We have been in the midst of annuals planting hell. Planting is my least favourite gardening task; I like setting the plants out but not so much putting them in the soil. Perhaps this is because we plant with obsessive attention to detail, putting water and a mix of Zeba Quench and Dr Earth fertilizer [...]
Posts Tagged ‘nurseries’
a day “overseas” and a new nursery
Posted in annuals, ferns, grasses, journal, nurseries, perennials, plants, tagged Back Alley Gardens, Basket Case Greenouse, gardening, nurseries, plant shopping, plants on May 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
flashback: 13 June 2009 — Joy Creek Nursery
Posted in 2009 garden journal flashbacks, nurseries, plants, public gardens, tagged garden touring, gardening, Joy Creek, nurseries, plants on March 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We did make it back to Joy Creek Nursery in Scappoose before closing time. I think they must have stayed open late to accommodate tour-goers. Not for us the close parking area by the plant sales area. The place was buzzing with shoppers so we parked in the overflow lot and walked down the road [...]
flashback: — 13 June, 2009: Cistus Nursery display gardens
Posted in 2009 garden journal flashbacks, annuals, garden touring, grasses, nurseries, perennials, plants, public gardens, roses, trees and shrubs, tagged Cistus Nursery, garden touring, gardening, nurseries, plants, water features on March 10, 2012 | 1 Comment »
On June 13th we went to a garden tour on Sauvie Island (next post) and of course took the opportunity to shop at Cistus for more last minute plants for my mother’s open garden day. The display gardens were in fine form.
flashback: 4 May 2009 — Joy Creek and Cistus nurseries
Posted in 2009 garden journal flashbacks, garden touring, nurseries, plants, public gardens, tagged Cistus, garden touring, gardening, Joy Creek, limbing up rhododendrons, nurseries, plants on March 10, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Always in the first week of May we try to go to Cistus and Joy Creek Nurseries (Sauvie Island and Scappoose, Oregon). The four hour round trip is well worth making to acquire the coolest of plants, especially when driven by the prospect of my mother’s garden being on the garden tour six weeks later. [...]
flashback: 2009 — restaurant gardening: the sublime Depot
Posted in 2009 garden journal flashbacks, annuals, container gardens, grasses, perennials, plants, public gardens, tagged Basket Case, clamshell railroad, Depot Restaurant, dining, English Nursery, gardening, Long Beach Peninsula, nurseries, ornamental grasses, planters, plants, restaurants, Seaview Washington on March 2, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Our favourite local restaurant and one that gets all the top star ratings is The Depot Restaurant in Seaview, Washington, and we are honoured to work on their small garden. The Depot building was indeed a depot for the Clamshell Railroad. The Depot gardens consist of the front door container plantings, a garden bed on [...]
flashback: 19 June 2008 — Dancing Oaks Nursery
Posted in 2008 garden journal flashbacks, container gardens, garden touring, nurseries, perennials, plants, public gardens, trees and shrubs, tagged cats, Dancing Oaks, garden touring, Hardy Plant Society study weekend, magnolia, nurseries, water features on February 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
At last, on the day before study weekend, I visited Dancing Oaks. I had been hearing and reading of this nursery for years. No one could have been a better companion for this excursion than my friend and sister horthead Sheila. I forgot to photograph a couple of the features that stuck in my mind. [...]
flashback: May through mid-June 2008 — preparing for a garden tour
Posted in 2008 garden journal flashbacks, container gardens, garden touring, hardscaping, nurseries, our garden, plants, private gardens, public gardens, tagged Cistus Nursery, garden touring, gardening, Joy Creek Nursery, Long Beach (Washington), nurseries, our garden on February 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In spring of 2008 we agreed to let our garden be on the Peninsula garden tour. I had long resisted, never feeling ready, but finally our friend Patti, tour organizer, said to me “You know you are going to do it eventually, so why not get it over with?” As soon as I had committed, [...]
flashback: 22 July 2007 — road trip part three: nine nurseries
Posted in 2007 garden journal flashbacks, annuals, garden touring, nurseries, our garden, perennials, plants, public gardens, tagged Bainbridge Gardens, Dragonfly Farms, Foxglove Greenhouses, garden touring, gardening, Juel's Unique Nursery, Mesogeo, nurseries, our garden, plants, Ravenna Gardens, Savage Plants, Sky Nursery, Village Green Perennials on February 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
a long-awaited buying spree Friday we set off for Seattle via Juel’s Unique Nursery in Elma, our second visit to this charming place up a long country road where the dogs are delightful and birds flutter and sing in two greenhouse aviaries. I can’t recommend this highly enough as a stop on one’s way north [...]
flashback: 20 May 2007 — progress report on annuals
Posted in 2007 garden journal flashbacks, annuals, plants, private gardens, public gardens, tagged Andersen's RV Park, cats, Discovery Heights, gardening, Ilwaco, Klipsan Beach Cottages, Laurie's garden, Long Beach (Washington), Long Beach Peninsula, nurseries, plants, weather on February 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Now that I have the finger blight rant out of my system, here’s an update on planting of annuals: We spent the last several days continuing the rather frenzied planting of cosmos ‘Seashells’, ‘Double Click’ and ‘Sensation’ mixes and painted sage, intermixed with the occasional godetia and perennial. (I just learned that the common name [...]
flashback: 23 & 24 April — working and shopping
Posted in 2007 garden journal flashbacks, plants, private gardens, public gardens, tagged Andersen's RV Park, gardening, Mom's Garden, nurseries on February 10, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Monday at Mom’s garden: More talk about having a house built and moving there to help her out. More thoughts about how much I love my pond and shady garden even though the sunniness of her garden appeals to me. She has collected some wonderful plants which i do not have: Fritillaria pallida (left, above) [...]
