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The first wreath of the season
It's that time of the year, when photos of fresh protea wreaths start popping up all over the internet. I swoon, then my DIY attitude kicks in and I remember and there's no way I'm going to drop a...
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Leach Botanical Garden, updated
Yes, that's right, updated. Notice I didn't call it new and improved, because I'm kind of on the fence about that. Somehow it's been—gulp—7 years since I last visited the Leach Botanical Garden. The...
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We made wreaths—at Rancho Cistus
Saturday afternoon I retuned to the scene of several past wreath making parties to have a go at it again. There have been years where Ann Amato and I cut greens from the garden in the rain with Sean...
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A salvia change of heart?
As far as salvia go there's only one that has my heart, Salvia discolor (Andean silver-leaf sage), I love it.Those dark—almost black—blooms, the ribbed light-green and while calyx, that jaunty little...
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Taft Garden Fridays; the Australian and South African collections
When I first heard of the Taft Garden it was because of their extensive Australian plant collection, things like this Stenocarpus sinuatus, also known as the firewheel tree.Jo O'Connell (owner of...
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A few late November/early December garden goings on
'Tis the season to have changed up the container pair hanging on the front of our garage...I'd left these two (below) up until we returned from the New York City adventure, but knowing the pottery is...
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Denise Lane's garden, part of the NPA Study Weekend
The first Garden Blogger's Fling (now called just The Fling) I attended was held in the Seattle area in 2011. It was memorable in every way, especially for the gardens we saw and being in the company...
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Nita-Jo's garden—another NPA Study Weekend visit
After touring Denise Lane's (almost) 1-acre garden, my next stop was Nita-Jo Rountree's garden, which at just under a third of an acre was considerably smaller, but still much larger than my 5,000 sq....
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Visiting the Urban Garden Center in Harlem
I love to visit nurseries when I travel. Gardens are only part of the picture, what are the local nurseries like? The Urban Garden Center up in Harlem was the only nursery/garden center I managed to...
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NYC's Little Island (islands?)
During our recent trip to NYC this park was on my must see list...Years ago I remember seeing an under-construction photo of New York City's Little Island (which really should be Little Islands, after...
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The NYC High Line, I had to see it with my own eyes
Or maybe that should be, walk it with my own legs? If you're a gardener you've no doubt heard of the High Line, but just in case..."The High Line is a 1.45-mile-long elevated linear park, greenway and...
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What Christmas looks like this year...
As I edited down my photos for this post I found myself thinking just how odd it is that I share photos of my holiday décor each year. I am basically a private person, yet my Christmas "tree"—in what...
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The friendly ghosts of Christmases past...
As I said on Monday—when I posted photos of this year's Christmas décor—I was curious what a line-up of past year's "trees" would look like. So today I give you, the friendly ghosts of danger garden...
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Getting into the holiday spirit
The first bit of interesting Christmas cheer I spied this year was a house all decked out for the holidays with a Christmas Saguaro... Then I rediscovered my friend the ginormous Grinch.Speaking of the...
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This was not the Christmas I was looking for...
The storm that snarled travel across the nation did not leave my holiday untouched. We'd planned a long weekend with family up in Spokane, our first Christmas without my dad. Sadly that didn't happen....
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The Golden Hour, with spikes
Last May I discovered this garden by accident, parking in just the right spot to catch a glimpse of it and know I needed to look closer (post here). That luck struck again when I happened to drive by...
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Bark, and art, and spikes, and stuff
Early in December COVID finally hit our household as Andrew tested positive. I figured there was no way I'd manage avoid it, so my season of holiday cheer was put on hold. I waited, and waited and...
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Welcome 2023!
Happy New Year! Happy new way of looking at our gardens, our world, ourselves. Of course you can keep the old ways too, but isn't it fun to see things shiny new and fresh?This photo is one of a series...
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