About Us

Jayme Jenkins, Site Administrator & Editor

I am a sales rep by day but a garden enthusiast, business owner, and blogger all other times of the day.  I love experimenting with plant combinations and various hardscape materials. I admit, I’m an impatient gardener. I often uproot plants that were thoughtfully placed last week, and move them to another area the following weekend. I enjoy finding unique, but stylish, accessories that you can’t buy in a Big Box store. Another criteria is that it has to be functional and attract beneficial wildlife to the garden. My partner and I spend most sunny days maintaining, creating, or completely re-doing, our garden beds. As an inspired do-it-yourselfer, I have built furniture, decks, garden sheds, arbors, and walkways for our home.

I recently received my Home Horticulture Certificate from Oregon State University and plan to participate in our local extension service’s Master Garden Program.  Then, and only then, will I be an official Garden Nerd with a cool badge to show the world.  I refuse to speak Latin and I prefer to speak of plants using their common names.

Words to live by:  Fail Faster. Succeed Sooner. by David Kelley

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Margaret Hoyenga, Contributor

As with Jayme, I am a salesperson by day and everything else by night.  She has graciously asked me to contribute to her blog because we have known each other for over ten years.  Over those ten years, we have been through many things including home decorating, gardening and home improvement successes and failures.  When it comes to gardening, EASY is my motto.  I tend to focus more on landscaping and I have designed, developed and maintained numerous yards.  I am a classic do-it-yourselfer with a bent for problem solving.  If you can’t find what you need then design and build it yourself.

My style tends to be a bit of a “mish and mash.”  It borders on Modern/Contemporary, but I have a hard time losing the Antique/Country style, because I own a horse and those styles can set you back a hundred years.    I am here to learn and share everything.  I look forward to communicating with everyone on the internet.

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