Cultiverity

Ah, June 💖

Captures of our front garden during this slow motion springtime 🌿

A good friend shared a podcast interview with Jonathan Van Ness in which he shared that he practices the ability to feel despair at some things while feeling joy in others simultaneously. Neither takes away from the other. We are capable of both: & 🌷

Shazam. Spring! Please bring me all the plant textures & colors. It’s an antidote to my feelings on the world right now.

Spring in the back garden.

Spring in the front garden 🌿

Happening this Saturday! I'll be there coordinating the lecture series. Hope to see you there!

LAST CHANCE FOR ADVANCE HORTLANDIA TICKETS! We'll be closing ticket sales tomorrow to prepare for the sale coming up this weekend!

As a reminder, tickets are required for this year's sale. Admission is $5 and tickets can be purchased in advance at hortlandia.com. ⁠
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Ticket sales will also be available at the door, but advance ticket holders will get first entrance! ⁠
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On Saturday, April 2nd, the sale is open from 9AM to 4PM. Admission is free after 3pm.⁠
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Hortlandia 2022 is an indoor sale located at the Westside Commons in Hillsboro, Oregon. Hope to see you there!

Mama has a little time to garden.

Went out to today because I was enamored with a Pacific Coast Iris posted yesterday. Found it (Bronze Baby) and a few other things. And there was (as always) much beauty in the entry/parking garden. The sound of the bumbles was tremendous.

Being pretty pregnant changes my relationship to the garden - all the stuff that requires you to bend over or squat down is mostly out. That leaves surprisingly little 😂 besides putting up my swollen feet and enjoying the view.

HPSO member, Hayden Brown (on IG at https://www.instagram.com/theperennial.victorian/) has been doing a series of wonderful blog posts on her visits to area gardens to feature some of the amazing HPSO member gardens that are open by appointment during the pandemic. Ordinarily, HPSO's Open Gardens program has members visiting each other's gardens en masse on designated days, but obviously we've had to change gears! Here's her most recent post on a wonderful garden out in the Gorge surrounding an old schoolhouse turned home.

If you're interested in visiting area gardens by appointment, become a HPSO member (https://www.hardyplantsociety.org/) and gain access to our virtual directory of dozens of gardens you can see throughout the year.

Member Garden Tour: Kathleen of Old Hurlburt School Gardens This is a garden that feels grand and mature, yet homey and welcoming at the same time. When I visited in April, the garden was coming to life with thousands of spring blooms.