Category Archives: garden visit

High Line jeremiad

Posted on August 26, 2012 by Denise

Some interesting Sunday reading to be found in another nuanced, contrarian view of the High Line Park in New York City. I know, not another post on the High Line! I can’t help it, I’m utterly fascinated by this subject. … Continue reading →

Posted in design, essay, garden travel, garden visit | Tagged Jeremiah Moss, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Grand Park, New York, parks, Piet Oudolf, public space, The High Line Park, Vanishing New York | 10 Comments

sit

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Denise

Dear Chair, oh, how I love thee! I scored a couple garden chairs on sale recently, which pitched my low simmer of constant chair love back into a full boil. These are mostly photos of chairs and benches previously posted … Continue reading →

Posted in design, garden visit, MB Maher | Tagged Battery Park NYC, Bend Seating, Damian Velasquez Half13, Daniel Rhodes, Dunn Gardens, Dustin Gimbel, Dwell on Design Los Angeles 2012, Emeco Broom Chair by Philip Starck, Fermob, Katherine Spitz Associates, landscape architect Jarrod Baumann, Loll Designs, Long Beach Antique Market, Maarten Baas chair, Rancho Los Alamitos, San Francisco Flower & Garden Show 2012, South Coast Plaza Spring Garden Show, Sue Dadd & James Griffth's Folly Bowl, The High Line Park, Venice Home and Garden Tour 2012, Villa Mundo Nuevo | 4 Comments

UCBG’s Natural Discourse; an epilogue

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Denise

I was reminded by some recent network news stories on UCBG’s “Natural Discourse” that I’ve yet to post photos from opening night back on July 14, 2012. Did you have to read that sentence twice for full comprehension? “Recent network … Continue reading →

Posted in garden travel, garden visit, MB Maher, science | Tagged "Natural Discourse", Forbes: "Solyndra's Failure Is No Reason To Abandon Federal Energy Innovation Policy", Fox News, Mother Jones: "Hydrogen's Dirty Secret", Rael San Fratello Architects, SOL Grotto, Solyndra, University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley, Washington Guardian: "Republicans pressed for hydrogen money while attacking clean energy funds" | 6 Comments

snapshot of August 2012

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Denise

August is always a truth-telling time in the life of a garden and a good month to take a snapshot of it. The hoses have been deployed this week to deep water the trees and soak the now bone-dry soil. … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, creatures, garden visit, journal, Plant Portraits, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged ' Amicia zygomeris, Aeonium 'Zwartkop', Aeonium canariense, Agave americana var. medio-picta 'Alba', Agave attenuata 'Kara's Stripes', Agave lophantha 'Quadricolor', Agave parrasana 'Fireball', Anigozanthos 'Yellow Gem', Annie's Annuals & Perennials, Centranthus ruber 'Alba', Chionanthus retusus, Chrysanthemoides incana, Cotinus 'Grace', Crithmum maritimum, Cupressus macrocarpa 'Citriodora', Dustin Gimbel, Echeveria elegans, Euphorbia cotinifolia, Helenium puberulum, Hibiscus acetosella, Laurus nobilis 'Aureus', Lepismium cruciforme, Lotus jacobaeus, Lysimachia ephemerum, Manihot grahamii, Mirabilis jalapa 'Limelight', Pennisetum 'Princess Caroline', Persicaria amplexicaulis, Prostanthera ovalifolia 'Variegata', Ricinus communis 'New Zealand Purple', Salpiglossis 'Chocolate Royal', Scabiosa ochroleuca, Sedum nussbaumerianum, Senecio anteuphorbium, Sideritis oroteneriffae, Sonchus canariensis, Stipa arundinacea, Teucrium hircanicum, Vitis vinifera 'Purpurea', Zea mays 'Tiger Cub' | 9 Comments

melianthus at the getty and other controversies

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Denise

The incomparable Herb Ritts and Titian were also at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, and some of Marie Antoinette’s hand-me-down furniture too. I think it can be safely said that gardeners are connoisseurs of the perfect moment, and last … Continue reading →

