Category Archives: garden visit

Rust Never Sleeps: Recent Work by Dustin Gimbel

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Denise

Congratulations to Dustin Gimbel of Second Nature Garden Design for the recent write-up in The Orange County Register on his landscape design work at a Huntington Harbor, California, home. If pets are chewing or foot traffic stomping your prize succulents, … Continue reading →

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Some Good News

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Denise

If newspapers had come in two editions this past decade, one edition with only good news, the other edition with not-so-good news, the good news edition would have been slim indeed. Flung by the delivery person who always aims for … Continue reading →

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Urge to Travel

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Denise

Three very good posts recently on reclamation and repurposing of industrial sites, as well as public spaces, even if only temporarily, as in the case of the forest made of the Champs-Elysees. From the Huffington Post 8/24/10, which includes mention … Continue reading →

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Fried Cannoli & The Banyan Tree

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Denise

My aunts and cousins called my mom, who called me. Our bakery was back in business after what turned out to be just a brief hiatus of a couple years. The owner decided early retirement was not the answer, reopened … Continue reading →

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Dragon Fruit

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Denise

The first bloom this year of the dragon fruit, that is, the first bloom that I can see, dangling over a boundary fence we share with a neighbor. Looking a bit more carefully, I could see more flowers and even … Continue reading →

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Folly Bowl

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Denise

Another garden preview for the upcoming Gardening Under Mediterranean Skies symposium to be held this September 23rd to the 26th through Pacific Horticulture. Photographer MB Maher and designer Dustin Gimbel of Second Nature Garden Design visited artists Sue Dadd and … Continue reading →

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How The West Is Won: Garden Visit – Hessing/Bonfigli Garden

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Denise

I was invited to tag along with MB Maher on one of his garden photo assignments, this time to get some preview photos of the garden of artists Andreas Hessing and Karen Bonfigli, which is one of many to be … Continue reading →

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Ruth Bancroft Garden

Posted on June 27, 2010 by Denise

If you have an Internet connection and a love of plants, you probably also have many unmet friends with those same two attributes. Finally meeting up with them is thrilling. When they arrange to take you to marvelous gardens you’ve … Continue reading →

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More Notes on Venice Garden Tour

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Denise

I caught up with MB Maher’s photo account of the Venice Garden & Home Tour held 5/1/10, and these are his photos of Stephen Glassman’s studio. Stephen Glassman pulled apart his stone, wire and bamboo sculpture exhibited at the The … Continue reading →

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Notes on Venice Garden Tour 5/1/10

Posted on May 2, 2010 by Denise

Venice, California, Zone 10, Sunset Zone 24. There was no zonal denial on display on this tour. (What would zonal denial in zone 10 look like? One example I can think of offhand would be massive, stately homes with endless … Continue reading →

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