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View fullsize It’s about time for wreath making at Friends and Neighbors Brewing! Design and customize a 26” fresh wreath using local greenery and handpicked accent foliage. Adorn your creation with a bounty of bows, baubles, dried flowers, citrus, pin
View fullsize Wreath Making at Friends and Neighbors is right around the corner: Nov 21st-22nd, the weekend before Thanksgiving. Visit NWbotanista.com and reserve your spot today! #botanistaworkshop #wreathmaking
View fullsize A special Halloween treat for mailing list members! Check your email for early registration for the wreath workshop. Didn’t receive the email? Make sure you’re subscribed by visiting NWbotanista.com and signing up! #botanistaworkshop
View fullsize Favorite tree: Katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum) this one is seed grown and has spectacular fall color. The changing leaves have the most amazing burnt sugar fragrance. I planted some along my driveway and it smells wonderful once you hit the proper
View fullsize Autumn is here 🍁 Last Saturday we created the coolest succulent pumpkins at Friends & Neighbors Brewing in Kingston. It was so much fun! Festive fall decor that lasts for months and turns into houseplants when the season is over? That’s m
View fullsize Favorite apple variety? That would be Braeburn for me. I grafted this tree in high school! It stays quite small in its pot by the front door. I have to keep it protected from becoming deer and bear snacks. #howdoyoulikethemapples #pnwgardening
View fullsize I had so much fun building this succulent pumpkin! The moss is hand collected from my own property and I grew every single plant. The best part of making these: the succulents root right into the moss - so you are blessed with many new baby succulent
View fullsize Succulents and Pumpkins? Why yes! Join us at Friends and Neighbors Brewing Saturday Oct 3rd to get a little plant-crafty for the fall season. These arrangements last a long time and the live tender and hardy succulents root into the moss! #succulentp
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View fullsize Pacific chorus frogs love the big leaf rhododendron rex! I love the diversity of colors they can quickly change into for camouflage. I’d say some are more clued in than others, scroll through to see #pacifictreefrog #cutefrog #pnwgardening
View fullsize We had a blast last Saturday at Friends and Neighbors Brewing making mossy kokedama balls! Mark your calendar-Succulent Pumpkin Arrangements Saturday October 3rd. You bring the pumpkin, I provide tender and hardy succulents, moss and all other sup
View fullsize My cozy morning teatime spot looks right out to the garden and birdbath. Now that I’ve added a new suet feeder, the visitors are more diverse. Some share space, wait in a queue, some shoo others out! I had to share this chickadee and woodpecker
View fullsize Kokedama! Sign up today! #botanistaworkshop #kokedama
View fullsize A few pinks and purples in the garden. Swipe through to check out my new favorite dahlia ‘Mambo’ - fluffy looking and very long lasting, Hydrangea ‘Miss Saori’, Rose ‘Koko Loco’, there’s a purple passionflow
View fullsize Front steps semi-neglected, slug filled, sun scorched, chic glamour shots: #Eucomis #Scadoxus #pnwgardening #africanplants

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