Ann Loves Plants

Ann Loves Plants: a life in horticulture

  • Not Just Your Average Walk in the Park: Mt Tabor
    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.

  • The Fragile Spine: The Gardener’s Nemesis

    I’m baaaaack and feeling better than the last time I was here. Who knew that what this girl needed was a quick back surgery? I certainly didn’t see that one coming! It all started just after I walked to see my ill friend in my last post. I’d seen my doctor the day before and she’d scheduled…

  • Wordless Wednesday: Walking to See an Ill Friend

    Iris pallida ‘Variegata’. Rosa ‘Sombreuil’. Aegopodium podagraria ‘Variegatum’. Lavandula stoechas.   Papaver orientale. Paeonia. Tetrapanax papyrifer. Cytisus battandieri. (Thanks Danger Garden for the ID.)

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