Category Archives: MB Maher
garden lanterns
Seedpods of Asclepias physocarpa transformed into garden lanterns. Another “light painting” by photographer MB Maher.
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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
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UCBG’s Natural Discourse; an epilogue
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"
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Natural Discourse at UCBG opens 7/14/12
For the past several months, I’ve been following the development of Natural Discourse, the collaboration of artists with the University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley, and now we can see the outcome of their efforts at the official opening … Continue reading
Sol House/Natural Discourse UCBG 7/13/12
Some intriguing snippets of information and photos are circulating as the University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley is transformed for the July 13, 2012 launch of Natural Discourse, an in-situ collaboration among scientists, artists, and the venerable botanical garden. … Continue reading
Karl Blossfeldt Botanical Photogravures
MB Maher brought these incredible antique prints to my attention recently, accompanied by this little note: “This process is ink-based and requires making a steel plate of the photo image with acid baths, high-level light exposures, et cetera, until one … Continue reading
Posted in MB Maher, photography, Plant Portraits
Tagged botanical photogravures, Karl Blossfeldt, MB Maher, photography
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the learning garden at Venice High School
I’m late posting about the Learning Garden, a garden stop on the May 2012 Venice Garden & Home Tour, and today the LG offers a class open to the public on vermiculture/composting, a deadline I had been hoping to beat. … Continue reading
“Natural Discourse” July 2012
On July 13, 2012, Natural Discourse, the “collaborative project between the University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley (UCBG) and a multidisciplinary group of artists,” will introduce the artists’ installations to the public. MB Maher has been up to some … Continue reading
summer camp for locavores
From the Wikipedia entry: “A locavore is a person interested in eating food that is locally produced, not moved long distances to market.” I’ve been hinting without going into too many gory details that my new little community vegetable garden … Continue reading
raise the red lantern
More photos from MB Maher as he meanders north of San Francisco, these from Cornerstone Gardens in Sonoma, California, a collection of outdoor gardens inspired by the International Garden Festival at Chaumont-sur-Loire, curated by owner Teresa Raffo. I haven’t been … Continue reading
Posted in design, garden travel, garden visit, MB Maher
Tagged "Red Lantern", "White Clouds", Andy Cao, Cao Perrot Studio, Cornerstone Gardens Sonoma, landscape architecture, MB Maher, Press Democrat, Raise the Red Lantern, San Francisco Chronicle, Teresa Raffo, writer Lauren Reed-Guy, writer Meg McConahey, Xavier Perrot, Zhang Yimou
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