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July 25, 2022

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⁣ When there’s a lot of existing features in y

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When there’s a lot of existing features in your yard, I like to design the layout with simplicity and immersive experience in mind.⁣
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For John and Leila, that means allowing the existing spiral bed to stand on its own and balancing it with a broader planting around a new destination patio. No need to complicate things with more swoops and swirls. Let’s just create an experience of walking under a rose arbor, past a bloomy meadow and tasty raspberries, to discover a hidden patio under the solar array. Sheathing the posts and underside of the solar array with cedar will transform it into a gazebo of sorts. ⁣
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This is the preliminary design, ready for refinements and plant communities!⁣
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#simplify #landscapedesign #gardendesign #immersive #experience #gardenasart #habitatgarden #ediblegarden #pnwgarden #solararray #rosearbor #pollinatormeadow #birdhedge #robiniafrisia #woodchippaths #flagstonepatio #destinationpatio made in #morpholiotrace @morpholio #openyourdoors to #naturesbeauty

⁣ There’s nothing alive in thick bark mulch on

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There’s nothing alive in thick bark mulch on top of landscape cloth.

Which I guess was the intention of whoever put it down.⁣
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You can have low maintenance and life, though. ⁣
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It starts with getting all that bark and cloth out of there.⁣
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Nice work Aaron and Freedom! ⁣
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Can’t wait to plant next week. This little blooming ‘Myrtle Wolf’ manzantia will be center stage!⁣
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#minioregongarden #siteprep #barkmulchisdead #livingsoil #frontyardlandscaping #oregonnativeplants #droughttolerantlandscape #climateadaptedgarden #pnwgarden #habitatgarden #eugeneoregon #wholegardens #landscapedesign #landscapeinstallation

⁣ This one was dry, parched, even in the heart o

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This one was dry, parched, even in the heart of our rainy, rainy rain season.⁣
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Facing the heat of the west, with mats of repellent roots, the old classics—lawn, rhodies, dogwood—don’t suit.⁣
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And so, today, Aaron and Freedom got out there to cut sod, to remove the thirsty, to clear and prepare. ⁣
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I always say a gardener must know how to kill a plant as much as how to care for one.⁣
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Having a plan of what comes next is key though, before you get too whack happy.⁣
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This is the birth of the Mini Oregon Garden. ⁣
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Yes, it is small and will be full of drought tolerant natives, but, also, Alice drives the cutest Mini and loves this place we call home. ⁣
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May her new garden reflect her loves and her dry site!⁣
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#miniorgegongarden⁣
#siteprep #sodcutting #siteadaptedinstallation #landscapeinstallation #habitatgarden #climateadaptedgarden #frontyardlandscaping #smallgarden #lawnalternative #oregonnativeplants #habitatgarden #pnwgarden #landscapedesign #gardendesign #openyourdoors to #naturesbeauty

⁣ Snowy Sunday morning⁣ cat on lap ⁣ cup of

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Snowy Sunday morning⁣
cat on lap ⁣
cup of chai⁣
and this⁣
immersion into place:⁣
salmonberry,⁣
fireweed,⁣
ooligan⁣
(a fish who gave its name to Oregon!)⁣
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If you’re one to fall ⁣
in love ⁣
through language ⁣
art⁣
books⁣
place,⁣
let Cascadia Field Guide⁣
be your companion.⁣
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#cascadiafieldguide⁣ @mtnbooks #art #ecology #poetry #sundaymorning #cascadia #fieldguide #bookrecommendation #bioregionalism #pnw #snowinmarch #openyourdoors to #naturesbeauty
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⁣ Lines to land, this is how it begins!⁣ ⁣ W

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Lines to land, this is how it begins!⁣
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We break ground tomorrow to install the Small with it All Garden. ⁣
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Thanks to Aaron for coordinating all the collaborators and tending to the endless details!⁣
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#smallwithitallgarden #landscapeinstallation #sitework #habitatgarden #pnwgarden #landscapedesign #gardendesign #urbangarden #smallgarden #collaboration with @rob_hoffman_stoneworks #openyourdoors to #naturesbeauty

⁣ You know you’re a pollinator nerd when…⁣

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You know you’re a pollinator nerd when…⁣
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of all the cultural riches of San Miguel de Allende, it’s the Jardín para los Polinizadores that’s your favorite:⁣
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giant black bumblebees hang from pendant coral tubes of flowering agave,⁣
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monarch butterflies dance overhead, evading my iPhone but capturing my awe,⁣
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smaller butterflies alight on lantana and lavender,⁣
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and, delight of delights, 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘰 (𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘮 𝘮𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘢), the mint-scented relative of Oregon native yerba buena (𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘪), dresses in festive orange funnels!⁣
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This pollinator garden is tucked amongst the lush trees in Parque Juarez not far from el centro in San Miguel.⁣
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I could stay here for hours.⁣
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But, now, I must return home where winter cold reigns and these lively things slumber on til spring.⁣
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#jardinparalospolinizadores⁣
⁣#pollinatorgarden #parquejuarez #sanmigueldeallende #bumblebee #monarch #butterflies #pollinators #clinopodoum #asclepias #publicgarden #inspiration #travel #mexico #openyourdoors to #naturesbeauty
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