Category Archives: garden travel

a week in the PNW

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Denise

Day one of a week touring gardens and nurseries in the Pacific Northwest. Here’s a clue to our first stop after landing in Portland, Oregon. Still stumped? More clues… Obviously, this can only be Loree’s incredible garden (the Danger Garden), … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, design, garden travel, garden visit, succulents | Tagged Apartment Therapy, Danger Garden, Lila, Loree Bohl, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Portland | 13 Comments

The Low Line (really)

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Denise

Credit goes to New York for currently being the city with the most moxie, ingenuity, and brass-balled chutzpah in creating new public parks. (See Frank Bruni’s 7/14/12 piece in the NYT’s Sunday Review “Our Newly Lush Life.”) New York’s recent … Continue reading →

Posted in design, garden travel, garden visit, science | Tagged "Our Newly Lush Life", Curbed, Dan Barasch, Delancey Street Trolley Station, Delancey Underground project, Frank Bruni, James Ramsey, Kickstarter, New York City, New York Observer, public parks, The High Line Park, The Low Line, The New York Times | 4 Comments

Bloom Day July 2012

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Denise

I’m taking the last few weeks of July off work, which means sitting at a computer is the last thing I want to do. But miss a Bloom Day? Never! Since I’m heading out on more adventures this week, I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, Bloom Day, garden ornament, garden travel, garden visit, plant nurseries, succulents | Tagged Agave celsii var. albicans 'UCB', Agave colorata, Agave parryi var. truncata, Agave polianthiflora, Agave xylonacantha, Aloe capitata var. quartzicola., Aloe polyphylla, Asparagus virgatus, Aster x frikartii 'Monch', Big Daddy's Antiques San Francisco, Calliandra eriophylla, Cussonia paniculata, Dahlia 'Chat Noir', Eryngium maritimum, Helenium puberulum, Kniphofia triangularis, Lilium regale, Papaver rupifragum, Paxton Gate, Persicaria amplexicaulis, Salvia canariensis var. candissima, University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley | 13 Comments

Natural Discourse at UCBG opens 7/14/12

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Denise

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 →

Posted in garden travel, garden visit, MB Maher | Tagged "Natural Discourse", University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley | 1 Comment

“Natural Discourse” July 2012

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Denise

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 →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, design, garden travel, garden visit, MB Maher | Tagged "Natural Discourse", light painting, Mary Anne Friel, Paolo Roversi, photography, Shirley Watts, UCBG, University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley | 3 Comments

summer camp for locavores

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Denise

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 →

Posted in creatures, edibles, garden travel, garden visit, MB Maher | Tagged boutique hotels, chickens, goats, Mar Vista Cottages and Edible Gardens, MB Maher, Mendocino, Northern California, vegetable gardens | 9 Comments

raise the red lantern

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Denise

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 | 4 Comments

Pandemonium Aviaries

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Denise

Photographer MB Maher sent in some photos from a visit he paid to an exotic bird sanctuary in Northern California called Pandemonium Aviaries, which hosted a fund-raising Birdhouse Design Contest on May 6, 2012, and he described the owner’s zeal … Continue reading →

Posted in creatures, design, garden travel, garden visit, MB Maher | Tagged aviaries, exotic bird sanctuary, extinction, landscape architect Jarrod Baumann, MB Maher, Michele Raffin, nurseryman/garden designer John Greenlee, ornamental grasses, Pandemonium Aviaries, San Francisco Botanical Garden, San Francisco Flower & Garden Show 2012, Stanford Magazine | 2 Comments

No. 24 on the Venice Garden & Home Tour

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Denise

“Beautifully restored craftsman set in low maintenance and low water ‘Sonoma’ style gardens. Garden design by owner Craig Boelson” This bungalow, which the owner described as slated for demolition when he took over the property, had lots of things to … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, design, garden travel, garden visit, MB Maher, succulents | Tagged Arts & Crafts architecture, Craftsman bungalow, MB Maher, Venice Garden & Home Tour 2012 | 4 Comments

No. 9 on the Venice Garden & Home Tour

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Denise

“Design gem by artist/architect homeowners; live, work, home studio & gardens. Architect: Molly Reid Studio. Garden Dry Design & Cliff Garten Studio.” Blurbs like these on a one-page map were the only guides to selecting which homes and gardens to … Continue reading →

Posted in design, garden travel, garden visit, MB Maher, The Hortorialist | Tagged Arne Jacobsen, Cliff Garten, Frank Gehry High Sticking Chair, Frank Gehry Power Play chair, George Nelson bubble lamp, Molly Reid Studio, Noguchi coffee table, Otto Wagner, Venice Home and Garden Tour 2012 | 3 Comments