DIY

Healthy Poppy Paints at Lowe’s

Yolo Colorhouse has a new quartet of poppy-inspired summer colors out, and they’re easier to find now that Lowe’s is carrying them.

07/29/2011 By Kristin Belz

good ideas

Front Lawn Insanity!

you can’t eat grass…

07/29/2011 By Kate Bryant

things to do

Dancing Oaks Summer Garden Festival

Saturday July 30, 2011 – 9:30 am to 4 pm

07/29/2011 By Kate Bryant

Out and About

Salvage Secrets Q & A at Rejuvenation

Salvage maven Joanne Palmisano has a new book all about making discards into design treasures, and she wants to share.

07/28/2011 By Kristin Belz

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Slide Show: David C. Lam Asian Garden at UBC

07/28/2011

horticultural travels

David C. Lam Asian Garden at UBC

a horticultural Mecca!

07/28/2011 By Kate Bryant

Under $10

Somewhere Over the Rainbow(ls)

These colorful striped wooden bowls will make you stop in your tracks.

07/26/2011 By Kristin Belz

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Slide Show: Dulcy Mahar

07/26/2011

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Dulcy Mahar

The Oregonian garden columnist’s garden opens one more time

07/26/2011 By Kate Bryant

Desirables

All Hail the Ancient Art of Mosaic

Hail Mary is a shop and mosaic studio filled with quirky beauty.

07/22/2011 By Kristin Belz

get dirty

Make Babies! (Plants, That Is…)

try your hand at the easiest propagation method around

07/22/2011 By Kate Bryant

Wish List

Ideas for an Artful Modern Retreat

Just a few suggestions for DIY decor that will brighten up any bungalow.

07/22/2011

Market Watch

Scape from Planet Garlic

There’s more to garlic than just the bulb.

07/21/2011 By Kristin Belz

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Buy Spring Bulbs Now

…while you can still remember what the garden looked like in March, April and May!

07/21/2011 By Kate Bryant

Out and About

Belluschi and More Historic Homes Tour

How often do you get invited to Pietro Belluschi’s house? Don’t miss the Architectural Heritage Center’s tour of his and other historic Portland homes.

07/20/2011 By Kristin Belz

Desirables

Back to the Typewriter

Put aside, for a moment, the iPad, and contemplate the typewriter. Is it an objet d’art or a utilitarian typing machine?

07/19/2011 By Kristin Belz

plant of the week

Try Mt Etna Broom - a Broom That's Nice, Not Naughty!

Genista aetnensis

07/18/2011 By Kate Bryant

Out and About

Japan Without a Passport

Zen beauty and no-hassle travel at the Portland Japanese Garden’s Behind the Shoji art show and sale.

07/14/2011 By Kristin Belz

DIY

Sew and Go!

Sewing studios and classes are popping up all over Portland to help beginners whip out curtains and pillows in no time.

07/12/2011 By Kristin Belz

things to do

Garden Conservancy Open Gardens & Tour De Coops

07/12/2011 By Kate Bryant