Around Town

City Brainstorming

Lots of goals and metrics, but where's the design in the Portland Plan?

05/28/2012 By Kristin Belz

Slide Show

Do Fence Me In

There are nearly as many kinds of fences as neighbors who make them. Take a tour in this visual diary.

05/28/2012 By Kristin Belz

Desirables

In the Garden of the Curious and Unique

Yesterday and Tomorrow, but right for today too.

05/27/2012 By Kristin Belz

get dirty

What To Do About Slugs

fascinating creatures, but not so great when they’re devouring your plants…

05/25/2012 By Kate Bryant

Desirables

Ralph Rapson Redux

New yet old furniture for patio or poolside recycles mid-century modern classics in more ways than one.

05/22/2012 By Kristin Belz

what's new

Specialty Annuals

keep an eye out for unusual annual flowers this spring!

05/21/2012 By Kate Bryant

To Read

The 50 Mile Bouquet

Local and sustainable hits the florist shop.

05/20/2012 By Kristin Belz

things to do

Vertical Gardening Class, RPR Open House and Clematis Garden Tour

great weekend gardening events

05/18/2012 By Kate Bryant

garden planning

Design Your Garden to Support Beneficial Insects

05/17/2012 By Kate Bryant

DIY

LOL with Lamp-In-A-Box

Make your own designs or pick an old favorite, from Barbie to the Beatles and beyond.

05/14/2012 By Kristin Belz

get dirty

Five Things to Do In the Garden This Week: Mid-May

05/14/2012 By Kate Bryant

Desirables

Solabee Buzzes

Beautiful florals and botanicals to go in NoPo.

05/13/2012 By Kristin Belz

Out and About

Rummer Homes + Mod Fun

A high-low weekend to revel in 20th century modernism and kitschy Americana.

05/13/2012 By Kristin Belz

Things to do

News Flash: Amy Stewart Does "Wicked Bugs" in Portland!

Come out tonight and listen to her entertaining discussion on how humans and bugs’ lives intersect.

05/11/2012 By Kate Bryant

THINGS TO DO

A Sea of Blue: Camassia Natural Area

05/10/2012 By Kate Bryant

get dirty

When to Plant Veggies…

There’s plenty you can plant right now but hold off just a little longer on the warm-weather crops

05/08/2012 By Kate Bryant

Out and About

Taking Time to Measure Up

Evaluating our green building efforts, PSU helps us ask how we’re doing so far.

05/07/2012 By Kristin Belz

plant sale

Clackamas County Spring Garden Fair

the last major plant sale of the spring coming up this weekend!

05/01/2012 By Kate Bryant

Desirables

Modern Elegance, Modest Restraint

Altura crafts furniture that transcends its Northwest upbringing.

04/30/2012 By Kristin Belz

plant of the week

Sweetly-Scented Stock

a contemporary-looking species of a sweet, old-fashioned plant

04/30/2012 By Kate Bryant