Category Archives: garden travel

the giant fennel

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Denise

Mitch has been sending photos from his wanderings in Greece this week while I watch his cat. I don’t mean to always be a supergeek botanical nuisance, but there’s been a tall umbellifer cropping up in the background in those … Continue reading →

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echiums, blue spikes for dry gardens

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Denise

At the Huntington earlier in the week… Echiums getting the formal treatment. Formal, informal, echiums never hit a false note. They’re some of the wildest, spikiest blues around. Sometimes shading into violet, with other species spiking in white, red. Many … Continue reading →

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miscellany from the Modernism Week Garden Tour 2019

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Denise

On the recent Palm Springs Modernism Week self-guided garden tour, it was impossible to confine one’s attention to houses solely on the tour, so I’m including some other swivel-headed discoveries. No, I didn’t find #thatpinkdoor, but there were plenty of … Continue reading →

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MB Maher revisits the High Line February 2019

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Denise

Mitch sent me a short note and some photos documenting his recent wintry visit to the High Line, which I present here unedited, the better to showcase the antic epistolary style that always cracks me up. Some quick backstory: When … Continue reading →

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scenes from Modernism Week garden tour

Posted on February 22, 2019 by Denise

I’m going to leave you this Friday with a few images from the self-guided Modern Garden Tour put on by Modernism Week in Palm Springs this past Wednesday. Leaving Long Beach at 7:30 a.m., I arrived just before 10 a.m. … Continue reading →

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friday clippings 2/8/19; Modernism Week 2019

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Denise

Next week brings some welcome warmth to this chilly February with the start of Modernism Week in Palm Springs (February 14-24, 2019). Long Beach garden designer and ceramicist Dustin Gimbel, some of whose recent work is pictured above, will give … Continue reading →

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desert bloom 2019

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Denise

Let me just say up front, to avoid any confusion, that these are all photos from a December visit to the Desert Garden at the Huntington Botanical Garden. While I love a visit to this glorious garden any time of … Continue reading →

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Gardenlust at the Huntington

Posted on December 15, 2018 by Denise

One of the items on my wish list this holiday is the recently published book Gardenlust by Christopher Woods.  And what better way to vet a book than to hear the author himself describe it, which I was able to … Continue reading →

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thursday clippings 11/8/18

Posted on November 8, 2018 by Denise

Some pretty pictures for Thursday. The Neptune Pool at Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California, closed since 2014 to address leaks of up to 5,000 gallons of water a day, is open for business again. But if you want to … Continue reading →

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touring gardens in Newport Beach

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Denise

The Southern California Branch of the Mediterranean Garden Society led a tour of some Newport Beach, Calif. gardens last weekend. My assumption that there would be large succulent gardens in the Fallbrook style was no doubt due to my ignorance … Continue reading →

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