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A Portland Japanese Garden calls to mind the art of Andy Goldsworthy
Our Zen gardener gets a nudge to visit the Portland Japanese Garden and finds five gardens in one.
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In the garden: Le Tour des Plants
Although I wouldn't have picked the name myself, I have to admit it makes me grin just looking at it: Le Tour des Plants [http://www.letourdesplants.com/]. Start your hybrid and bicycle engines running, my gardening friends, because more than 35 locations throughout Oregon and southern Washington ar
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A tribute to eccentrics
Our garden writer shares why those who refuse to follow the herd can best teach us.
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In the garden: mean girls
I happen to be one of those Buddhists who believes in rebirth. I might be the only Buddhist, however, who believes that mean girls are reborn as aphids [http://www.ext.vt.edu/departments/entomology/factsheets/gaphids.html] and continue to prey on the young, the beautiful, and the innocent. In my cas