danger garden

The BigJohn Hicks Oasis was the last garden my friends and I visited on Saturday of the HPSO Study Weekend last June. We were hot, we were tired, and we were thrilled to be there! This is what you see as you enter the property.
A little step to the side and you're rewarded with luxuriously draping fronds of Woodwardia unigemmata....

The next stop during last June's Study Weekend was Sherry Sheng's; a 25-year old garden on 1/3 of an acre that borders the Willamette River. It also has a rather unusual driveway...
The driveway borders were packed with plants, like these tall palms, Trachycarpus fortunei....

The Northwest Flower & Garden Festival is coming up February 18-22 at the Seattle Convention Center and I cannot wait! The show gardens—especially the smaller city living displays—are always a favorite feature, as are the plant vendors, but the show...

I spent New Year's Eve wandering Portland's Japanese Garden. It had been awhile, maybe seven years? That's if my 2018 visit was my last, which seems possible.
My visit started around 2pm, but thanks to the sun's low winter angle most of my photos feel like they were taken much later in the day....