One of my favorite summer pastimes is spending lazy, warm days with friends in their gardens. Today, we sketched in Cynthia's garden fu...

Dahlias come a close second to being my favorite flower- just behind roses. One of the best parts of summer is enjoying the flowers and fres...

It was my turn to contribute to the Portland Art Collective Journal. It sat on my desk for a couple of months. What to do? I decided to ...

Today we sketched at Hughes Water Gardens- one of my favorite places to visit.

It took a morning of sketching at the Berry Botanical Garden to discover the name of a plant growing in my home garden- Tellima grandifora...

Rhododendrons and other flowers bloom in Crystal Springs Garden where our sketch group visited this week. It is one of my favorite Portland...

This week, our sketch group visited Cornell Farms. The wind blew, it was cold to the bone and my motivation to draw didn't materialize....

Spring arrives at the Chinese Garden with sunshine and blooming flowers. It's one of my favorite places that our Tuesday sketch group vi...

This week, we sketched at Hughes Water Gardens on Stafford Road. With the waterlilies in full bloom, the ponds and container gardens captu...

Today in The Oregonian two items caught my eye. The Japanese Garden will be free this coming Tuesday. We went last week to sketch and see ...

The Chinese Garden blooms with spring flowers. The next couple of weekends the garden celebrates the peony. It's worth a visit. The hai...

Inside Jeffrey Allen Home and Garden , we felt the warmth of sunshine in the greenhouse and the hospitality of staff who served us tea whil...