Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Creature comforts at McMenamins Grand Lodge

Located roughly 30 miles west from home, in the city of Forest Grove, I had not previously visited McMenamins Grand Lodge. That is until an appointment with a specialist took me out that way on a sunny Thursday morning. I'll have photos of the entire garden on Friday's blog post, but today I wanted to share this short, grass-lined pathway dedicated to creature comforts.

The small, often over-looked creatures that is.

Tucked in among the tall grass and it's fluffy seed heads, were these free-form insect hotels and bird snacking stations.

Creative and quite attractive.





The bleached out grass was alive with birds flying in, chirping and moving about. Not that you can tell from my photos, I didn't manage to capture a single one.

Don't you want to reach up and run your fingers through those curly seedy strands?

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8 comments:

  1. This is so cool and is exactly what I'm interested in. I want to attract birds and bugs to my garden. (Attracting bugs - Doesn't that sound like the exact opposite of what any gardener would want?) Anyway, it looks like McMenamins is doing an artful/naturalistic job of it. Thanks for the photos.

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    1. They really are, I hope you got some ideas from this post!

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  2. What an inspirational group of houses and feeders. And essentially all made with garden detritus.

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    1. Exactly! No cost but the time to put it all together. Creative fun.

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  3. Interesting! The dried liquidamber seedpods made me think of those I've collected from my neighbor's trees when they blow across the street. They and the dried magnolia cones from my tree could make a nice bug house filler.

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  4. Beautiful natural insect hotels: I love both idea and the execution, though not surprising. It's McMenamins after all... they never disappoint.

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