Home & Real Estate

places to go

Thicket!

A charming new retail plant nursery at NE 23rd & Alberta.

06/21/2012 By Kate Bryant

pollinator conservation

Three Ways To Help Pollinators in Your Garden

06/20/2012 By Kate Bryant

things to do

PATIO

It’s a patio furniture swap meet!

06/19/2012 By Kate Bryant

Desirables

The Good Mod Makes a Good Move

The vintage furniture store stretches out in style in its new digs on both Burnsides, East and West.

06/19/2012 By Kristin Belz

things to do

Garden Conservancy Open Garden Days

Five gardens in the Hillsboro/Aloha area open Sat June 23rd

06/15/2012 By Kate Bryant

Plantwise

Beat the Heat

It’s summer! (By the earth’s tilt, at least.) Here are five things you need to know to make the most of it.

06/15/2012 By Kate Bryant

plant this!

Uncommon Roses

Rose City’s roses have much more to offer than pretty flowers

06/12/2012 By Kate Bryant

Desirables

Indigo Sunshine

The mood is Mediterranean at Indigo Traders in Multnomah Village.

06/11/2012 By Kristin Belz

plant geek's corner

Raconteur and Seed Collector Steve Newall Talks Plants!

watch out – attending might just inspire you book the next flight to the Land of the Long White Cloud!

06/07/2012 By Kate Bryant

plant this!

Cape Fuchsia

colorful, adaptable and one of the best hummingbird plants around

06/05/2012 By Kate Bryant

Desirables

Beam & Anchor, House & Home

The essence of today's Portland: solid quality, in it for the long term.

06/03/2012 By Kristin Belz

$10 and under

Elegant Eco-taining

How to party without trashing the planet.

06/02/2012 By Kristin Belz

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

Plantwise

Survival of the Rosiest

05/25/2012 By Kate Bryant

Rainmaker

Beyond the Bulb

Brian Faherty’s Schoolhouse Electric expands from fixtures to furniture.

05/25/2012 By Zach Dundas

Mudroom

The New Nesting

Portland leads the rise of the renting class.

05/25/2012 By Georgia Perry

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