Category Archives: garden travel

Big Red Sun – Venice, California

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Denise
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wall street occupies central park

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Denise

From Wikipedia: “Patronage is the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows to another.” New York City’s Central Park has found a patron to rival the Medicis. Hedge fund manager John. A. Paulson has gifted … Continue reading →

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driveby agave garden

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Denise

I have the Long Beach Marathon to thank for finding this garden. No, I didn’t run the marathon, more like actively avoided it. The marathon barricades cut off much of my end of Long Beach on October 6, so trying … Continue reading →

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Los Angeles’ Grand Park

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Denise

I worked at the courthouse in downtown Los Angeles today. I love these occasional work assignments downtown. We drove up Broadway, taking in an early morning dose of awe at its many ghostly, majestic movie palaces like the Orpheum, now … Continue reading →

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High Line jeremiad

Posted on August 26, 2012 by Denise

Some interesting Sunday reading to be found in another nuanced, contrarian view of the High Line Park in New York City. I know, not another post on the High Line! I can’t help it, I’m utterly fascinated by this subject. … Continue reading →

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UCBG’s Natural Discourse; an epilogue

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Denise

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 →

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bringing it home

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Denise

Visiting first-rate plant nurseries necessarily involves purchasing plants, or so I’ve always believed — even if the purchaser is thousands of miles from home and has to shove the pots into an already bursting suitcase and then into the cramped … Continue reading →

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Joy Creek Nursery

Posted on August 2, 2012 by Denise

Continuing the posts on my recent visit to Oregon and Washington with some unabashed flower porn courtesy of the display gardens at Joy Creek Nursery, a retail and mail-order nursery in Scappoose, Oregon. (The buddleia might be ‘Evil Ways’) I … Continue reading →

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Cistus Nursery

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Denise

The second installment of my recent visit to Oregon and Washington (or How I Mispronounced Botanical Latin for Six Days While Touring Gardens and Nurseries of the Pacific Northwest). My own peculiar zonal filter can’t help but color these posts; … Continue reading →

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summer 2012 road trip: Pacific Northwest

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Denise

I find vacations in the Pacific Northwest have a lot in common with Chinese food; after being home for a few days, you’re hungry for another serving of Puget Sound, please. I’m sitting at a table in my garden in … Continue reading →

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