Tag: Willamette Valley

close-up of Pink Fawn Lily blossom

Wildflowers at Mount Pisgah Arboretum

Posted on by Greg Vaughn
[caption id="attachment_2053" align="aligncenter" width="1400"] Pink Fawn Lily (Erythronium revolutum)[/caption] Spring has definitely (and finally!) arrived in western Oregon, with wildflowers and gardens bursting into bloom. Mount Pisgah Arboretum and surrounding Howard Buford Recreation Area is an excellent place to see...Read More

Wildflowers blooming at Mount Pisgah

Posted on by Greg Vaughn
[caption id="attachment_1385" align="aligncenter" width="675"] Trillium (aka Wakerobin) blooming at Mount Pisgah Arboretum.[/caption] With just a few days of warmth and sunshine following weeks of cold and rain, the wildflowers have started blooming at Mount Pisgah Arboretum here in Oregon's southern...Read More

Tulip Time in the Pacific Northwest

Posted on by Greg Vaughn
[caption id="attachment_1118" align="aligncenter" width="650"] A rainbow of tulip blossoms[/caption] After months of gray skies and dreary weather, the sight of daffodils and tulips popping up in gardens, fields and farms is a delight here in the Pacific Northwest. The colorful...Read More

Happy Hallowe'en!

Posted on by Greg Vaughn
[caption id="attachment_267" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Pumpkins at Daum's Produce Stand, Willamette Valley, Oregon."][/caption] Halloween means Jack-O-Lanterns, and the pumpkin patches at farms all over the Pacific Northwest have been harvested for pumpkin sales and displays in stores and at produce stands....Read More

Blueberry time

Posted on by Greg Vaughn
[caption id="attachment_222" align="aligncenter" width="420" caption="Yellow flower spider on blueberries; Willamette Valley, Oregon"][/caption] Summertime in Oregon's Willamette Valley and the berries are ripe! We've got a wealth of them here - blueberries, strawberries, boysenberries, raspberries and marionberries. The ones from the...Read More