Ann Loves Plants: a life in horticulture
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Not Just Your Average Walk in the Park: Mt Tabor
Ann writes about her 22 years in Southeast Portland’s Mt. Tabor Neighborhood, intertwining personal growth with her surroundings. While on a walk, she confronts past struggles related to CPTSD, and embraces self-care. Gardens and plants remain a source of joy while navigating life changes and newfound spontaneity.
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Wordless Wednesday: Sunny Times in the Back Garden
Impatiens tinctoria with Fuchsia ‘Autumnale’. Mona the Cat under her hammock shade canopy. Tradescantia pallida ‘Purpurea’. Yes, we can grow it in the ground. Adiantum peruvianum. Some of my pole apples (Malus). Begonia boliviensis. Clematis heracleifolia. Acquired as Graptopetalum paraguayense. Coleus and Begonia in planters. I grew the Begonia plants from seed I bought last…
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A Letter to Mr Palm (My First Gardening Mentor)
Mr. & Mrs. Palm’s home and garden. Mr. Milton Palm: my childhood horticultural mentor. Dear Mr. Palm, I miss you a lot and it’s good that we can talk again like this even if you’ve been gone for many years. If you don’t know it already, I think about you a lot. The conversations we…
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