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Wednesday Vignette – parking lot plants and the horticultural disconnect

Posted on December 20, 2023 by annamadeit

We’ve all heard the term “parking lot plants”, correct? And most of us think of them with with at least some measure of disdain. They are common to the point of nauseam, they are often sheared into nearly unrecognizable green … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Vignette – changes

Posted on December 1, 2020 by annamadeit

I have some news! I got a fun job! This week, I started my training to become a plant buyer for Teufel – a huge landscape company here on the west coast. For as much as I like design, I’ve … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Vignette – evolving sensibilities

Posted on July 28, 2020 by annamadeit

I have started to see an interesting change in myself. Ever since first becoming a gardener back in the last century, I have never really liked pink very much. Granted, a lot of plants with fab leaves seem to come … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Vignette – a wind is blowing

Posted on June 30, 2020 by annamadeit

As the world is in turmoil, the most ravishing grass in the world is going to seed. As I was heading out, having just caught up on the barrage of morning news, the long, fuzzy strands of Stipa barbata were … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Vignette – change is in the air!

Posted on November 5, 2019 by annamadeit

At the end of October, the several hundred bulbs I had ordered for the strolling garden at the Benedictine Monastery project finally arrived. I divided them up into bags, and took a trip down to the Sisters to hand them … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Vignette – creative cleansing

Posted on November 1, 2017 by annamadeit

Received word the other day that yet another one of the great features of our neighborhood will be disappearing – or at least moving – to yet undetermined new digs. Delia – a collaborative of three metal artists cranking out … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Vignette – new beginnings

Posted on December 21, 2016 by annamadeit

This is a big week with lots of milestones. Not just in terms of our earthly rotation – as the end of fall almost unnoticeably glides into winter – but also worldly events on the national, political arena, the beginning … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Vignette – seeing

Posted on September 20, 2016 by annamadeit

A little over a month ago, we spent a week at the Oregon coast. Somehow life was quite different on the other side of that vacation, compared to what it is now. The most recent month has been full of new … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Vignette – a new deal

Posted on August 30, 2016 by annamadeit

Staggering changes at work this past week. Into the norm of relative, quiet predictability, was thrown a major disruption.  It made home life seem like the only real stability – which of course, is always a thing to be grateful for – … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Vignette – off the beaten path

Posted on October 6, 2015 by annamadeit

The other day, I got sick of sitting in traffic, and jumped the freeway for a shortcut through the remnants of Portland’s NW Industrial area. There was something about this building, with the Fremont bridge in the background, the gray, … Continue reading →

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