Posted in design, garden visit, photography, Plant Portraits, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Albert Barnes, Barnes Foundation, Black Mondo Grass, California Pepper Tree Schinus molle, Christopher Knight, crepe myrtles, dyckias, Eastern Sycamore, Echeveria setosa, Getty Center Los Angeles, Herb Ritts, Kalanchoe luciae, Lagerstroemia indica, London Plane tree, Melianthus comosus, Melianthus major, museums, ophiopogon, Pelargonium sidoides, Platinus acerifolia â€œYarwoodâ€, Richard Meier, Robert Irwin, San Marcos Growers, The Art of the Steal, tulbaghia | 7 Comments

bringing it home

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Denise

Visiting first-rate plant nurseries necessarily involves purchasing plants, or so I’ve always believed — even if the purchaser is thousands of miles from home and has to shove the pots into an already bursting suitcase and then into the cramped … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, creatures, garden travel, garden visit, journal, plant crushes, plant nurseries, Plant Portraits, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged agastache, Alstroemeria isabellana, anemonopsis, Aster souliei, Bellevue Botanical Garden, celmisias, Charles Price, Cistus Nursery, David Lewis, digitalis, Dragonfly Farms, Dunn Gardens, Far Reaches Farm, George Little, Glenn Withey, Lilium regale, Linda Cochran, Little & Lewis, Lobelia tupa, Melianthus major, New Zealand Daisy, Nymphaea 'Ultra Violet', Pacific Northwest, Pelargonium 'Golden Lemon Crispum', perennials, potentilla, Saxifraga stolonifera 'Maroon Beauty', Sean Hogan, Senecio mandraliscae, Senecio serpens, verbascum, Western Hills Nursery | 10 Comments

Joy Creek Nursery

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Denise

Continuing the posts on my recent visit to Oregon and Washington with some unabashed flower porn courtesy of the display gardens at Joy Creek Nursery, a retail and mail-order nursery in Scappoose, Oregon. (The buddleia might be ‘Evil Ways’) I … Continue reading →

Posted in garden travel, garden visit, Occasional Daily Photo, Plant Portraits | Tagged Buddleia 'Evil Ways, clematis, hydrangeas, Joy Creek Nursery, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Rudbeckia hirta, Scappoose | 9 Comments

Cistus Nursery

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Denise

The second installment of my recent visit to Oregon and Washington (or How I Mispronounced Botanical Latin for Six Days While Touring Gardens and Nurseries of the Pacific Northwest). My own peculiar zonal filter can’t help but color these posts; … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, garden travel, garden visit, plant nurseries, Plant Portraits | Tagged Araucaria araucana, Bupleurum falcatum, cardoon, Christopher Lloyd, Cistus Nursery, Crambe maritima, Cynara cardunculus, Daphne houttteana, Eryngium latifolium, Eryngium padanifolium, genista, Great Dixter, Kniphofia caulescens, Musa basjoo, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Portland, Sauvie Island, Sean Hogan | 8 Comments

summer 2012 road trip: Pacific Northwest

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Denise

I find vacations in the Pacific Northwest have a lot in common with Chinese food; after being home for a few days, you’re hungry for another serving of Puget Sound, please. I’m sitting at a table in my garden in … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, Bulbs, creatures, design, garden travel, garden visit, journal, plant crushes, plant nurseries, Plant Portraits, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Actaea 'Black Negligee', Agastache 'Blue Boa', Agastache 'Summer Glow', Aloe striatula, Aralia cordata 'Sun King', Bupleurum falcatum, Calla 'Edge of Night', Cistus Nursery, Crocosmia 'Twilight Fairy Gold', Dan Heims, Dancing Oaks Nursery, Danger Garden, dierama, Echinacea 'Now Cheesier', Echinacea 'Pink Sapphire', Echinacea 'Secret Lust', echinacea hybrids, Eucomis 'Can-Can', Fatsia japonica 'Spider Web', Hakonechloa macra 'All Gold', Leonard Foltz, Leycesteria formosa, Loree Bohl, McMenamins Kennedy School, Oregon Garden Resort, Plant Lust, Rhus typhina, Sauvie Island, Terra Nova, Tiger Eye Sumac, Yucca rostrata 'Sapphire Skies' | 16 Comments

a week in the PNW

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Denise

Day one of a week touring gardens and nurseries in the Pacific Northwest. Here’s a clue to our first stop after landing in Portland, Oregon. Still stumped? More clues… Obviously, this can only be Loree’s incredible garden (the Danger Garden), … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, design, garden travel, garden visit, succulents | Tagged Apartment Therapy, Danger Garden, Lila, Loree Bohl, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Portland | 13 Comments