This 1/3 acre property is now packed with 46 different species of food, medicinals, natives, and cut flowers. You can expect to brush up against swaths of hyssop, yarrow, dahlias, lupine, and sunflowers under established canopies of figs, elderberries, boysenberries, grapes, rhododendron, and dogwood. With the diversity of plant and wildlife diversity now found in this urban lot, this garden has become a main hub for sampling and documenting bee and insect populations in 2024.
We were grateful to come into stewardship of this land in February 2024 with the yard having being heavily wood chipped for the last 9 years, making for some amazing soil conditions. Most of the plants present prior to this year were the higher canopy perennials listed above. We have a slight slope and thus made beds by creating swales on contour with logs anchoring the downslope. [Plant List Below]
March 2024
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June 2024 Planting day!
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Harvesting Blue Elderberries Last remnants of lawn have self heal & clover
Bee mimic on meadow arnica flower
Orange Belted Bumble on Rhodedendron
Big yellow faced bumble on Nootka rose
I use the specimens found in this and other gardens to educate youth during educational camps throughout the year.
Plant List: Blue elderberry, Black elderberry, Nootka rose, Coreopsis, Red flowering currant, Hibiscus rose of Sharon, Black fig, Green fig, Sunflower, Yarrow, Zinnia, Dahlia, Borage, Calendula, Fennel, Rhododendron, Boysenberry, Zucchini, Melon, Apple, Hyssop, Echinacea, Lavender, Russian Sage, Milkweed, Lambs Ear, Lingonberry, Sword Fern, Lupine, Meadow Arnica, Grape, Lettuce, Vine Maple, Huckleberry, Bracken Fern, Oregon Tea Tree, Blueberry, Comfrey, Douglas Aster, Clary Sage, Elecampane, Self Heal, Dutch Clover, Valerian, Veronica