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Apr 3, 2015
Toronto Fling Headgear Challenge
Blame me (that’s Helen) by way of Kate Middleton for the first time a fascinator appeared at a Fling. I threw out the gauntlet, which a...
Jul 19, 2014
Portland Garden Bloggers Fling 2014
Portland Fling July 10-13, 2014 Planners Scott Weber of Rhone Street Gardens Loree Bohl of Danger Garden Ann Amato of Amateur Bot-ann-ist...
Jul 17, 2014
…and the kitchen sink
This is a space for any post that doesn’t quite fit in to any one garden, whether it be travel-related, about multiple gardens, or just...
Jul 14, 2014
Portland Fling Round-Up!!!
The Fling is over now and all of us on the planning committee had a great time…we hope you did too! As in the past, please put links for...
Jul 14, 2014
Fling Preview: John Kuzma Garden
Here are Blogger posts about this garden!Tangly Cottage • 13 July: John Kuzma GardenChickadee Gardens • Garden Blogger’s Fling, Portland:...
Jul 10, 2014
Fling Preview: Chickadee Gardens
What exists today is a relatively new and small urban garden on a typical Portland lot (50 x 100 feet). I am proud to be certified “gold”...
Jul 9, 2014
Fling Preview: JJ De Sousa
The shady front garden is a space to get out of the sun and appreciate the lush plantings including grasses, hydrangeas, gunnera,...
Jul 8, 2014
Fling Preview: Danger Garden
I am a proud practitioner of the “crammit” style of gardening, bare ground = room for another plant. This is a collector’s garden with...
Jul 7, 2014
Fling Preview: McMenamins Kennedy School
The property had very little growing on it before McMenamins began creating a garden. The plants could almost be counted on 2 hands: 4...
Jul 5, 2014
Fling Preview: Portland Japanese Garden
· In order to maintain a peaceful atmosphere within the Garden for all of our visitors, we ask that you please keep your voices low. · We...
Jul 4, 2014
Fantastic Door Prizes for you…
We are so excited about the door prizes that we’ve rounded up for the Portland Fling. This is a seriously *kick-ass* group of items that...
Jul 2, 2014
Fling Preview: Old Germantown Gardens
The terrace includes small decorative pools, a fountain, rill, and waterfall, all contained within hand-chiseled stone walls.
Jul 1, 2014
Oregon nurseries…heaven on earth for plant lovers!
Oregon is nursery country, ranking 3rd in annual wholesale sales behind only California and Florida. You could spend a week here doing...
Jun 27, 2014
Fling Preview: Cistus Nursery
Cistus Nursery is a unique micro-nursery, offering plants found virtually nowhere else in the industry. Founded in 1996 by Parker...
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