Category Archives: garden travel

Cheryl Molnar’s Unnatural Settings

Posted on July 5, 2017 by Denise

I’ve been thinking about collages lately and have tentatively started to collect bits and pieces to get started, all referring to landscapes of course. And then I find this riveting image that I keep going back to by self-described “collage … Continue reading →

Posted in artists, garden travel | Tagged Cheryl Molnar, collage, Harper's, Smack Mellon, Unnatural Settings, Wave Hill | 7 Comments

a May visit to the Denver Botanic Gardens

Posted on June 4, 2017 by Denise

“If you want to have an easy life as a weather forecaster, you should get a job in Las Vegas, Phoenix or Los Angeles. Predict that it won’t rain in one of those cities, and you’ll be right about 90 … Continue reading →

Posted in climate, garden travel, garden visit, journal | Tagged Acanthus syriacus, Coryphantha echinus, Denver Botanic Gardens, Erodium castellanum, Lauren Springer-Ogden, Nate Silver, Panayoti Kelaidis, rock gardens, South Coast Botanic Garden | 4 Comments

weekend clippings 4/29/17

Posted on April 29, 2017 by Denise

Feel like talking yourself into more plants this weekend? There’s lots of opportunities, whether at the Huntington Spring Plant Sale, the South Coast Plaza Garden Show, and/or even the Long Beach flea market on Sunday at Veterans Stadium. Some motherly … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, clippings, garden travel, plant nurseries, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Alcantarea 'Odorata', Aloe 'Hellskloof Bells', Aloe 'Kujo', Cal State Fullerton Arboretum Green Scene, Crassula perfoliata v. minor 'Lime Green', Emma Marris, Garden Consevancy Open Days, Huntington Botanic Gardens Plant Sale, Mangave 'Lavender Lady', March For Science 2017, Natalie Angier, Pelargonium 'Atomic Snowflake', Pelargonium acetosum 'Peach', Pitzer College, plant sales, Rancho Reubidoux, Robin Parer's Geraniaceae plant nursery, South Coast Plaza Spring Garden Show | 13 Comments

April don’t go

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Denise

Bathed in soft light and 70ish temps, April, you’re so dreamy. But can you slow down and linger just a bit longer? Open gardens, plant shows. April in Southern California gets the heart of the plant obsessed beating fast. Last … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, garden travel, garden visit, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Beaucarnea recurvata 'Gold Star', Euphorbia horrida 'Snowflake', San Diego Horticultural Society, Tentacle Arts, Wanda Mallen and Gary Vincent garden | 8 Comments

notes on spring

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Denise

I’ve taken some time off work while the family regroups from assorted medical issues, and since they seem to be more or less on the mend I’m sopping up spare time with plant sales and garden tours. Some nurse, huh? … Continue reading →

Posted in clippings, garden travel, garden visit | Tagged ' Yucca pallida, Acanthus 'Morning Candle', Calystegia macrostegia, Eryngium 'Jade Frost', Fremontodendron 'Ken Taylor', Island Morning Glory, Leucadendron meridianum 'More Silver', Linum grandiflorum 'Rubrum', Papaver commutatum, poppies | 10 Comments

Friday clippings 4/7/17

Posted on April 7, 2017 by Denise

The two young leucospermums in my garden have each thrown a couple blooms, which only made me greedy for a mass display. But where to find such a display outside of South Africa? Leucospermum ‘Blanche Ito’ in the east patio. … Continue reading →

Posted in clippings, garden travel, garden visit | Tagged APLD 2nd Annual Watershed Approach Garden Tour, California, leucospermum, Ojai, San Diego Horticultural Society, South African plants, the Taft Garden | 7 Comments

dates to remember

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Denise

I’m just now sorting out the Dates to Remember for spring plant tours and sales, so keep an eye on it because the activities are piling up fast. This weekend alone poses some tough choices to make. Like the Theodore … Continue reading →

Posted in garden travel, garden visit, plant nurseries, plant sales | 2 Comments

Modernism Week, Palm Springs, Calif.

Posted on February 22, 2017 by Denise

Feel like drying out before the next storm blows into town? Well, we’re in luck. It’s Modernism Week in Palm Springs, ongoing since February 16 and ending this Sunday, February 26, 2017. “Mid-Century Makeover” by Lisa Gimmy, Landscape Architecture

Posted in design, garden travel | Tagged California, LA, landscape architecture, Lisa Gimmy, Modernism Week 2017, Palm Springs | 4 Comments

chasing agaves

Posted on January 28, 2017 by Denise

Last Saturday, while millions marched their way into the history books, I was driving south to San Diego to meet agave expert Greg Starr. I had been looking forward to this 2-hour road trip for some time, as a beacon … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, clippings, garden travel, plant nurseries, plant sales, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Agave bovicornuta, Aloe longistyla, B&B Cactus Farm, Denver Botanic Gardens, Greg Starr, Jeff Moore "Aloes & Agaves in Cultivation", Panayoti Kelaidis, San Diego Horticultural Society, Solana Succulents, South Coast Botanic Garden, South Coast Cactus & Succulent Society | 7 Comments

Natural Discourse: Fire! 9/30 & 10/1/16

Posted on September 16, 2016 by Denise

I’ve lived long enough to have experienced the dispersal of information about plants move from paper to the computer screen, and it seems I rarely have the sense anymore that I’m cut off from an essential stream of information on … Continue reading →

Posted in artists, climate, Department of Instruction, design, garden travel, garden visit, science, shop talk | Tagged Natural Discourse: Fire! (2016), The Huntington Library | 6 Comments