Author Archives: Denise

Digital Nature; Artist Talk at LA Arboretum 7/28/18

Posted on July 25, 2018 by Denise

Digital Nature Artist Talk at LA Arboretum 301 North Baldwin Ave, Arcadia, CA 91007 4 pm, Saturday, July 28, 2018 free with Arboretum entry The Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden and Natural Discourse present Artist Talk with Mia … Continue reading →

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c’mon & safari with me

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Denise

So friends and/or relatives are visiting you in Southern California, and you’re sorting through which tourist destinations will please everyone, of all ages and dispositions (even your own sweaty and cranky self at the thought of hitting tourist spots). Do … Continue reading →

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S A Y A Designs

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Denise

When Victoria at S A Y A Designs asked if I wanted to know more about her work in helping to replant rain forests in Indonesia, I told her most definitely yes, I very much would be interested in knowing … Continue reading →

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bloom day July 2018

Posted on July 15, 2018 by Denise

July 15th arrives slightly singed and battered. I was just noticing this morning that the big serrated leaves of Bocconia frutescens were untouched by that nasty 109F heat, whereas I’ve had to cut sheafs of tetrapanax stalks to clear out … Continue reading →

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Sara Malone’s remarkable Circle Oak Ranch

Posted on July 11, 2018 by Denise

photo by Janice LeCocq via Pacific Horticulture “The Curious Plantsman Looks at Dwarf Conifers” It’s a good news/bad news day on AGO. Because Sara Malone is an incredibly generous person in more ways than I can count — with her … Continue reading →

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Garden Conservancy Open Days/Mendocino/Moss Garden

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Denise

cooler on Sunday, June 24, Mendocino Bot. Garden, a plant mix like nowhere else of conifers, maples, perennials, redwoods. Island beds designed by Gary Ratway. The buzz started spreading at the Austin Garden Bloggers Fling in May, at least among … Continue reading →

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sunday clippings 7/1/18 (it’s a small world after all)

Posted on July 1, 2018 by Denise

I bought this Echinopsis ‘Arizona Sunset’ at a San Diego garden visit a couple weeks ago sponsored by the San Diego Horticultural Society. The echinopsis was among plants for sale at the entrance to the private home and garden, all … Continue reading →

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new entry gardens at the Huntington; form, color, texture & time

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Denise

On the 14th of this month I attended a lecture by Huntington Botanical Gardens head gardener Seth Baker entitled “The 4D Garden; Landscape Design Using Form, Color, Texture, and Time.” If I understood correctly, it was his first such public … Continue reading →

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bloom day june 2018, an abridged report

Posted on June 15, 2018 by Denise

Looking out from the back porch this morning through the pergola which frames this view, my eye easily cut through the congestion like a laser to zero in on my June crush. Do you see it? No? I know it’s … Continue reading →

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prepare yourself for summer plant sales

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Denise

Dyckia ‘Uncle Ray,’ Exhibitor Bryan Chan, (San Fernando Valley Bromeliad Society) won best in its class at the recent World Bromeliad Conference in San Diego, or so I was told by a docent at the Los Angeles Cactus & Succulent … Continue reading →

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