Category Archives: MB Maher

Longwood Gardens

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Denise

Longwood Gardens is vast, over 1,050 acres, and also very old. From Wikipedia: “What is now Longwood Gardens was originally purchased from William Penn in 1700 by a fellow Quaker named George Peirce (1646-1734). Although it started as a working … Continue reading →

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Dutch Wave Breaks Over New Amsterdam

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Denise

At the Battery, Piet Oudolf has written another glorious fall chapter to the story of the renaissance of urban gardens in New York City. Here at the Battery Bosque, the emphatic sweep of plants is at times even more dramatic … Continue reading →

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The High Line in Autumn

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Denise

Crocus sativus, the saffron crocus I first became intrigued by the High Line when it was in its derelict state. I’d read a New York Times piece about an abandoned elevated railway in Manhattan, its purpose as a rail line … Continue reading →

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San Marcos Growers Field Day

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Denise

Around town, wedged into narrow strips of land under gigantic transmission towers emitting EMF radiation, can be seen rows and rows of plant stock being grown. But I’ve never seen local plant stock approach the desirability displayed in the photos … Continue reading →

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Jeffrey Bale’s Permeable Road to Paradise

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Denise

Is it just me, or has all subtlety been suddenly drained from the world? All sense of nuance seems lost. (In addition to lethargy, extreme heat occasionally brings on irritable, sweeping generalizations.) Here in Southern California, record cool temps all … Continue reading →

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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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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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Non Stop Bhangra

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Denise

I was emailed this clip by guest photographer MB Maher this morning. It gave me such a smile, I had to share it here. Non Stop Bhangra have been haunting the Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco for well over five … Continue reading →

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