-sig-ro1+water+bowl%2C+tovara%2C+acorus.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Garden Tour Day: My Favorite Things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1468222739142-6ME6EDN0OKVPILTER6VQ/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Garden Tour Day: My Favorite Things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1468214112039-TMQ16IRLP748YOQJUBRY/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Garden Tour Day: My Favorite Things Photo by Pat Acheff, APLD. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1468455823997-TKWLGVFGZCWHRETO1QHR/image-asset.png Garden Inspiration Blog - Garden Tour Day: My Favorite Things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1468222838810-TMV5NZFBFAX2M32SC5YA/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Garden Tour Day: My Favorite Things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1468222866408-6NGCEHD3YFSGD7QZ4KQA/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Garden Tour Day: My Favorite Things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1468214823246-181YTFC81T7WY9OVC0MP/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Garden Tour Day: My Favorite Things Garage BEFORE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1468222916524-MIJPGAJJS2UVSMVXXL3I/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Garden Tour Day: My Favorite Things Garage AFTER. The porch was built in Fall of 2010, and the new garden around it. This is how it looked on Garden Tour day (6-18-2016). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1468215083951-19Q6DJJG3SNBEF9Z9CRB/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Garden Tour Day: My Favorite Things Driveway BEFORE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1468223052580-SXEDNJAQ5WWRYOBBN8TX/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Garden Tour Day: My Favorite Things Driveway AFTER https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1468215420364-TCVO3P6M7Z4ODF7XUWQC/image-asset.png Garden Inspiration Blog - Garden Tour Day: My Favorite Things The driveway DURING demolition. July 2010. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1468449686633-TRZO0K1BR7AOEPBO7VGF/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Garden Tour Day: My Favorite Things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1468223079233-E8TB1XNYGXAU1CU50T4N/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Garden Tour Day: My Favorite Things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1468223105557-PXNPIYIFGHKUIBBSQ1YN/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Garden Tour Day: My Favorite Things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1468223132939-BXYP478H50HIR5IOSAV7/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Garden Tour Day: My Favorite Things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1468223155394-54QAKAN5JIB6D4VJQ98O/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Garden Tour Day: My Favorite Things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1468223196214-64ABUN41RDYX33IRJA8W/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Garden Tour Day: My Favorite Things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1468223222444-IK4KS8KXXSMH2DSZ9S16/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Garden Tour Day: My Favorite Things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1468443298148-TGI5533GLBV85Q8VZPJV/image-asset.png Garden Inspiration Blog - Garden Tour Day: My Favorite Things Photo by Joe Gass https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1468223359805-0D8HE6TEOTLPJGGPQL3U/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Garden Tour Day: My Favorite Things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1468223434198-P3H8TGJ6M2YVX5VLAZXJ/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Garden Tour Day: My Favorite Things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1468223460598-7R8WCGJL0C4579ZIBY1N/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Garden Tour Day: My Favorite Things James Merrigan and I, photo by my daughter Emily. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1468223571203-YUFE0NGERNZ5HMBGGGJZ/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Garden Tour Day: My Favorite Things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1468223631074-7VO9RLFY9LQWSXT47DT3/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Garden Tour Day: My Favorite Things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1468223740487-ZUA9KYBH2KZIMJ19H4F4/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Garden Tour Day: My Favorite Things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1468223891413-OCBXYUXQ8C3G82CRJVPI/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Garden Tour Day: My Favorite Things https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1468223966916-3AD2UXM1VJT0O6VYDMGL/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Garden Tour Day: My Favorite Things https://lansinggardendesign.com/blog/2016/6/10/anld-designers-garden-tour-2016-a-host-designers-perspective monthly 0.5 2017-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1466798754712-AI51XB6LT5M5UX2FVTUD/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Evolution of a Vignette heart of finished vignette https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1465787762594-NW3W3O2W3XE1GWVBDCKF/a+2015-09-30+17.23.49+HDR.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Evolution of a Vignette BEFORE PHOTO. Area of future vignette is left side of garage door. Neighbor's property line is at fence post to left of garage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1465787803232-UYFG21H0OXWY62IWYMYH/image-asset.png Garden Inspiration Blog - Evolution of a Vignette BEFORE PHOTO. Area of future vignette is straight ahead, center of photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1465787850554-XJ2ULDRVTMZLB0F2PK5J/a2+2015-03-03+14.58.18-fxA+driveway+bed+north.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Evolution of a Vignette BEFORE EDITING. Green spiraea in center-right was removed in favor of the purple-leaved Loropetalum . . . there was not enough room for both. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1465787898989-LWGWIHTNOIB3M21CCO6M/image-asset.png Garden Inspiration Blog - Evolution of a Vignette AFTER plant removals. Purple-leaved Loropetalum remains (center), and is already looking more "comfortable." Honeysuckle vine has been trimmed up. dinky plants and Extra pots removed; only the healthy potted Rosemary remains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1465787940170-FL0KN43JQ2ZJ0N42ILDK/g+2015-04-29+14.14.36h+corner+patio+circle+painted.jpg Garden Inspiration Blog - Evolution of a Vignette the bench that later ended up in our vignette. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1465787974878-3M35Z64RNK9MP4UZFXCH/image-asset.png Garden Inspiration Blog - Evolution of a Vignette Carpentry and glass artist James Merrigan, of Portland OR, at the Canby Master Gardeners Fair 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1465788094157-S2KGJPJOEK49NZELD0UE/image-asset.png Garden Inspiration Blog - Evolution of a Vignette Garden Art by James screens at the HPSO Hortlandia sale 2016. The screen on the left would become the backbone of our vignette story today, but none of us knew it at the time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1465785203747-3BZBTH7ZQNK2P8DPOHIY/image-asset.png Garden Inspiration Blog - Evolution of a Vignette Location of art screen is good. Containers yet to be determined. There is still a hole at the right side of the bench. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1465715248925-0HZLBKKI56DEU5WU8H8Z/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Evolution of a Vignette the array of container choices at a local nursery. (better would have been to include something in this photo for scale) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1465715292440-UU3V3C52KA3HJF7OPB64/image-asset.jpeg Garden Inspiration Blog - Evolution of a Vignette container shopping, using photos for "notes." my hand spread is 8 inches, so i know this pot is 16-18" wide. with this photo I have a record of the price of the container, all its colors and form, and most importantly, its size. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1465786440260-O4OZN6F2PPM2URVXPIBL/image-asset.png Garden Inspiration Blog - Evolution of a Vignette vertical pots (like the one in back) are key to a composition in a small space. the next day we acquired a third pot, also vertical in form, mid-height between the two shown above. this completed a "triangle" of container heights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/552a0960e4b08bec6d99ad12/1465787055363-CU8HXMUMCFSBTT7D04SV/image-asset.png Garden Inspiration Blog - Evolution of a Vignette This Staghorn Sumac at the nursery was almost Linus-Christmas-tree awkward, but I really liked the curve of its trunk. 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