Pacifica’s Artists’s Garden
In addition to seats in beautiful settings (both natural and planted) for painting or just sitting, this garden will include a variety of outdoor art and sculpture and a variety of plants used by artists. Some of them will be planted in beds large enough to provide class material.
Plants for Basket-Making
- Willows (Salix) a variety – warp or weft
- Dogwoods/osiers (Cornus) a variety – warp or weft
- Bamboo
- Alder (Alnus) – warp or weft
- Hazel (Corylus) – warp
- Redbud (Cercis) – warp or weft
- Mockorange (Philadelphus) – warp
- Serviceberry (Amelanchier) – warp
- Wisteria – weft
- Vinca – weft
- Honeysuckle (Lonicera) – weft
- Grasses
- Cattail (Typha)
- Sweetshrub (Calycanthus) – weft
- Grape (Vitis) – warp or weft
- And many more
Plants for Paper-Making
- Milkweed (Asclepias)
- Daylily (Hemerocallis)
- Cattail (Typha)
- Spiderwort (Tradescantia)
- Bamboo
- Iris
- Poplar (Populus)
- Hornbeam (Carpinus)
- Mulberry (Morus)
- Blackberry (Rubus)
- And many more (some from the veggie garden, like pumpkins, leeks, and eggplants)
Plants for Dyeing
- Daphne
- Alder (Alnus)
- Goldenrod (Solidago)
- Heather (Calluna)
- Butterfly Bush (Buddleia)
- Sagebrush (Artemisia)
- Lily-of-the-Valley (Convallaria)
- Coreopsis
- Smokebush (Cotinus)
- Cardinal Plant (Lobelia)
- Oregon Grape (Mahonia)
- Sumac (Rhus)
- Huckleberry (Vaccinium)
- Grape (Vitis)
- And many more (some from the veggie garden)
Plants for Weaving and Sculpture
- Willows (Salix)
- Hazel (Corylus)
- And many more
Plants for Stamping
- Maples
- Ferns
- Grasses
- And many more