Ann Loves Plants

Month: February 2013

  • Cloudberries and a Kabocha Squash

    Reproduction of a painting by the Swedish botanist C. A. M. Lindman taken from Bilder ur Nordens Flora (first edition published 1901–1905). Recently a Finnish friend of mine asked me to pickup some Cloudberry Preserves for him from a local import store we have here in the Portland Metro area (Scandia Imports). Since he travels…

  • A Gardener Spends an Hour or Two at Powell’s Books

    Last Friday the sun was out in the City of Roses and I was running around getting ready for my nieces’s 21st birthday party. Why not stop for a bit at Powell’s? Right? I have been visiting the nationally-known and locally-loved store since I was a girl and to say that it’s part of my…