Upcoming Plant Sales
There will be FOUR events in the next few weeks, so mark your calendars and be sure to stop by one (or all!) of them. All proceeds help benefit our local schools. Each of the sales will offer native plants (note that some are not on the Portland Plant List). Please see below for more details about each sale! Fort Vancouver High School Plant Sale: Wednesday, April 24, 8am-6pm, Thursday, April 25, 8am-5pm and Friday, April 26, 8am-4pm Native plants available: Trees: Cascara, Oregon White Oak, Vine Maple, Douglas Fir, Western Hemlock, Western Red Cedar; Shrubs: Mock Orange, Flowering Red Currant, Red Twig Dogwood, Cascade Oregon Grape, Baldhip Rose, Nootka Rose, Douglas Spirea, Thimbleberry , Serviceberry, Red Elderberry, Blue Elderberry, Black Hawthorn, Salmonberry, Golden Currant, Smooth Sumac, Salal; Groundcovers : Western Yarrow, Wild Ginger, Sword Fern, Goldenrod, Blue-Eyed Grass, Soft Fruited Bulrush, Tufted Hair Grass, Oregon Sunshine, Maidenhair Fern, Checkermallow, Sedum Spat
Very interesting tour...thanks!
ReplyDeleteGranna took the words right out of my mouth... lol It was interesting to see the spacing of the houses in the gated community -- land must be so astronomically expensive there! My very favorite was the Witch's House. Very charming and whimsical.
ReplyDeleteHow much fun. Some of these houses do not match the actors to me. Simon Cowell's does, a little too black and white...Reese and Betty's look the most comfortable to me. Great post.
ReplyDeleteI found myself trying to see if the house matched the actor. Betty White was spot on.
ReplyDeleteI really liked Reese's house. Very cool tour! :D
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a fun tour. I am surprised that you can get so close to some of the houses. Can't wait to see the "other" side.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun trip Phillip. Well that's an interesting witch house. Built that way. That would weird out these people down here in the south - namely Mobile. I like Betty Whites house - looks like home. Simon Cowell is probably trying to make a statement.
ReplyDeletePhillip! I'm so happy you got to go on this trip! Thanks for the great pictures and commentary.
ReplyDeleteThe witches house is my favorite! Thank you! It was fun!
ReplyDeleteI liked the tour in part I better, but this one was definitely more interesting. Clearly, money does not equal taste. The best ones were the Bogart/Bacall house and Betty White's house. Some of those others are just nausea-inducing.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is the Witch's House!
ReplyDeleteI just loved the cemetery tours at Savannah and Charleston. The tour you took reminds me of the Lucy Show where she lands up crawling over Richard Wickmark's fence thrying to get some of his oranges.
ReplyDeleteOh I stopped at your home on the garden tour a few years back. Wonderful I hope to be on a future one.
Another vote for the Humphrey Bogart/Lauren Bacall house, Phillip - loved them as actors, too, and their home looks so unpretentious considering their fame.
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful armchair tour!
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
You had lots of fun! We have acquaintances (a partnered pair -- Garrett and his girlfriend go out to visit them once a year) who live in the Hollywood Hills --- Brangelina lives across the street and buy up homes that come up for sale to expand their estate. Interesting place. We didn't go on the star tours, but drove around up there. Richard also has a nephew who is an actor living in Hollywood.
ReplyDeleteOhhh...My God!!! these houses are wonderful but I think they cost a fortune!!! However, my favorite is the Witch's House. It looks like the house of Hansel and Gretal. Its owner, Michael Libow, plans to preserve this historic house. So cool!
ReplyDeleteHollywood is not just the place of stars and celebrities, but also their fantastically designed houses! There is so much to see, so much to experience. The Witch’s House is a funny and still beautiful home. Thank you for sharing your trip with us! The photos are beautiful.
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