As gardeners we are all aware and treasure the rhythms of our garden as various plants come into bloom and take the fore. Most recently the hydrangea has taken her place as the Queen of local gardens, and I did not waste a minute going out and documenting her royal beauty! Her lacy abundance and […]
Posted on July 31st, 2009 by Kathryn
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Last winter, strangely, there appeared many dark bluish purple berries on a very large shrub rather lost in a foresty section of the garden, that I must confess, I had not fully researched to identify. The berries were very enticing that particular morning as they were encased in the ever so slightest of moisture, appearing […]
Posted on June 27th, 2009 by Kathryn
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sedge or white root, Carex barbarea My last visit to Grace Hudson Museum in Mendocino County I was surprised and delighted to discover that the director was in the process of creating a garden at the museum that would contain nothing but plants native to Northern California that had been used for centuries by the […]
Posted on June 7th, 2009 by Kathryn
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