Once upon a time Tim and I decided to start a vegetable garden at our country home. We knew that the clay soil would be a challenge, and neighbor gardeners suggested raised beds filled with a good planting mix. We followed their advice and enjoyed our first “crops”
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While rhododendrons and azaleas fill spring with early color the peonies patiently wait their turn to share the gardener’s palette with vibrant colored blooms and bright green foliage. Lorelie and Lee invite you to join in appreciating peonies!
You are invited to join Lee and Roger for this spring’s Roozengaarde experience, and enjoy the visual effects of massed tulips and shape plantings! Roger’s nephew and his wife joined them for a mid-April visit to the famous gardens, and you are welcome to stroll along with the group!
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Welcome inside the annual NORTHWEST FLOWER & GARDEN FESTIVAL! Join Lee as she finds colorful exhibits of landscape and floral designs. Then you are invited to my garden to view several examples of instant color inspired by the Garden Festival.
A special welcome to each of you! This “For the Earth” NESTER post features the significance of the “home garden’s” role in the continuing effort to increase the respect we all need to have for nature. All the quotations in the post come from The Wild Braid, a book by poet Stanley Kunitz with Genine
Lentine. In his 100th year, Kunitz’s book is filled with wisdom about gardens and life.
To illustrate Kunitz’s insights, all the photographs are either from our friends’ gardens or from our current neighborhood. To all the gardeners who have shared their beautiful gardens with Lorelie and me through the years, a hearty thank you! You have enriched our lives! We are delighted to share them with you!
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Welcome to “High Summer” and multi-colored hydrangeas softening houses, bordering gardens and shading paths in parks. After the blush of April and the exuberance of May, hydrangeas with their soft green leaves, blue and pink colors and cloud shaped blooms invite us to choose a good book and relax in the shade.
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Welcome to Lorelie’s and Lee’s celebration of roses in public and private spaces. Lorelie has always loved roses, whether they are in bouquets, gardens, or along fences and roadsides. Her first rose garden was in Richmond Beach, where she carefully selected grandifloras for their big sprays of blooms and the hybrid teas for their long single stems.
Lee’s camera highlights the roses in bloom on her walks in Edmonds. Enjoy!!
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Hello there! Thanks for dropping by and joining us in returning to beginning times in our home in Ponderosa. Our living room windows fronted an overstory of pines and firs that dominated the property. We soon named the property and yet to be imagined garden, SHADY GROVE. With one lonely vine maple adding variety, our first key landscape decision was to thin the evergreens and add deciduous trees that would provide spring bloom, contrasting colors and textures to the dark green canopy.
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Welcome Friends,
You are invited to enter and enjoy the display of tall lilacs in the Olson gardens. Savor the haiku sensory impressions by Maureen Mitchell and contemporary haiku poets. Learn more about these fascinating shrubs!
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Lee and Roger invites you to join them on an early spring walk in the Seattle Arboretum Japanese Garden. Lee’s camera brings the bright blooms and greens of April to life. They are a welcome reward of pleasant weather after several rainy days!
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