Look at this great fabric by Design Legacy. We are using it to reupholstering 2 French bergere chairs for a client. How cheerful!!!

Here are some lovelies happening in my garden today. I love this prez Roosevelt rhodie. Biggest reddest flowers ever. My front yard is lush shady woodland and my back is agave and olives.

Check this out! My Molly the Witch peony (Paeonia Mlokoswitschii) emerging with HUGE buds, ready to take on the season!

Patty's Plum poppies sticking their heads out!

Lovely and shiny Angelica

The darling Miss Kym Pokorny at the YGP show.

I LOVE her! have you read her stuff in the Oregonian - she is the Queen of the Garden!!!!

Love that Mike Darcy!!!

Thanks Mikey for letting me be on your radio show this morning! And thanks to your lovely wife, Miss Linda for a terrific lunch date! You guys are the best!!!!

Love this chief Joseph pine....

MUST HAVE! The yellow fall/winter color is amazing. 15 feet in 30 years and only 10 feet wide - perfect for the smaller garden...

I'm just getting ready to go on the radio at 10:45 with the amazing Mike Darcy of KXL Radio AM 750.....YIPPEE!!!!!! Tune in if you can.....

I am in agave and succulent lust at the yard garden and patio show!!! Get down here!!!

IT'S THE PLEASE MAKE IT GO AWAY SALE - FINAL WEEKEND!!!!

YIPPEE!!!!! It's the Yard, Garden & Patio Show!

It's that time of year again - Thank God!!!!!! Today was the start of the Yard, Garden & Patio Show at the Oregon Convention Center. I was DYING to get over there to hear Dan Hinkley - DAN HINKLEY! - speak - but I had client appointments and could not make it...not so for tomorrow - I am heading over there bright and early to take a quick run about the place and then I am lucky enough to have been invited by my darling Mike Darcy to be on his radio show at 10:45 on KXL Radio - AM 750. YIPPEE!!! I love that man......and being on his show is a total blast.....so come down and get a seat during his show or show up at 12 to see Dan Hinkley speak about Tree, Vines and Shrubs - he is indeed the master - and then hang around to see Mike Darcy and Kym Pokorny o the Oregonian talk about " a few of their favorite plants" at 3! All in all, a delightful gardening day will be had - prepare to shop, look and listen!!!!!

Oh...and before I forget....I am hosting a seminar of my own called "Decorate the Outdoors" Sunday morning at 10:30 - don't forget - all seminars at this weekends show are FREE!!!!!...Free is a VERY good price! I would love to see you there!!!!

See you at the show!

At the little donut shop at pike place market. Needless to say, I left a tip!

Beautiful eggs in Seattle!!!

My favorite vegetable stand at pike place market in Seattle. The Brussels sprout display is hilarious!!!

Can you believe the size of this south sea fern???? Dear god!!!! We just installed this at the shop today! Love love!!!

A big THANK YOU to Miss Bridget and the Oregonian!!!

Check it out! Bridget Otto of the Oregonian has been blogging about what we found at the New York International Gift Fair. She also included a slide show with images we sent her of some of our favorite finds! Read it here.....

http://www.oregonlive.com/hg/index.ssf/2010/02/news_photos_from_the_new_york.html

The last of the Seattle Garden Show pictures and a lovely dinner for 10 at Wild Ginger with Mike Darcy et al. Whew!!! I am sooooooo tired!!!!

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Mr. Darcy and Brian from Monrovia at Wild Ginger for a lovely dinner!

Hilarious Barbie mini-garden display at the Seattle Garden Show

Clever floral display with a succulent bowl and a fern carpet - love that clever suitcase on legs table!

Tillandsias.......yes please!!!!

What a beautiful new variety of heather - these flowers were more orange than they appear in the photo - truly beautiful!

what's not to love about succulents and agave??????

Clever living wall held together with hardware cloth...note the little gnome clinging for life...

Love the pebble mosaic floor....

I swear, Ravenna Gardens does the best displays - again, more lovely little tillandsias!