things to do

Garden Gifts Holiday Workshop

Garden Fever! can help you make something crafty for garden giftees

12/01/2011 By Kate Bryant

plant of the week

Strawberry Tree

Adorned with bright yellow and orange-red fruit in late fall, it’s like having a self-decorating Christmas tree!

11/30/2011 By Kate Bryant

shopping

Gifts for Gardeners

buy local!

11/29/2011 By Kate Bryant

Desirables

Temporary Beauty

Portland Art Museum lets you bring home fine art without making a long-term commitment.

11/27/2011 By Kristin Belz

Slideshow

Slide Show: Lure of the Local

11/23/2011

Habitat

Lure of the Local

One of Pietro Belluschi’s Northwest regional icons gets an update—from his son.

11/23/2011 By Kristin Belz

Mudroom

Oregon's Christmas-Tree Industry Falls Hard for an Exotic Foreigner

From Russia with love.

11/23/2011 By Derek Pettie

Desirables

Heath Speaks of the Hearth

The classic California ceramic dinnerware is perfect for creating a welcoming and warm Thanksgiving table.

11/21/2011 By Kristin Belz

plant sale

How To Score Sale Plants in November

what to buy, what not to buy

11/21/2011 By Kate Bryant

plant of the week

Japanese Clethra

Clethra barbinervis

11/17/2011 By Kate Bryant

Desirables

Searching for Vintage

Can you manufacture authenticity, or does it only come with age?

11/14/2011 By Kristin Belz

plant sale

End-of-Season Bulb Sales

11/14/2011 By Kate Bryant

Home Hunt

Growin’ and Groovin’ in Cully Grove

Orange Splot keeps trees and plants seeds of a new green community in Portland’s Cully neighborhood.

11/12/2011 By Kristin Belz

Out and About

Visiting the Mayor’s House, Circa 1912

The Architectural Heritage Center opens the doors on Portland of a century ago, when the Mayor had just moved into a grand new home built by A.E. Doyle.

11/12/2011 By Kristin Belz

plant sale

Viola Frenzy!

violas and pansies on sale at Cornell Farm

11/11/2011 By Kate Bryant

get dirty

Plant Bulbs!

a quick and easy planting project that that will bring you sunshine in January

11/10/2011 By Kate Bryant

Retail Watch

Williams-Sonoma Rejuvenates

The California king of all things home adds a Portland prize to its portfolio: Rejuvenation.

11/08/2011 By Kristin Belz

DIY

Leaves, Light, and Luddites

Preserve the old-fashioned method of preserving leaves by pressing them in wax paper. Autumn leaves; beauty stays.

11/07/2011 By Kristin Belz

Desirables

Shoots Bamboo and Makes Things Too

A bamboo jungle thrives, just down the street from Paul Bunyan.

11/05/2011 By Kristin Belz

Slideshow

Slide Show: The Sweet, Sweet Scent of Autumn at Lan Su

11/03/2011