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There is a patch of ground at the end of my street that had stopped working. Not overgrown. Not messy. Dead. Bare packed clay under a stand of big leaf
Continue readingThe Fern Garden: How We Brought Back a Patch of Dead Ground
Go down to Oaks Bottom in October, after the summer crowds have stopped coming and the trail is mostly dog walkers, and look at what is still in flower. It
Continue readingOctober at Oaks Bottom: What One Native Aster Was Holding Up
Neskowin is a tiny village on the Oregon coast that has quietly turned itself into a bird sanctuary. The locals plant with intention — gardens full of flowers chosen to
Continue readingPlant the Flowers — Hummingbirds from Neskowin to Sellwood
A few scenes from the garden this season — a rose letting go, roses planted for strangers, and lilies caught in the last good light. Different flowers, one quiet idea:
Spring is the season of new life. You can see it everywhere, if you slow down — in the hardhack (Spiraea douglasii) bursting open along the water, pink and soft
This year the garden is talking back. Last spring I planted about five new rose bushes along my street — the small, sun-loving variety that you see everywhere in Portland
The garden still hums with life as spring winds down. Cosmos sway in the soft late-afternoon light, butterflies flit from petal to petal, and the neighborhood cat takes long, sunny
The other day a tiny gray butterfly landed on a cosmos bloom in my garden, and I was lucky enough to get a macro shot of the moment. Up close,
Continue readingA Tiny Visitor: Gray Hairstreak on My Cosmos
Here is a beautiful yellow rose next to my fountain. Portland is the city of roses. What does a Yellow Rose traditionally symbolize? I plant flowers to attract butterflies. Here
Bees and sunflowers form one of nature’s most elegant symbiotic relationships. Here’s how the partnership works — what the bees get, what the sunflowers gain, and why both species depend on each other for survival. … Continue readingThe Symbiotic Relationship between Sunflowers and Bees