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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 ...

Valentine's Day Snow



We woke up to around 4 inches of snow today. We already had a dusting from yesterday. If I am not mistaken, we've had at least one big snowfall every winter since we've lived here. They usually occur in January or February but sometimes as late as April.

Here are the obligatory photos.





















Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy

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  1. Bird houses and snow look particularly good together.
    What's the variegated climber - or shrub in the last photo?
    Chavli

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  2. Gardens blanketed in snow always look magical to me but then it's something I've seldom seen in person. Coastal Southern California is lucky just to get a bit of rain.

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  3. Snow looks good in your garden. Let's face it. Anything and anyone would look good in your garden. Have a good weekend.

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  4. It is beautiful, and I'm glad not as harsh as last year's ice storm!

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  5. It appears you didn't have any damage from the snow. Your garden looks beautiful dressed in white.

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