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
can't wait to see more pictures. So did you fall in love and want to move there? I know what you mean about not being able to leave Alabama.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad to hear you had a great time here in the PNW. I fell in love about seven years ago, after living my entire life (50+ years) in snowy New England. We moved here not long after that visit. It is gardener's nirvana. Looks like you got a little taste of yarn-bombing (that's what they call the crocheted stuff). I hope you come back for the Portland Fling next year.
ReplyDeleteHi Jen, yes I did! haha Who knows what will happen?
ReplyDeleteAlison, do you cope well with all the rain? There were only 2 days of it while I was there but everybody said that it rained all the time from November-May.
Glad you had a great trip. I enjoyed mine to CA also. My sister and I saw so many beautiful plants and gardens that my nephew asked "Have yall seen enough flowers yet?" Well, NO! I am posting some videos on my blog. They don't do justice to what all we saw. Visit and watch if you get a chance! Looking forward to seeing yours.
ReplyDelete10 days! How wonderful! Looks like fun and I love that Columbia River Gorge pic.
ReplyDeletePhillip, I cope well with the clouds. It doesn't actually rain ALL the time. It spritzes or showers most days, off and on, with an occasional span of days where it does indeed rain all day. Spring starts in February and lasts till June, and is a long, slow build-up. I prefer it to being under two feet of snow from December to March, when I lived in Massachusetts.
ReplyDeleteHi Phillip, Thanks for sharing your trip to Portland with us. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your beautiful photos.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your visit. Blogger (or my slow ATT internet) is showing only every other photo. I'll have to come back later and try again, but at least I could read the text and captions.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds absolutely dreamy. Can't wait to see what all you have time to show. Welcome home.
ReplyDeleteI agree too about the food in Portland. Though I mostly ate I restaurants, it was superb, creative and lots of healthy choices. Jeannine
ReplyDeleteMy fav photo is "Keep Portland Weird." That would make me feel right at home.
ReplyDeleteMy fav photo is the one of the river. aww geez.
My fav photo is the underwear shop...
Oh well you get the picture, I can't decide.
Oh Phillip, I can't believe that I've been missing your posts from the PNW! Blogger is doing some weird things to me! You'll visit again and again now that you have friends here. Perhaps someday you'll even move out west yourself.
ReplyDeleteYou feature many of my own impressions of Portland. On one of my visits my son took me walking through some of the neighborhoods. I too was impressed that everyone had a lovely garden. The mild climate (This was in August) was perfect for all those flowers!
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