Category: Kitchen Gardening
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HOEC: the Home Orchard Education Center and its Orchard CSA
Last fall I decided to join the board at the Home Orchard Education Center. It’s an organization that’s near and dear to my interests since it not only helps to train others in orchard care, but food is also an inclusive, community-centered part of horticulture. And while orchards can be beautiful and ornamental, they also…
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An Inspired Ornamental Vegetable Garden at Secret Garden Growers Nursery in Canby, OR
Like all good things I create, there’s always a complicated backstory. I joke about a recessive Sicilian need for baroque design in everything—but there’s a reason for that. It’s a need to hide the emotion and calculation behind the many ornate details. It’s about creating an unfolding drama—with so much love at its center. And…
Ann Loves Plants 