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Portland Study Weekend Gardens - West Linn, Clackamas & Oregon City pt. 1

Last Saturday, I saw the six gardens featured on the HPSO Study Weekend tour. These gardens were in the southern part of Portland. I was excited to see Sherry Sheng's garden. She has visited our garden in the past, and I got to know her better when we were on the England trip together.  Her garden was a delight with something fabulous at every turn.  Next, the Connall garden which has a Mediterranean, drought-resistant planting scheme. The Harry Landers garden was packed with colorful flowers and a koi pond - Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy
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Daffodils


The daffodils are blooming along the streetside in front of our house. Every year I tell myself that I should add more but I'm thinking now that hellebores might be pretty sprinkled throughout the bare spots. Regardless of what I add, now is the time to decide where they should go because when the other plants fill out, there is no way of knowing.

Winter lingers with cold temperatures and rainy weather. Hopefully warmer temperatures on the way...

Everybody finds our huge mailbox humorous. I wanted the biggest one that I could find because we mail out and receive lots of packages and the last thing I want to do is stand in line at the post office. Two different mail carriers have told us it is there favorite box on their route. Ha!








Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy
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  1. Kris PetersonApril 3, 2023 at 1:08 PM

    I love your mailbox! Ours is pretty large too - and it requires a key to access the contents, which says something about the world we live in. My daffodils are peaking at the moment, after finally getting several days here and there with warmer temperatures. I hope yours follow suit.

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  2. Hoover BooApril 3, 2023 at 5:40 PM

    Looks like just barely spring where you are. The Daffs are so bright and cheerful--they must lift the spirits of passers by--and the mail carriers--on cloudy days.

    Mailbox is great--you never know when you'll need to mail order a new plant, and its best to be prepared!

    Here we're several weeks later than last year. I'm fine with that--not looking forward to dry, hot weather.

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  3. AnonymousApril 4, 2023 at 7:02 AM

    The Daffs look great along the fence... so have you marked the spots for either more bulbs or Hellebores?
    Chavli

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