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Walking the main drive—cactus style—at Lotusland
On prior visits to Lotusland I've taken rather random routes through the garden—traversing back and forth across the main drive as I explore the various gardens and follow whatever catches my eye....
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Walls and sandbags at the Annenberg (WWTT™)
While in L.A. we visited The Annenberg Space for Photography. They had an exhibit up called W|ALLS: DEFEND, DIVIDE, AND THE DIVINE — Exploring Barriers, Real and Perceived. Our visit to the Annenberg...
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Visiting the Theodore Payne Foundation nursery
Scouting for a few quick garden/nursery visits during our holiday trip to the Los Angeles area—especially new to me places—I remembered the Theodore Payne Foundation. Bonus, it was only a few miles...
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Wednesday Vignette; Agave shawii at the Theodore Payne Foundation
To the best of my recollection I've never seen a solitary Agave shawii. They're always in majestic clumps, like this.As sometimes happens the blooming (bloomed) plant had a baby that followed the same...
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Discovering a wild spiky vine
After exploring the Theodore Payne nursery I climbed their Wild Flower Hill Trail "a ¾ mile walk through chaparral and coastal sage scrub." Part way up the hill I came across this, naturally it was the...
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The Wildflower Hill trail...
Yes this is my final post from the Theodore Payne Foundation. I didn't mean to stretch it out over four days...it just happened that way. Today I'll share the rest of what I saw as I walked the ¾ mile...
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On the mantel, on Monday
No, I'm not starting a new meme. I'm just having fun with the fact I post more about my mantel than in the traditional Monday meme, "In a Vase on..."So, brass and glass. Two "finishes" I am not...
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Shame on you Home Depot!
I had business near Home Depot last week. The same Home Depot where I photographed Agave attenuata for sale at the end of November (here, in case you need a refresher). I couldn't imagine they'd still...
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Bloomday for January, 2020
I came close to doing something different for this Bloomday and going with a Wednesday Vignette format, Hamamelis x intermedia 'Rochester' being the star. It's reached some new stage in it's growth...
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I return to Potted, L.A.'s "indoor style for outdoor living" shop...
While in the L.A. area and on my way to the Huntington Gardens, my car magically took a little side trip to Potted; home of the circle pot and inspiration for the book Potted by the shop's owners...
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Visiting a few houseplant shops, in Los Angeles
Knowing I'd have a little time to kill after closing down the Huntington Gardens and before meeting up with Andrew and other family for dinner, I researched a few houseplant stores in the Highland Park...
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Portland Nursery Houseplant Sale
It's a tradition that I look forward to every January, the Portland Nursery Houseplant sale. I've been going for years and it's been fun to watch the event become more and more popular as houseplants...
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Denver Botanic Gardens, let's go! Chapter Three of Five...
In case you want to start at the top, I've done two other posts on my visit to the Denver Botanic Gardens, they're here: Chapter One, Chapter Two. I plan to finish off my coverage with a trio of posts...
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What blows YOUR mind?
During our holiday trip to the Los Angeles area, Andrew was finally able to cross the La Brea Tar Pits off his list of "must-see" attractions. It was interesting, all that tar bubbling up from...
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Denver Botanic Gardens, let's go! Chapter Four of Five, rocks...
Back to the DBG! Today we're in the far corner visiting the Rock Alpine Garden as well as the Cactus and Succulent House.Rocks were a major theme in all of the gardens we visited during the Denver...
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Denver Botanic Gardens, let's go! Chapter Five of Five...that's a wrap
This post is the stew you make from the leftovers in the fridge, except these are botanic garden leftovers, enjoy...Echinocereus fendleriOver in the tea house / Japanese garden corner I was enthralled...
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So, tell me about your houseplants...
I was gonna call this post: "I'll show you my houseplants if you so me yours." But there are so few people who actually blog these days, I realized most of my readers wouldn't have a way to show me...
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Tuttle titles on moss
I love moss, so when I received an email from Tuttle publishing asking if I would be interested in a review copy of Moss Ball Bonsai (by Satoshi Sunamori) I said yes.I also got Miniature Moss Gardens...
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Wednesday Vignette, green on green foliage texture
For today's vignette, and the next two day's posts (providing I get my act together and add text to the photos I've uploaded) we're visiting Kris's garden in SoCal, Kris being the lady who blogs at...
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I'll admit, I was late to this garden party...
What took me so long? I've "known" Kris for, well, 7 years now (online counts, right?). I've been following her blog, Late to the Garden Party since January 2013. I've wanted to visit her garden in...
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