The Patient Gardener

09/01/2026

I had a blast building a Kokedama at Lola Co; check out their page for their plant craft events.

09/01/2026

08/29/2026

Three kinds of Stapelia blooming at the same time!

06/22/2026

Harvested herbs and medicinal plants for the Solstice 🌞🌻🌸😎

06/20/2026

Plant art 😍

06/17/2026

Look at these self heal flowers close up! They look like tiny orchids. The whole plant is edible and is used to heal many health issues.

06/17/2026

So much progress in the last week!! It’s spectacular and getting up to see the changes every morning 🌞🩷 is our favorite.

06/01/2026

I’ve been working on adding more native perennials to the garden and planted seeds from Northwest Meadowscapes a couple of years ago.

I’m excited to see large-flowered collomia and self-heal finally making an appearance this spring.

Large-flowered collomia (Collomia grandiflora) is a native annual wildflower in the phlox family. It is sometimes called large-flowered mountain trumpets.

Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris) is a low-growing perennial in the mint family that is native to much of the Northern Hemisphere, including Washington. It gets its name (self heal or heal all) from all the medicinal properties the plant has.

05/21/2026

Garden progress!

05/20/2026

Sharing the progress on our little Magidome greenhouse in our garden. My daughter Carmen built this whole thing!