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@roughwood_softgrass Anne - check them out! My babies! White Martagon lilies on their second year from seed. I really really hope there was no mixup and they truly are white. Five years is a long time to wait to be disappointed… 🤞😊🤞A pandemic with lockdowns was good for my garden. I raised the firepit patio about three inches and connected the areas around it with stone. Had it been a normal year, I bet we would still have been looking at a mud pit.So grateful for the rain! 💦🌿A few scenes from the #hotbed at the # communitygarden and beyond. A few hours spent up there in pouring rain STILL beats house cleaning a thousand times. I’m afraid the house will have to wait yet another week. 😆Did three back-to-back consultations today, and the last one was for a fabulous house on the Columbia, under massive oak trees - one of which had just blown down. The house had the most wonderful copper salmon downspouts. So great! 🤩Never a shot without a garden hose taking center stage, but you know how it is - it’s been a very dry spring. Had a consultation scheduled for this evening, but the client thought it was *next* week, so I got the night off. I don’t mind in the slightest - I needed some downtime in my own yard for a change. Just me, the cats and a beer. Aaahhh…
Tag Archives: climate change
The Saving Grace of Shade
Yesterday, temperatures hit 100 F here in Portland – the hottest day so far of 2012. Compared to other areas of our overheating world, we’ve obviously been spared a great deal of angst and discomfort so far, and should consider … Continue reading
Posted in Cool plants, Gardening and Landscaping
Tagged climate change, create shade, drought, gardening, landscaping, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, shade plants, zone 8
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Soften the Environmental Blow With a Green Roof!
Ever since I attended an architectural product luncheon back in 1993, where a Swiss rep was showing his wares – various sizes of the plastic, egg crate-looking modules holding the planting medium used to create planted roofs – and lauding … Continue reading
Posted in Client Education, Cool building materials, Environment, Gardening and Landscaping, Green Living, On Building, On Design
Tagged brown roofs, Building, climate change, economy, Energy, environment, extensive, Green Roof Initiative, green roofs, Green Technology, Heat Island Effect, intensive, Landscape design, storm water
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