Tag Archives: Folly Bowl

Susanna Dadd in Pacific Horticulture

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Denise

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 →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, artists, blog, design, garden visit, MB Maher | Tagged Altadena, California, Folly Bowl, Garden Bloggers Fling, Loree Bohl, Pacific Horticulture, Sandy Masuo, Susanna Dadd, Westwind Farm Studio | 6 Comments

postscript to Natural Discourse; Flora & Fauna

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Denise

It’s been such a pleasure to see what shape and expression each successive Natural Discourse has taken. Developed by Shirley Watts and Mary Anne Friel for the Berkeley Botanic Garden, a group of artists were invited to make site-specific work … Continue reading →

Posted in artists, design, MB Maher, science | Tagged "Late Harvest", Craig Krull Gallery, Desert Garden Conservatory, Folly Bowl, James Corner, James Griffith, Jim Folsom, JoAnne Northrup, La Brea Tar Pits, Maura C. Flannery, Mia Lehrer, Mitch Maher, Natania Meeker & Antonia Szabari, Natural Discourse; Flora & Fauna 10/17/15, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Nevada Museum of Art, New Presidio Parklands Project, Rania Reyes, Rosamond Purcell, Shirley Watts, Stapelia gigantea, Susanna Dadd, University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley | 9 Comments

Natural Discourse: Light & Image 2014, an epilogue

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Denise

Ever wonder when our buildings are going to have the photosensitivity and photoreactivity of plants? Dale Clifford, with his focus on biomimetics applied to architecture, is on the case, investigating the possibility of designing a photoreactive brick inspired by the … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, artists, Department of Instruction, MB Maher, photography, science, succulents | Tagged Dale Clifford, Folly Bowl, Garden designer Sue Dadd, glass artist Christian Thornton, Harvard's Ware Collection of Glass Plants, interactive computer programming, Interactive Programmer John Carpenter, James Griffth, Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, Marion Brenner, MB Maher, Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore, Natural Discourse: Light & Image, Richard Schulhof, Roger Hangarter, Shirley Watts, Silverlake Farms, terraced gardens, University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley, Ware Collection Manager Jenny Brown, Xaquixe Glass Innovation Studio | 7 Comments

Agave franzosinii

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Denise

This photo was taken by MB Maher during a visit he made to artists Sue Dadd and James Griffith’s amazing Folly Bowl last summer. Some agave, huh? I’m now fairly sure that this uber-undulating creature is Agave franzosinii, which develops … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, garden visit, MB Maher, Plant Portraits | Tagged Agave franzosinii, Agaves Yuccas & Related Plants; A Gardener's Guide, agaves, woody lilies, Dustin Gimbel, Folly Bowl, James Griffith, Lotusland, San Marcos Growers, Sue Dadd, The Ruth Bancroft Garden, Trio Nursery, woody lilies | 5 Comments

Folly Bowl

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Denise

Another garden preview for the upcoming Gardening Under Mediterranean Skies symposium to be held this September 23rd to the 26th through Pacific Horticulture. Photographer MB Maher and designer Dustin Gimbel of Second Nature Garden Design visited artists Sue Dadd and … Continue reading →

Posted in garden visit, MB Maher | Tagged Dustin Gimbel, Folly Bowl, Gardening Under Mediterranean Skies, James Griffth, MB Maher, Pacific Horticulture, Second Nature Garden Design, Sue Dadd | 7 Comments