http://carlisleflowers.net A Flower, A Vase, A Place Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:07:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_5583" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Discovery Park Trail designed by Olmsted, Photo CarlisleFlowers"][/caption] "Greenscapes Olmsted's Pacific Northwest" written by Joan Hockaday charts the history of Discovery Park located on the western shores of Seattle, Washington.  In 1900 the U.S. Army built Fort Lawton on its 600 acres.  The City of Seattle was ... http://carlisleflowers.net/?p=5582 [caption id="attachment_5575" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="`Kubota Garden, Seattle, Washington Picture: CarlisleFlowers"][/caption] The Kubota Garden, a public five acre garden in a suburb of Seattle, Washington, was originally a family business begun in 1927 by a Japanese immigrant, Fujitaro Kubota.  Self-taught as a gardener, Kubota also designed the Japanese Garden in ... http://carlisleflowers.net/?p=5574 [caption id="attachment_5555" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Woodland Path, Dunn Gardens, Seattle, Courtesy CarlisleFlowers"] [/caption] Arthur Dunn commissioned the Olmsted Brothers, a landscape architectural firm from Brookline, Massachusetts, to design the gardens of his summer retreat in the Seattle suburbs in 1915.  The Olmsted firm was famous for their designs of Central Park in New ... http://carlisleflowers.net/?p=5552 [caption id="attachment_5543" align="alignleft" width="221" caption="Permission Little and Lewis"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_5544" align="alignleft" width="221" caption="Permission Little and Lewis"][/caption] Many may know that two years ago, Little and Lewis sold their garden of eighteen years and moved next door to begin anew. Like the former property, the new garden sits on about a third of ... http://carlisleflowers.net/?p=5542 We lunched at Bainbridge Nurseries founded by Junkoh Harui and his wife Christine.  Next stop was a bamboo garden.  What an experience.  You don't see bamboo much on the East Coast, but the two months of sun and 10 months of rain in the Northwest are a ... http://carlisleflowers.net/?p=5512 [caption id="attachment_5496" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Please tell me about how I should fee(l) about leaving this."][/caption] I met a woman on my trip to Seattle.  She gave me pause.  She was getting a divorce and would have to leave her garden behind.  A met another woman with years more experience.  She likewise ... http://carlisleflowers.net/?p=5495 [caption id="attachment_5482" align="alignnone" width="125" caption="Painting "En Plein Air" at Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Island"][/caption] The Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island (35 minutes by ferry from Seattle) is a lovely garden to inspire water colorists.  Painters wait for the "sun breaks" when the sun dries out the swathe of grey. The water and ... http://carlisleflowers.net/?p=5480 [caption id="attachment_5471" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="The Meadow Path upon Entering Bloedel Reserve, Photo CarlisleFlowers"][/caption] The pathways of Bloedel Reserve lead the visitor first through a meadow, then a forest, from forest to a marsh.  As you approach the grand home, the gardens are manicured, moss, Japanese, reflection pool, rhododendron garden and ... http://carlisleflowers.net/?p=5469 [caption id="attachment_5460" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Seattle Japanese Garden Waterfall, Photo CarlisleFlowers"] [/caption] Photo CarlisleFlowers The Seattle Japanese Garden, located in the Arboretum adjacent to the University of Washington is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.  The landscape architectural firm, the Olmsted Brothers, designed the Arboretum.  Soon thereafter a foundation conceived ... http://carlisleflowers.net/?p=5457 [caption id="attachment_5446" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Bouquet of Sweet Peas, Gardens in Seattle"][/caption] Pike Place Market is the starting point for a trip to Seattle, Washington.  It's the hub of fresh flowers, bouquets of them - from $5 for a big bunch of sweet peas, to a whopping $20 for a hand-held arrangement. ... http://carlisleflowers.net/?p=5445