Category Archives: MB Maher

A Memorable Day at the HBG

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Denise

Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino (Pasadena), California. With the Palo Verde in bloom among golden barrel cactus, I felt like I’d stumbled onto the gardens of the Lost City of Coronado. Orange and gold. Forests of orange dyckias in … Continue reading →

Posted in design, garden visit, MB Maher | Tagged dyckias, Golden Barrel Cactus Echinocactus grusonii, Huntington Botanic Garden Desert Garden, John Frame, Nolina interrata, Palo Verde Cercicium floridum, sustainable urban agriculture, Three Fragments of a Lost Tale | 7 Comments

Agave franzosinii

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Denise

This photo was taken by MB Maher during a visit he made to artists Sue Dadd and James Griffith’s amazing Folly Bowl last summer. Some agave, huh? I’m now fairly sure that this uber-undulating creature is Agave franzosinii, which develops … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, garden visit, MB Maher, Plant Portraits | Tagged Agave franzosinii, Agaves Yuccas & Related Plants; A Gardener's Guide, agaves, woody lilies, Dustin Gimbel, Folly Bowl, James Griffith, Lotusland, San Marcos Growers, Sue Dadd, The Ruth Bancroft Garden, Trio Nursery, woody lilies | 5 Comments

Nick Horman’s Incredible Tape Ball

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Denise

Yesterday’s post on the High Line provoked some interesting discussion on parks, which reminded me of this little movie MB Maher took last fall in New York, a scene he stumbled upon in Central Park. Artist and pickle impresario Nick … Continue reading →

Posted in design, MB Maher | Tagged Central Park, Horman's Best Pickles, MB Maher, Nick Horman, urban design | 2 Comments

Venice Garden & Home Tour 2011

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Denise

Buy tickets and a map at the Las Doradas Children’s Center, apply the lime-green wrist band, and we’re off on the VGHT 2011 (Last year’s post here.) Under overcast skies, thirty houses, covering several miles. Bikes would be the preferred … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, garden travel, garden visit, MB Maher, succulents | Tagged California, Dustin Gimbel, Jay Griffith, Los Doradas Children's Center, MB Maher, Naomi Saunders, succulents, Venice, Venice Garden & Home Tour 2011 | 12 Comments

Roof Dogs

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Denise

To every urban challenge, there is a potentially joyful response. Image found here. Roof Dogs, a movie by MB Maher.

Posted in MB Maher | 2 Comments

Garden Show Road Trip 2011

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Denise

Smashing two of my fingers in a car door just before leaving San Francisco hasn’t helped to speed up the process of posting a few measly photos from the show. Not quite the airtight excuse, since having two fingers turning … Continue reading →

Posted in design, garden travel, MB Maher | Tagged Brian Swope Tierra Seca, Cindy McNatt, Jeffrey Gordon Smith, MB Maher, San Francisco Flower & Garden Show, Star Apple Edible Gardens, Studio Choo | 5 Comments

Potting Soil From Flora Grubb

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Denise

MB Maher is spending a lot of time in San Francisco this spring and needed to buy some potting soil for the new roots he’s putting down. He sent back a few photos of his excursion. Nice place to buy … Continue reading →

Posted in MB Maher | Tagged Flora Grubb Gardens, MB Maher, plant nurseries, San Francisco | 7 Comments

McNally’s Egyptian Revival

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Denise

This morning’s LA Times had a piece by Sam Watters via his Lost LA column on the neo-Egyptian den mapmaker magnate Andrew McNally had added to his Altadena mansion after being wowed by Egypt’s display in Chicago’s 1893 World Fair. … Continue reading →

Posted in MB Maher | Tagged Andrew McNally, Egyptian Revival, Expo 2012, Lost LA, MB Maher, Sam Watters, South Korea, World Fair, Yeosu | 4 Comments

The Occasional Daily Photo

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Denise

MB Maher’s 4X5 portrait of musician Frank Fairfield (banjo, fiddle, guitar), who has another album coming out this year. (Debuting a fluid, non-binding category of miscellaneous images.)

Posted in MB Maher, Occasional Daily Photo | Tagged 4X5, MB Maher, musician Frank Fairfield, Occasional Daily Photo, portrait | 1 Comment

Happy New Year

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Denise

The buses run free of charge tonight, there’s street music and food downtown, so we’re going to bundle up, step out, and see what the city has to offer this New Year’s Eve. Reflecting on my first year in “narcissistic … Continue reading →

Posted in Ephemera, MB Maher | Tagged Fran Lebowitz, Grevillea 'Superb' | 6 Comments