Portland Veggie Calendar
I recently finished putting together a vegetable planting calendar resource that I’m excited to return to year after year. Based […]
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design, garden, plants, vegetables
Backyard Rain Garden
Incorporating a rain garden into our homestead allows us to weave natural processes into our backyard. We can still grow
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design, ecology, garden, green living, modern homesteading, projects, rainwater harvesting
2020 Vegetable Garden Plan
This is the most well-thought through vegetable garden I’ve ever created. Take a look at the plan I created, get
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design, garden, modern homesteading, raised beds, seeds, tips, vegetables, winter vegetables
ASLA Award Winner
I was recently presented with a Community Service Award from the Oregon Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architecture
Homestead Tour
Check out before-and-after photos, garden plans and lots of pretty photos of our homesteads. See how our current home is in
Homestead Garden Update
It has been two years since we uprooted ourselves from our first homestead and planted roots into our new digs – still
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design, garden
Favorite Edible Evergreens
Winter is the perfect time of year to size up the evergreen structure, or lack thereof, in your garden space.
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design, garden, plants
2016 Vegetable Garden Plan
This year my vegetable gardening plans are bursting at the seams! I poured over seed catalogs this winter, put in
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design, garden, vegetables
Landscape Design
LANDSCAPE DESIGN Renee Wilkinson received her masters degree in landscape architecture from the University of Oregon. She works as a
Holiday Solstice Tree
Our holiday traditions have evolved over time, as they should. The childhood season of presents has given way to a season of simplicity
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craft, design, home