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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 ...
It is that time of year. Redwings are such beautiful blackbirds. I bet you are baking up a storm since it has cooled off. Excuse me while I go bake some muffins. :)
ReplyDeleteI have a feeder just like that. The Carolina chickadees just love the hid in the holes. Mary
ReplyDeleteHi Phillip, I wish they would come to my bird feeder. I grew up in California where there are a lot of them. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteMary, isn't that the greatest feeder? The birds love it.
ReplyDeleteI use to see Redwings all the time growing up in Wisconsin, but have not seen any since coming to NC many years ago.
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