Category Archives: garden visit
on the scent of tillandsias
Tillandsias, epiphytic bromeliads or “air plants,” have almost single-handedly elevated the caliber of gifts for people who love plants. Aeriums, terrariums, glass globes, and light bulb shapes like these from Los Angeles-based outdoor living shop Potted have all been inspired … Continue reading
CSSA Plant Sale at the Huntington Botanical Gardens
The Cactus & Succulent Society of America’s plant sale at the Huntington June 29 through July 1, 2012, is one I hope not to miss this year. I’ve moved my little Agave parrasana ‘Fireball’ from last year’s plant sales into … Continue reading
the learning garden at Venice High School
I’m late posting about the Learning Garden, a garden stop on the May 2012 Venice Garden & Home Tour, and today the LG offers a class open to the public on vermiculture/composting, a deadline I had been hoping to beat. … Continue reading
summer notes
Though I’ve been practicing lots of garden math — some addition but mostly subtraction and a little light division — the garden still seems almost unchanged and very familiar this summer, and I haven’t decided yet if that’s necessarily a … Continue reading
Posted in Bulbs, garden visit, journal, Plant Portraits, shop talk, succulents
Tagged ' Plant Delights Nursery, 2012, Anemanthele lessoniana, Atriplex hortensis, Bouteloua gracilis 'Blonde Ambition', Christopher Lloyd, Colocasia 'Diamond Head', Colocasia esculenta 'Mojito', Euphorbia characias 'Silver Swan', Giovanni Battista Amici, Leycesteria formosa 'Golden Lanterns', Lilium 'Lankon', Oenothera macrocarpa ssp. incana, San Diego Cactus & Succulent Society, SDCSS plant sale June 2 & 3, Stipa arundinacea, Teucrium hircanicum 'Paradise Delight', Tibouchina granulosa 'Gibraltar', Tweedia caerulea, Xanthosoma 'Lime Zinger'
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“Natural Discourse” July 2012
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
summer camp for locavores
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
raise the red lantern
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
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Pandemonium Aviaries
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
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Wrapping Up the Venice Garden & Home Tour 2012
“The Venice Garden & Home Tour is an annual fundraising event, benefiting the children of the Neighborhood Youth Association’s (NYA) Las Doradas Children’s Center in Venice, CA. This self-guided walking tour showcases the unique homes and gardens of the creative … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, design, edibles, garden ornament, garden visit, MB Maher, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged Abutilon megapotamicum, Acacia pendula, Acanthus mollis, Aloe distans, Jan Brilliot, Jay Griffith, Johanna Woolcott, Las Doradas Children’s Center, Linda Lucks, Los Angeles, Lotus maculatus, MB Maher, Potted For Outdoor Living, Russ Cleta, Sedum nussbaumerianum, Southern Califonria, Venice Beach, Venice Garden & Home Tour 2012
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No. 24 on the Venice Garden & Home Tour
“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