I live in a tiny south Puget Sound town called Home. I’m retired with basically two hobbies…painting during the winter and gardening in the summer. I love your color combinations with plants. I marvel at your ability to mix watercolor to such perfect hues! They are the melding of my two favorite things. One of my first watercolor paintings was of sweet peas from my mother’s garden…the smell of them evokes so many wonderful memories. I grow them every year.❤️
Gorgeous reflection on how evergreens define Pacific Northwest winters. The botanical biography concept is brilliant becuase it frames gardens as deeply personal narratives rather than just aesthetic choices. Living near Portland I get that monochrome winter vibe entirely, and started using more variegated evergreens to break up thatgray-green monotony. Sweet peas as a totem plant speaks volumes about patience and seasonal optimism.
I live in a tiny south Puget Sound town called Home. I’m retired with basically two hobbies…painting during the winter and gardening in the summer. I love your color combinations with plants. I marvel at your ability to mix watercolor to such perfect hues! They are the melding of my two favorite things. One of my first watercolor paintings was of sweet peas from my mother’s garden…the smell of them evokes so many wonderful memories. I grow them every year.❤️
Oh my goodness! It’s like we were separated at birth~ thank you for the reminder that we all have good company
Yes, those palms you mentioned are evergreen, too!
I live in Anacortes, and this is such a good description of the PNW! Also, I grew sweet peas for the first time last year. So divine. 💗🥰
welcome to the chapel that is sweet pea season!
Gorgeous reflection on how evergreens define Pacific Northwest winters. The botanical biography concept is brilliant becuase it frames gardens as deeply personal narratives rather than just aesthetic choices. Living near Portland I get that monochrome winter vibe entirely, and started using more variegated evergreens to break up thatgray-green monotony. Sweet peas as a totem plant speaks volumes about patience and seasonal optimism.
What a perfectly lovely thing to write. Thank you