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Galega x hartlandii 'Lady Wilson'  On Monday, our garden was included in the HPSO Study Weekend. This is a four-day event that includes speakers, plant/art sales and garden tours. The event rotates every two years between the cities of Portland, Seattle, Victoria B.C. and Vancouver B.C.  It will be 2033 before Portland hosts again. I toured the Portland gardens on Friday and Saturday and will share some photos in my next post. The weather was perfect on those days. Not so much on Monday, the day for the Vancouver, Washington gardens tour, and by late afternoon, the temperature had reached 94. However, it wasn't too bad in the first part of the day, and that's when we received the most visitors. We didn't have an exact count, but making an estimate based on our guestbook, I would say around 200 people. It was a hectic but fun day! We had a lot of visitors from Seattle and areas north of us as attendees were making their way home. Every time we open our garden, there ...

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Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy

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  1. Jealous! I've only got 4 blooms now out of hundreds of plants. Maybe in a couple of weeks I'll be able to make a beautiful bouquet.

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  2. Wow! Those are beautiful! Good luck with your talks on roses.

    /Z and I are on our own again until next Friday night. Todd left this past Thursday a.m. I will have to watch the oscars without him.

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  3. Those are so pretty! No daffodils blooming here yet, but even if they were I probably wouldn't have enough for a bouquet like that.

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  4. Very pretty! I am so looking foward to seeing our roses bloom again. Thanks for sharing....Julian

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  5. Your beautiful flowers are the next best thing of having my own. Mine are coming up nicely though. Spring is just a few weeks away.
    Thanks for sharing!

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  6. What a bunch of sunshine. They certainly make my heart go pitty patter and I can't even smell them. I don't even have buds yet. It won't be long if the temps stay as warm as they predict this coming week.

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  7. Ellison and I just planted over 60 random bulbs in the yard! I can not wait to what comes up! Spring is here! hallelujah!

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  8. Beautiful! You are lucky to have so many flowers to pick, even when the roses are still asleep.

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  9. I can smell them from here! My first opened this week, only one so certainly not enough for a vase.

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  10. They are so beautiful Phillip! I have them all over my yard now. Isn't the color in the yard just the thing!!!

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  11. I like it. Sure wish I knew the name of the orange center/yellow outer Petals.

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  12. Several of mine have opened overnight. So have my Lenten rose. If I can get home at a decent time I'll get some pictures. Tulip trees on the way to work are just fantastic.

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