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Archives for March 2008

Don’t: mutilate your trees

March 30, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 11 Comments

Oh dear.

Filed Under: WTF? Tagged With: power line, tree

Nature’s idea of a joke

March 28, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 8 Comments

So, today’s the frost free date for Vancouver, and this is what it’s doing outside? Big, fat flakes. Doesn’t look like much in the photo, but come ON! 

Filed Under: My garden Tagged With: frost free date, snow, Vancouver

Berlin community garden destroyed

March 25, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 5 Comments

Garten Rosa Rose, in Berlin, before. Garten Rosa Rose after. As a member of the Vancouver Guerrilla Gardening Group, and of course, through this blog, I am often privileged to be in contact with guerrilla gardeners around the world – a very cool feeling! The similar challenges we all face – and of course, the […]

Filed Under: Resistance is fertile Tagged With: 2010 community garden, berlin, green streets, guerrilla garden, onni, rosa rose, Vancouver

Spring is here!

March 20, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 2 Comments

Happy solstice, friends! Soon we’ll be planting and digging and watering up a storm. Can’t wait!

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Science & Sons Park Planter

March 19, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 8 Comments

Lately, I’ve noticed that more and more designers are having fun with indoor planters. From miniature pink flamingos for your cacti to “treehouses” for your ficus, decorating your houseplants is definitely big. Then there are containers that make more of a statement than any terracotta pot could dream of. (Remember the IV plant pot from […]

Filed Under: Indoors Tagged With: indoor plant, park planter, science and sons

Happy St. Paddy’s Day

March 17, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 2 Comments

Hope you’re seeing green in your garden, wherever you are!

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: oxalis

Book review: Second Nature by Michael Pollan

March 6, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 19 Comments

I read Second Nature: a gardener’s education by Michael Pollan (who has been getting lots of press lately for The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food) for the February-March 2008 selection of the Garden Blogger’s Bookclub, hosted by Carol of May Dreams Gardens. I thoroughly enjoyed Pollan’s writing – so much so that I […]

Filed Under: Inspiration Tagged With: book review, garden bloggers book club, michael pollan, second nature

Guest post: Top 10 highlights from the 2008 Northwest Flower and Garden Show

March 2, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 4 Comments

As you know, I was too pregnant to make it to the Northwest Flower and Garden Show in Seattle last week. Thankfully, my friends Caitlin and Owen (aka “O”), the brilliant minds behind garden design group Aloe Designs, made the trip and took notes. This is Caitlin’s report back from the show. Thanks Cait! (P.S.: […]

Filed Under: Events, Inspiration, Pacific Northwest Tagged With: baby bliss flax lily, compost tea, containers, contemporary, edible garden, jamie durie, kitchen gardens, modern planters, monrovia, Northwest Flower and Garden Show, pharm solutions, wates golden pine

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