Trying these for the first time, OMFG...who knew fungus could taste so amazingly good!

Another HD boo-boo

NOT a clumping bamboo!!! Grrrrrr

Plant Affected by Recent BP Oil Spill...not really

with the recent and devastating events occurring in the Gulf of Mexico, I couldn't help but be reminded of a plant I came across a few years ago.



A Tricyrtis aptly named 'Diesel Oil'.

Next Generation Gardener on TV!

A little glimpse of moi at a client's Victorian garden that I help maintain and plant the seasonal color for.








He discovered cardoons during a trip to England last year and insisted that we use them this year and they look fabulous. They've held up to the cold temperatures we've been enduring this "summer" unlike our staple Coleus and African Daisies.





I'm just proud to be involved with a project that EVERYONE can see and enjoy! Yes, it's ridiculously high maintenance, but chatting with people that walk by and the cars that slow down to admire the house and garden make it well worth the efforts.

Gardener Profile: Clayton Morgan of CEM Design

Ok, so he needs a little help in his own garden, but this was the only pic his g/f would let me use. hahaah..j/k


I've mentioned Clayton before in previous posts and I feel like he deserves his own little profile.

He and I go back a few years when we were undergrads at the UW. He thought about double majoring in landscape architecture and environmental horticulture and urban forestry, but he stuck to his BA as an LA and has implemented his knowledge of landscapes in his own enterprise as CEM Design; a company he started back when he was about 18 or 19 years old.

We worked on several projects together as undergrads and I helped TA a plant ID class he took and we just sort of started talking. He seemed like a nice guy, though really shy and quiet. He threw out the idea of collaborating on a project together and last fall was our opportunity to do so.

The Bellevue residence we landscaped together is establishing well and what a treat for our clients to witness the bloom of rare Himalayan blue poppies and giant lilies.



A few weeks back, I hired him to redo our driveway and here's the beginning of a new look to Landwave:





Clayton's strength lies in not just his sense of space and design, but his skills as a contractor. He likes the BIG projects and the construction aspects of his work.





A Medina residence


Medina residence


Edmonds residence


Snohomish residence


Clayton creates a wonderful canvas for me and I hope he can continue to expand his work. He's a young entrepreneur like myself and we've got a ways to go, but the progress and the quality of work he and his crew produce is outstanding and it will only get better.

While business has been busy, he's on the look out for future potential clients and projects. You can contact him and see more of his work at www.cemlandscapes.com

Thar she blooms!! After 4 years since planting!

It's not just you, ok!!

So, it's gotten away from me a bit....