October Visit to the Miller Botanical Garden Chickadee Gardens is a garden blog about drought tolerant and native plants. We have 2 acres and grow food. Oregon and West Coast gardening focused

I have a new post up today at chickadeegardens.com about the wonderful Miller Botanical Garden in Seattle. It's a special place and I'm lucky enough to be able to see it twice a year. Here's the autumn version

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Scenes from my Chaos Garden. I love this time of year! #seattlegarden

SPRING! JARDI JANUSZ …Sunday blooms in our tiny oasis garden: Dahlia, English Daisies, Ranunculus, more…
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Jenna replacing the nozzle on a sprinkler pop up

Jenna adjusting the spray range on a sprinkler

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Did a big spring cleanup on this beautiful garden!
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The future looks pink - This azalea bush is ready to bloom . I trimmed it some last yr just to shape it a bit. It's an old soul so I let it be and do it's thing n shine.

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A closeup of a yellow-orange witchhazel flower

The first witch hazels are blooming, just in time for this weekend’s frost.

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A small mushroom on moss, highlighted by a sunbeam.

You can see the coolest stuff if you look. Happy sunny Seattle Thursday!
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I’ve never ever seen a forsythia bloom in November. Am I nuts or is this odd?
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