Category Archives: artists
fantasy herbaria of Anne Ten Donkelaar
Gardens are inspiration engines, filled with mesmerizing sights, sounds, and scents. For an artist, it’s a bottomless treasure trove of ideas. Have a look at the “flower constructions” of Anne Ten Donkelaar. (from “Dearest Nature“) The “flower constructions” series of … Continue reading
keep on planting
image of Iris reticulata from Wikipedia Commons Collections of Virginia Woolf’s copious letters and diaries have sustained me through some dreary, uninspiring times. By turns bitchy and transcendent, but always dependably filled with trenchant and unflinching observations of her life … Continue reading
Posted in artists, books, Bulbs, clippings
Tagged Iris reticulata, Leonard and Virginia Woolf, Vox
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musing on Tom Stuart-Smith’s garden
Today I’m coveting this long water tank “rill” in British landscape designer Tom Stuart-Smith’s garden flanked with bearded irises, Stipa gigantea, and astrantia, a scene possibly from late spring/very early summer? The first two I can grow here in zone … Continue reading
Posted in artists, climate, design
Tagged rill, Stipa gigantea, Tom Stuart-Smith, water tank
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a restored Lautner house
It’s summer, so I’ve become fixated again on windows, views through windows, breezes through windows. In my inbox recently from Dwell, this house in Desert Hot Springs caught my eye, built by architect John Lautner, a protege of Frank Lloyd … Continue reading
Posted in artists, garden travel, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged boutique hotels, desert gardens, Dwell, John Lautner, mid century modern
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Susanna Dadd in Pacific Horticulture
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
discovering The Potting Shed on a Lark at Sourced Collective
There’s retail that does vintage and architectural finds well, and there’s retail that does plants well. Haven’t you wished somebody with a passion for both would combine them under one roof? I know I have. Consider it handled by The … Continue reading
Posted in artists, commerce, cut flowers, design, edibles, garden ornament, MB Maher, photography, plant nurseries, shop talk
Tagged Jack Carlisle, Laguna Beach, Lark Artisan Market, Lisa Gutierrez-Martinez, Luis Sardinas, Michelle Mercado, Sourced Collective, The Potting Shed by Carlisle
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Cheryl Molnar’s Unnatural Settings
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
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“Night Sky, Palm” by Eric Beltz
Eric Beltz, “Night Sky, Palm” (Eric Beltz and CB1 Gallery) I’m guessing it’s an affinity for the intricate, geometric beauty of plants that draws me to the mesmerizing graphite drawings of artist Eric Beltz. You can read more in The … Continue reading
Rancho Reubidoux up close
Continuing the documentation of Rancho Reubidoux now that Reuben and Paul are moving on from their widely loved home and garden, as promised, here’s a companion piece to the previous post, a parting look at how Reuben styles the sitting … Continue reading
Posted in artists, climate, design, garden ornament, garden visit, MB Maher, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged Rancho Reubidoux, Reuben Munoz
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the light is left on at Rancho Reubidoux
I’ve been dreading completing this post, but since Reuben and Paul have officially decamped from their house and garden at Rancho Reubidoux as of last week and moved into their new home, it’s time to unpack these last images and … Continue reading
Posted in agaves, woody lilies, artists, climate, design, garden ornament, garden visit, MB Maher, pots and containers, succulents
Tagged Rancho Reubidoux
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