Ann Loves Plants: a life in horticulture
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Preparing to appear in a garden book…
In early 2023, Ann accepted an invite from friend Doreen Wynja to be included in a book about passionate gardeners. Reflecting on personal struggles, including a non-traditional marriage and health challenges, the author embraced the opportunity to share her journey while finding support in chosen family and community. Gardening served as a grounding force throughout…
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Polystichum munitum (Western Sword Fern): an Early Plant Crush
The first plants I loved, were native plants. I say this without some of you knowing, I’ve never lived anywhere except in the Pacific Northwest in the Portland area. I love where I grew up and early on, many of my closest friends were the the ducks and crawdads that lived in the creek that…
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Ulmus parvifolia ‘Seiju'(Seiju Dwarf Chinese Elm)
A few years back I house/dog/garden sat for journalist Ketzel Levine at her Portland home. During that summer, I fell in love with her stubborn and elderly dog, learned from her established garden, and I met my first Ulmus parvifolia ‘Seiju’. In the garden I could see what had and had not worked for her, I…
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