things to do

Planty, Gardeny Things to Do This Weekend

Swan Island Dahlia Festival, seed-saving class, plant your winter veges and score some good sale plants at your local retail nurseries!

08/27/2010 By Kate Bryant

things to do

Hot Summer Bloomers

no, not naughty Victorian undergarments – flowers, silly!

08/09/2010 By Kate Bryant

plant of the week

Flowering Maple

One of the most luscious plants of late summer. And fall. And winter.

07/30/2010 By Kate Bryant

plant of the week

Painted Tongue

the best annual flower of 2010

07/16/2010 By Kate Bryant

Get Dirty

Pruning Lavender

here’s how to do it – plus highlights from the Lavender Festival

07/11/2010 By Kate Bryant

things to do

Visit Luscher Farm

Oregon Tilth Organic demonstration gardens, a clematis vine collection, community gardens, Three Rivers Land Conservancy trails and more

06/30/2010 By Kate Bryant

plant files

Cute As a Button

ball- and button-shaped flowers

06/25/2010 By Kate Bryant

plant of the week

Clematis ‘Rooguchi’

06/14/2010 By Kate Bryant

good gardening

Planting for Pleasure

06/10/2010 By Kate Bryant

garden projects

Plant a Summery Container

06/08/2010 By Kate Bryant

Things To Do

Wine and Roses – Seriously!

Heirloom Old Garden Roses’ Rose Days – this weekend

06/02/2010 By Kate Bryant

plant of the week

Salvia greggii

Autumn sage – one of the earliest sages to flower in spring

05/26/2010 By Kate Bryant

plant of the week

Bearded Iris

Take a new look at old-fashioned bearded iris (Iris germanica)

05/19/2010 By Kate Bryant

plant of the week

Blanche Rock Rose

Cistus ‘Blanche’ (properly known as C. ×aguilarii)

05/11/2010 By Kate Bryant

horticultural ed

Berry Botanic Garden Classes

last call

05/03/2010 By Kate Bryant

plant of the week

Ceanothus thyrsiflorus ‘Oregon Mist’

a star in the May garden and great for wildlife, too

04/28/2010

plant files

Tulip Time

- a great time to decide which tulips to plant for next year

04/17/2010 By Kate Bryant

Plant Sales

Things to Do – Plants to Buy

plant sales going on every day for the next week

04/12/2010 By Kate Bryant

upcoming events

Tulip Fest!

03/29/2010 By Kate Bryant

upcoming events

Festival of Fragrance

Portland’s Classical Chinese Garden’s spring plant sale

03/17/2010 By Kate Bryant