Happy New Year, everyone! Hope you enjoyed a little break from
your routine over the holidays, and lots of parties, gatherings with friends
and family, good food, and beautiful decorations. Christmas is one of my
favorite holidays, for both its spiritual significance and fun. My husband and
I celebrated Christmas in Seattle, with our son and daughter-in-law in their new home, so the holiday was extra special. Now back to healthy eating, and some
extra exercise to get “back” in shape!
Looking ahead, my theme for the year is “color in the garden.” For the
last several years we have been studying native plants and water conservation,
to help us re-imagine our gardens here in the San Francisco Bay Area. Now it is
time for some fun – color! I’d like to delve into the topic,
using Penelope Hobhouse’s book Color in Your Garden as our guide, along with
some color theory principles from the art world. Let’s build a color palette of sustainable
native plants for the Bay Area garden (keeping in mind that green and brown are
colors too)!
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| Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland |
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Other gardening goals for 2017:
Learn more about the East Bay watershed, by visiting some of
its parks. Redwood, Huckleberry, Sibley, Roberts, and more are right in our
backyard.
Investigate
the native plants and street trees of Bishop Ranch, located near
the Iron Horse Trail. My work office is moving after many years in Dublin, California. I will miss the familiar trees and turkeys, but am looking forward to exploring a new microclimate.
Explore the gardens and wild areas of the Pacific Northwest,
including the Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland, Mount Saint Helens in
Washington, Alki Park in Seattle, Manito Park in Spokane, and the Old Mill District and family farm in Bend.
Visit Bay Area gardens in various seasons, and
look for great ideas to add seasonal color for year-round interest in our gardens. In general, visit gardens wherever my travels take me - from the deserts in Southern California, to the wilds of Alaska!
Continue exploring the gardening innovations, ideas,
and movements that emerged out of the Landscape Movement, as technology and
society changed.
Hope you will join me on this journey!
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