Category Archives: MB Maher
Natural Discourse 2018 update
photo by MB Maher Natural Discourse, the series of lectures and accompanying exhibits that started back in 2012, focusing on collaborative efforts among scientists, naturalists, and artists to illuminate our increasingly fraught relationship with the natural world, is ongoing through … Continue reading
Posted in artists, design, garden travel, inspire me, MB Maher, science
Tagged "Natural Discourse", deimatic behavior, Gail Wight, Jenny Kendler, MB Maher, Shirley Watts, Space 151
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winter solstice 2017
The winter solstice is little more than a week away, on December 21st, after which point the days will blessedly begin to lengthen again. Huzzah! There will at last be more and more light, always cause for celebration, even if … Continue reading
Posted in clippings, edibles, inspire me, journal, MB Maher, photography
Tagged Heceta Head Lighthouse, winter solstice
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Re-post: Amsterdam houseboat gardens
In the aftermath of the 500-year storm event in Texas and the horrendous suffering it has inflicted, offering lovely houseboat scenes may seem overly naive, if not downright cruel, but just try not to dwell on the design issues that … Continue reading
Posted in climate, design, MB Maher
Tagged "Houston's Flood is a Design Problem", The Atlantic
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to the kids, with love
Remember this photo from a few posts ago? The “east wing” was getting readied for my son Duncan’s engagement party. Add lights, paper lanterns, friends, family and cake, and voila! Duncan and Kristy’s engagement party last Sunday. A trip to … Continue reading
Posted in cut flowers, journal, MB Maher, pots and containers
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Susanna Dadd in Pacific Horticulture
This summer issue of Pacific Horticulture is so much fun, filled as it is with lots of familiar faces and voices. All kinds of echoes and ripples from the virtual garden community spill over into this issue. Not only does … Continue reading
discovering The Potting Shed on a Lark at Sourced Collective
There’s retail that does vintage and architectural finds well, and there’s retail that does plants well. Haven’t you wished somebody with a passion for both would combine them under one roof? I know I have. Consider it handled by The … Continue reading
Posted in artists, commerce, cut flowers, design, edibles, garden ornament, MB Maher, photography, plant nurseries, shop talk
Tagged Jack Carlisle, Laguna Beach, Lark Artisan Market, Lisa Gutierrez-Martinez, Luis Sardinas, Michelle Mercado, Sourced Collective, The Potting Shed by Carlisle
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Rancho Reubidoux up close
Continuing the documentation of Rancho Reubidoux now that Reuben and Paul are moving on from their widely loved home and garden, as promised, here’s a companion piece to the previous post, a parting look at how Reuben styles the sitting … Continue reading
Posted in artists, climate, design, garden ornament, garden visit, MB Maher, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged Rancho Reubidoux, Reuben Munoz
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the light is left on at Rancho Reubidoux
I’ve been dreading completing this post, but since Reuben and Paul have officially decamped from their house and garden at Rancho Reubidoux as of last week and moved into their new home, it’s time to unpack these last images and … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, artists, climate, design, garden ornament, garden visit, MB Maher, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged Rancho Reubidoux
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a Hollywood Hills garden in three acts
(This Sunday, May 7th, you have another opportunity to visit this extraordinary garden. Details here.) The recent APLD watershed garden tour was exemplary in every way that such tours should be; lots of interesting and pertinent design solutions for SoCal … Continue reading