Emerald Chapter Photo Album and Scrapbook
Member-contributed photos and creative work. This is an informal and fun page and may foray occasionally beyond the scope of rock and woodland gardening!

Page One: Index Page and Animal Companions (bottom of page)

Album Contents to date:
Page One (you are here): Index Page and Animal Companions
Page Two: Hellebores from the O'Byrne Garden: Part A
Page Three: Hellebores from the O'Byrne Garden: Part B
Page Four: Loren Russell's Troughology Workshop Goes Beyond Square and Hairy
Page Five: Scenes from Loren and Flo's Garden: Pond and Rockwork

Page Six: More Troughology: Forms and Creations with Found Objects
Page Seven: Troughs in Bloom on Loren and Flo's Deck

Page Eight: Meet some of Our Members!
Page Nine: Western Cascades Wildflowers, Critters, and Scenery
Page Ten: Wet Rock Gardens Construction Project
Page Eleven: More Western Cascades Wildflowers and Wild Critters: Gentians, Pika, Penstemon, and a Bear (All photos on this page by Tanya Harvey)
See Critters Below!

Boo in Trough

I have been trying to decide how to plant the troughs I made this winter. Someone had an idea of her own. Felis hirsutus, the cutest flower in my garden --Tanya Harvey


Turbo and Geoffrey

Garden? What garden? We were lazy indoor types! Geoffrey and Turbo, who owned Ty and Louise Parsons for eighteen and nineteen years respectively.


Hotdog Reese Holly's Dachshund
Reese, the Hotdog, owns Holly Helton and her family


Holly's Kitty and Rock Wall
Reese's Companion Cat, Andy, loves to wrestle with him, but sometimes takes a break on a sunny rock wall



Reese in the Garden
The Head Gardener shows off his Dachsy-sized narcissus!


Lionel and Arisaema urushima
Lionel, a Maine Coon type, presides over Loren Russell's full Charlesworth Unit of seedlings


Lionel eyes the Caged Teucrium
Day one of Lionel's vigil over the Teucrium marum, now in its milk-crate reliquary..


Sunny, Hansen Nursery greenhouse manager
In loving memory, Sunny's photo remains. Sunny, the greenhouse manager at Hansen Nursery, owned Robin Hansen. She was such a lovely dog, so very well-behaved and friendly. Sunny passed away suddenly, to our great sorrow. For more of a look at Hansen Nursery cyclamen, visit Cyclamen Page Two


Flaps as a  kitten
"Baby Pictures" Flaps, who owns Ty and Louise

Baby pictures!
Hmmm, the fishing rod is as much fun as the mouse an the end!

yet another Flaps baby pix
Ahhh, PURRRRR.....tummy rubs!


Be sure to stop by again! There's more to come!

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