Tag Archives: San Francisco

consider the leaves

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Denise

We have Pam at Digging to thank for hosting this monthly celebration of foliage. This month I’m focusing on some of the leaves that impressed me during recent garden travels as well as examples from the back pages of AGO. … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, artists, design, garden travel, garden visit, MB Maher, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Acacia pendula, Aloe striatula, Bernard Trainor, bromeliads, CA, conservatories, Garden Bloggers Fling 2013, garden designer Dustin Gimbel, garden designer Rebecca Sweet, Golden Gate Park Conservatory of Flowers, Hakonechloa macra, Huntington Botanical Gardens, Landcraft Environments, landscape architect Jarrod Baumann, Long Island, Longhouse Reserve, Lysimachia nummularia, Muehlenbeckia axillaris, New York, Planting Fields Arboretum, San Francisco, Zingiber malaysianum | 12 Comments

driveby garden: Baker Street, San Francisco

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Denise

For those who plan to attend the garden blogger meetup in San Francisco this year, known as the Garden Bloggers Fling, here’s a tiny glimpse of what the City offers mid January. And if you haven’t decided to attend yet, … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, driveby gardens, garden travel, garden visit, succulents | Tagged aeoniums, Agave americana var. medio-picta 'Alba', Agave bracteosa, beschorneria, bulbinella, Chamaerops humilis 'cerifera, dyckia, Euphorbia characias wulfeniii, Garden Bloggers Fling 2013, Magnolia stellata, Palace of Fine Arts/Exploratorium, phormiums, San Francisco, sempervivums, Yucca filamentosa | 8 Comments

things to do in the Bay Area after a garden show

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Denise

or any other preposition that fits your schedule — before the show, between visits to the show. Of course, you don’t have to wait until the next garden show in 2013 for a visit. Building REsources, discussed before here and … Continue reading →

Posted in design, garden travel, garden visit, MB Maher, plant nurseries, Plant Portraits | Tagged Aloe castanea, Annie's Annuals & Perennials, Bay Area, Big Daddy's, Building REsources, Cornerstone Sonoma, Eupatorium sordidum, geum, Homoglad hybrids, MB Maher, Roger Raiche, Ruth Bancroft Garden, salvage, San Francisco, San Francisco Botanical Garden, sideritis, Suzanne Biaggi, The Dry Garden, Topher Delaney, UC Berkeley Botanical Garden | 4 Comments

Marina District, San Francisco

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Denise

There’s a particular pet-friendly motel we like in this district near the Presidio in San Francisco, the Marina Motel, which is where we stayed for the recent garden show. Ein with his garden show face on. Plants are a big … Continue reading →

Posted in garden travel | Tagged Amy Stewart, Golden Gate Park, Lindemans Framboise Raspberry Lambic, Marina Motel, Presidio Trust, San Francisco, Sloat Garden Center, Trifolium 'Dragon's Blood', Wicked Plants | Leave a comment

Potting Soil From Flora Grubb

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Denise

MB Maher is spending a lot of time in San Francisco this spring and needed to buy some potting soil for the new roots he’s putting down. He sent back a few photos of his excursion. Nice place to buy … Continue reading →

Posted in MB Maher | Tagged Flora Grubb Gardens, MB Maher, plant nurseries, San Francisco | 7 Comments

Unidentified Giant Composite

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Denise

If you saw 8-foot tall daisies planted to the very edges of the geometric template that usually holds a suburban front yard lawn, in an upscale community in San Francisco, wouldn’t you assume the owners of the house were a … Continue reading →

Posted in MB Maher, The Hortorialist | Tagged Elements Hotel, garden show, Lithodora diffusa, San Francisco, Senecio glastifolius | 5 Comments