Dancing Oaks Nursery & Gardens
Another notch off my horticultural bucket list was a long overdue trip to Dancing Oaks Nursery & Gardens. I have purchased plants from this nursery at their booth at Hortlandia but had never been to the physical nursery. When friends Linda and Marvin invited me to join them, I jumped at the chance. The drive to Monmouth, Oregon is a long one, about two hours, but the countryside is absolutely beautiful and a refreshing change from home where there is always a car on your tail (I have a hang-up about that) and there is always a car coming when you are turning at a stop sign - always . There are mostly farms and orchards here, some covered with breathtaking blankets of white, planted with what we were later told was “meadow foam”. A long gravel road leads to Dancing Oaks. This plant paradise has a number of small greenhouses full of rare and hard-to-find plants. The display gardens surrounding the nursery is a beautiful place to see many of the sale plants in action. The nursery i
Get that lady a shawl, preferably not made of snow.
ReplyDeleteOh Lord, her arms done froze off.
ReplyDeleteBit nippy out isn't it. Bring on spring.
ReplyDeleteSorry Phillip...I'm getting a little impatient!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm going to agree with Lisa! And wouldnt a shawl on her make for a great photo in the snow!!
Here's another one...
ReplyDeleteThat is a horrible case of frostbite!
I can hardly wait til Spring. I hear there is more snow on the way. BooHoo!
Lovely photo...and yes...we're almost there...spring is just around the corner...right?!?
ReplyDeleteme, too, Phillip! ps there's an SOS in word verification!
ReplyDeleteI'd say she looks a little chilly.
ReplyDeleteIt was nice getting out last Saturday with my tractor hauling mulch to my daylilies and cleaning up fallen limbs. 72 degrees really felt warm, even the dogs were panting from the heat. My daffodils are coming up. Mom next door has one with a bloom on it. Getting close. Mary
ReplyDeleteNeat photo captions. Here's mine. Hmm, maybe it's too early to go skinny dipping! LOL Spring is coming though if we can tough it out in Feb. It's already the 5th.
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