Lasting Impressions - Portland Fling 2014 The document summarizes the author's visit to various gardens during the Portland Fling 2014 event. It describes seeing blogging friends in new settings at places like the Lan Su Chinese Garden. Many of the gardens provided lessons on gardening styles like xeriscaping at Danger Garden, and ideas for recycling and reuse at Bella Madrona. Overall the Fling was a fun and educational way to see different gardens with lots to learn and surprises around every turn.

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2. 2Portland Fling 2014 - the sign at OldGermanstown Gardens sums up my visit in one word

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A chance to see blogging pals in a new light – here’s Helen Battersby at the Lan Su Chinese Garden

4. 4Bella Madrona - theatrical and the ultimate party garden

5. 5Bella Madrona - a great place to see ideas for recycling and reuse

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Chickadee Garden - a chance to learn about gardening for wildlife USA style

7. 7Chickadee Garden - a great colour combo and floral accent

8. 8Danger Garden -THE place to learn about xeriscaping and exotic plants

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Danger Garden - a fantastic use of pots to add shape and colour accents

10. 10Ernst/Fuller Gardens - focal points amongst the foliage and objects to guide the path

11. 11Ernst /Fuller Gardens - matching furniture to foliage or flowers

12. 12Floramagoria - totally different on the outside at the front...

13. 13... to what's on the inside at the back

14. 14At JJ De Sousa - the ultimate garden lounge...

15. 15... and a showcase for funky garden art

16. 16John Kuzma - just one of many dramatic entrances ...

17. 17... and a demonstration that pots needn’t be filled with plants

18. 18Lan Su Chinese garden - an oasis in the heart of the city

19. 19Lan Su Chinese garden

20. 20A lesson in contrasting foliage at McMenamins Kennedy School

21. 21With a chance to spot clues to the building's former identity

22. 22The Old Germanstown Gardens had lush planting akin to the English style

23. 23And the garden's steep slope meant terracing was needed

24. 24Portland Japanese Garden - the most clipped and closely tended of spaces...

25. 25...yet it had the most tranquil and calming of atmospheres

26. 26An iconic view of Rhone Street Gardens

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and a lesson in how 'Hell strip' gardening makes a relatively small urban garden seem much larger

28. 28This sidewalk planting shows why Portland is called the 'City of Roses'

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So naturally Portland hasThe International RoseTest Garden - established to preserve European rose
varieties from the potential ravages of WW1

30. 30Westwind Farm Studio - contemporary prairie planting high above the city

31. 31with colourful planting at every turn amongst the conifers and other native plants

32. 32The Portland Fling: Lots of fun, lots to learn and lots of surprises!

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