Category Archives: Garden Seasons

Season recap part three. August: A favorite flower of visitors and bees

Posted on 2025-11-16 by Karin Kiontke

A few years ago, one of our gardeners introduced the native passion flower (Passiflora incarnata) into the garden. This plant is fascinating and also a bit of a menace. It seems to really love it in our garden. Thus, it … Continue reading →

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Season recap part two. A symphony of colors all summer long

Posted on 2025-11-16 by Karin Kiontke

While in Spring and early summer, the color palette of our flowers is dominated by pinks and pale blues, in summer, the garden got really bright with different colors. As soon as the Helianthus, Heliopsis (sunflowers), Rudbeckia (black eyed susans … Continue reading →

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Season recap part one. July: A rabbit!

Posted on 2025-11-09 by Karin Kiontke

The growing season is winding down for real now. This coming week, the first frost is expected in our area. All summer long, we were busy gardening instead of adding to this site. But now, the evenings are long and … Continue reading →

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Not a day for butterflies

Posted on 2025-06-15 by Karin Kiontke

This year, the Weather Gods are smiling at our plants but not at GreenThumb events. This weekend was “Open Garden Day”, two days of fun events at all community gardens in the city. And it rained – again. Saturday was … Continue reading →

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Roses and bugs

Posted on 2025-06-01 by Karin Kiontke

It is the first day of June and some of our roses are already finished blooming. Pat Austen still has a few flowers but she does not look as lush as just a few weeks ago on the photo below. … Continue reading →

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