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February 28, 2016

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⁣ Aaron asked me this morning if we’d need the

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Aaron asked me this morning if we’d need the tree dolly.⁣
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I should have said yes! 🙊⁣
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Beautiful, BIG, native white alders replace the borer infested birch here, renewing Mary Susan’s second story kitchen window view.
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Plus a ton more plants to keep them company. ⁣
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It’s already transformed!
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Thanks @armitagenursery for the great plants!⁣
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#highlowgarden #whitealder #alnusrhombifolia #birchreplacement #oregonnativetrees #pnwnative #beautifultrees #thanksteam #habitatgarden #pnwgarden #birdgarden #sideyardlandscaping #forestgarden #landscapedesign #landscapeinstallation #openyourdoors to #naturesbeauty

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A “bower” is both a leafy place of rest 𝘢𝘯𝘥 a lady’s private sitting room.⁣
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The Green Bower Garden design, nestled under tall Doug firs and Oregon white oaks, stretching out into warm afternoon sun, seeks to combine both meanings.⁣
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Within the fenced backyard, surrounded by songbirds and free-willed nature, the garden offers a place to settle, a place to look closer at subtle textures and soft colors, a place to breathe sweet scents, a place to release into beauty.⁣
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#gardenretreat #restfulgarden #underthetrees #inthemeadow #gardendesign #landscapedesign #plantingdesign made in @morpholio #morpholiotrace #pnwgarden #outdoorliving #habitatgarden #lifenotlawn #openyourdoors to #naturesbeauty

⁣ With the cool name of Elk Clover, it’s a mys

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With the cool name of Elk Clover, it’s a mystery this native isn’t more popular in nurseries or gardens.⁣
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Elks are pure majesty. And, clover is sweet. Though this is not a true clover. It just has big ass compound leaves. Thus, Elk Clover.⁣
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My young plant along the path back to my office has been beautifully distracting for months now.⁣
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Right now, it’s the rosy color of its ripening fruit that I adore.⁣
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But first there was the unfurling of those grand leaves.⁣
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Then the white flowers and all their pollinating visitors.⁣
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On the horizon, I anticipate glossy black berries and, hopefully a tiny flurry of winged feasters.⁣
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Also known as 𝘈𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢 and California spikenard, this plant grows in wet floodplains as well as road side ditches in the wild. ⁣
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In the garden, it seems super adaptable. ⁣
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Give it a dapple or more of shade and an occasional drink and you too could bask in the spectacle of Elk Clover.⁣
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#elkclover #araliacalifornica #oregonnativeplants #beautifulberries #shadegarden #habitatgarden #ilikebigplants #plantthisplant #structuralplants #openyourdoors to #naturesbeauty

⁣ I can’t stop hearing the Cascara tree. The o

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I can’t stop hearing the Cascara tree. The one I met at the top of Cascara Lane in Philomath earlier this month.⁣
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Just before I went in for ACL surgery, I spent a week at an Air BnB working, surrounded by wild trees, a pond garden, and young, spotted deer.⁣
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It was a peaceful place. But, in the liveliest sense of peace. Everything crackled with awareness, rustled with foraging, gleamed in August’s sunlight.⁣
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When Aaron came to join me on the last night, I took him to meet the Cascara tree. She stands at the bottom of the slope, beside the pond garden, before the Oregon White Oaks and Douglas Firs tower.⁣
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“Look at her rounded crown, and her bark speckled white like an Alder’s. Here’s her berries, just ripening now,” I showed Aaron. We’ve been considering planting a new tree in our back garden to shade his art studio from the hot afternoon sun. This could be the one.⁣
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“It’s not the showiest tree,” I conceded, “Unless you consider all the birds that are attracted to it’s berries—they’re quite a show!”⁣
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Do you need a bit more shade, too? Let me introduce you to Cascara.⁣
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Read: August Day by Cascara, new on the blog. Link in bio.⁣
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#plantofthemonth #cascara #frangulapurshiana #rhamnuspurshiana #fromtheperspectiveoftrees #shadetree #birdtree #augustberries #pnwnativeplant #smalltree #gardentree #habitatgarden #gardenwriting #gardenblog #forthebirds #forthebees #openyourdoors to #naturesbeauty

⁣ The first preliminary design is what I think m

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The first preliminary design is what I think my clients 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 they want.⁣
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The second is what they didn’t know they wanted.⁣
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Elayne and Doug are leaning towards number two.⁣
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What about you?⁣
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#preliminarydesigns #options #better1or2 #landscapedesign #frontyardlandscaping #layout #deck #boardwalk #pots made in #morpholiotrace @morpholio #openyourdoors to #naturesbeauty

⁣ You know that neglected spot that you’ve bee

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You know that neglected spot that you’ve been looking at but, trying not to look at for years?⁣
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What if you put a boulder fountain and some nice plants there?⁣
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What if chickadees and thirsty bees came?⁣
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What if it became your favorite spot?⁣
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#layeredhabitatgarden #boulderfountain #rockcollection #usedtoberubble #forthebirdsandbees #watersounds #openyourdoors to #naruresbeauty

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