Author: Shelley Rolfe
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“The Therapeutic Power of Gardening” By Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker
Recommended by Shelley Rolfe: The Therapeutic Power of Gardening “Can anxious minds find solace working with plants? A therapist and her husband, a garden designer, say yes.” By Rebecca Mead, August 17, 2020
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Owl among the roses
Shelley Rolfe 🌿 I adore David Austen roses, yet many are short stemmed and happy floating here in the owl bowl.
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Bitterroot Among First Wildflowers of Spring in Shrub Steppe
Shelley Rolfe 🌿 In healthy shrub steppe habitat, Lewisia redeviva or Bitterroot first emerges as succulent-like leaves in late March; then after the leaves wither, these beautiful pink flowers emerge. This photo was taken near a Ponderosa Pine forest.
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Appreciating the wonder of Bellevue Botanical Garden
Shelley Rolfe 🌿 I’m working on techniques that highlight the flow of water through a landscape.
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Sis and Laurie in the lupine meadow
Shelley Rolfe 🌿 Here’s Sis Woodside describing how she and her family enhanced their wildflower meadow by tilling in wildflower seeds and enhancing some of the area with einkorn husks. The results are spectacular as show here in the peak season.