I haven’t posted anything for a while because we moved! There have been boxes to pack, boxes to unpack, furniture to arrange and furniture to rearrange. And meanwhile lunches have to be made, dinners prepared, schedules shifted, kids picked up and dropped off and work Monday through Friday, 7:30 to 4:00. You know, life. We only moved a few miles, but into a more rural … Continue reading New House New Plants!
My favorite garden at the 2014 Northwest Flower and Garden Show was designed by Kirsten Lints, CPH, Gardens ALIVE Design. Her long hours and hard work paid off, her garden won the best in show, or Founders Cup, as well as many other awards. The garden was sponsored by WSNLA and WALP, two Washington State Landscape Organizations. The garden install was led by Rob Boyker, owner … Continue reading An Interview With Kirsten Lints, Garden Designer
Last week at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show there were some amazing seminars and Dan Hinkley was one of the best. He presented this list of his top 25 plants, or the plants he will always have in his garden. I’m excited about these plants, especially my favorite, the Dove Tree! Check out some old favorites from the Pacific Northwest as well as the … Continue reading Dan Hinkley’s Top 25 Plants
Today some students from our school (LWIT) helped build the display gardens at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show. It was fascinating to see the gardens created from the ground up as 15 foot bamboo and mature trees and massive stumps and boulders were brought in and carefully placed. Today was a day of building. Walls, patios and ponds were constructed. Yards and yards of … Continue reading Building the Northwest Flower and Garden Show
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