Another term of tromping around in the rain for my Plants class has passed, and sadly so. The Plants sequence in my landscape architecture program lasts three terms, which is a total of nine months, and it is really fantastic - my favorite class by far. Rain or shine, (mostly rain) we walk all around [...]
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Early Flowering Plants: Part I
March 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Tags: design · flowers · plants · school
Winter Gardening
February 3rd, 2010 · 4 Comments
It is that time of year to start planning the coming season’s garden and get our seeds going indoors. I have to admit that I haven’t started a thing yet and I am already feeling really behind. Hopefully this weekend will allow me a sliver of time to get my seed starting organized.
In the mean [...]
Tags: gardening · urban farm · vegetables · winter vegetables
Problem Solver: Salal
January 12th, 2010 · 3 Comments
Salal is one of those Northwest natives that I have often heard people talk, but have never been familiar with it myself. In my Plants class this term, we are studying evergreen trees, shrubs and ground covers. We learned all about Salal this week and it is really a fantastic problem-solver in the garden.
The botanical [...]
The Highline
December 31st, 2009 · 1 Comment
If you are into cool, modern garden design, check out this new park in New York City: The Highline. What used to be an old railway line raised above the city streets has now been converted it into a public park in West Chelsea and Meatpacking District on the city’s west side.
The rail lines used [...]
Tags: design · garden art · school · traveling
Christmas in New York
December 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment
I kind of disappeared from the online world last week when my mother-in-law arrived in New York to spend the holiday with us. Our days leading up to Christmas were filled with fabulous dinners and long walks through the bright city.
We were lucky to have a little snow leftover from the previous weekend. Central Park [...]