I've received several suggestions to clarify all the guest bloggers and people (personas) I write about here on my blog. I am happy to oblige and intend over the next few days to create a separate …
Comparisons and Thank You’s
It's inevitable. We all do it. We go someplace else, maybe a different climate, a different hardiness zone. We look around and it is green and lush and the sky is blue and they've had some rain. We …
Postcard from Bainbridge Island
A beautiful garden at the Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island with a thousand shades of green glistening on a cool, rainy day. How does one describe such a place? How many... Garden fairies here! …
You will see whatever you came to see
I saw a sea of green, perfect for garden fairies to hide in on brightly lit days at the Bellevue Botanical Garden. The docent at the garden saw Oxalis oregana redwood sorrel, which she said can be …
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A Stylist for Gardeners
I've hired a new stylist to assist me in integrating "gardening style" into my life. Gloriosa Vanderhort and I are so far getting along quite well. She's currently figuring out what shades of …
Dear Dr. Hortfreud, I found an old newspaper clipping..
Dear Dr. Hortfreud, I need your help! I found a yellowed newspaper clipping stuck in the pages of an old gardening book I bought last week, and it has sent me straight down a rabbit hole where the …
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