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HPSO Virtual Garden Tours

While we’re all waiting until we can gather in each other’s gardens again, HPSO has been compiling videos of members’ gardens as virtual tours. Please enjoy these beautiful spaces, and many thanks to the generous folks who submitted their gardens for us all to enjoy. If you’re interested in sharing your garden this way, we would love to include you, so please email blog@hardyplantsociety.org and we’ll be in touch with details.

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“This is a slice of the side yard, one that you enter after all the beach splash of pokey, textured & tender plants in pots gathered from my travels, with a seafaring flavor. It’s the calm after the storm, with soft chimes, wispy (and well behaved I will add) bamboos, with an easy Zen feel to it, pagoda fountain dripping gently.” Video created with an iPhone in the garden of HPSO Member, and Commercial Photographer, Doreen Wynja (@eyeofthelady2) *** If you're an HPSO member interested in sharing photos or a video of your garden (or a garden you’ve visited) please comment below and we'll be in touch! #gardening #virtualgardentour #pdxgarden #portlandgarden #socialdistancegarden #hpso

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HPSO member, Jen Scheflen, shares a tour of her new-old urban garden designed to serve the needs of both humans and wildlife. Erich Petschke (@erpet) of Sprout Garden Designs laid the foundation for these homeowners to turn their forlorn backyard into a lush, summer-dry garden that supports pollinators, birds, insects, and other creatures throughout the year. Jen gives you a candid look into the couple’s ongoing transformation of their 75 x 100-foot lot, where young plants mix with established trees and shrubs. You’ll see and hear what they took on — and what they hired out — once they decided to “lose the lawn” and focus on creating a sustainable, climate-adapted garden full of Pacific Northwest natives and beneficial ornamentals. See how the homeowners used Erich’s design to turn a shady and overgrown backyard space into one filled with hardy tropical plants, bold grasses, cottage garden staples, and pollinator favorites. You’ll discover how a winding decomposed granite (DG) path permits rainwater to permeate while providing structure and access to the entire garden. We hope to share more of this garden soon! If you're an HPSO member interested in sharing photos or a video of your garden (or a garden you’ve visited) please comment below and we'll be in touch! #gardening #virtualgardentour #pdxgarden #portlandgarden #socialdistancegarden #hpso

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HPSO also shares member videos on its Facebook page. So “Like” the page on Facebook to follow along and see new videos as they’re posted!

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