Tag: Salix

  • My Garden (An Exercise in Garden Writing)

    Back of the house as seen from the back corner of my garden. The willow arbor is floating there to the left. After having seen many residential gardens over the last few years I think it’s safe to say that mine is rather small, a regular city lot, with areas more or less here and…

  • The Other Grey Gardens

    When I think of “grey” gardens I tend to think of cemeteries—not so much Big Edie and Little Edie. I’m one of those people who was raised visiting such bucolic settings, and with the grey rainy days we relish so much here in the Pacific Northwest, visiting certain old cemeteries once spring has sprung can…