Category Archives: garden travel

Natural Discourse; Form & Function 1/11/13

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Denise

Some important dates. Natural Discourse, the multimedia exhibition installed in the University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley, is closing January 20, 2013, so it’s now last-chance-Texaco time to get over there and have a look at its many wonders, … Continue reading →

Posted in artists, garden travel, garden visit, MB Maher, science | Tagged boophane, Deborah O’Grady, Denise Newman, Hazel White, MB Maher, Nadia Hironaka and Mathew Sui, Natural Discourse; Form & Function, Shane Myrbeck, Shirley Watts, University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley | 2 Comments

Amsterdam houseboat gardens

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Denise

Can you string together three other words that conjure as much bliss as those? Perhaps you can. But having been obsessed with some garden or other most of my life, and having lived with a boat captain most of my … Continue reading →

Posted in driveby gardens, garden travel, MB Maher, photography, pots and containers | Tagged Amsterdam houseboats, Piet Oudolf | 6 Comments

OC Mart Mix needs to host a garden show

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Denise

Another weekend misspent ostensibly holiday shopping (why pretend?), but in actuality just enjoying plants and landscapes, these courtesy of The OC Mart Mix. Although The OC Mart Mix was patterned after the Ferry Building gourmet marketplace in San Francisco, it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, garden travel, garden visit, plant nurseries, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Agave vilmoriniana, Cornerstone Sonoma, Ferry Building Marketplace San Francisco, Inside Out 365, Kalanchoe thyrsiflora, OC Mart Mix, Rolling Greens Costa Mesa, Senecio mandraliscae, The Late Show, The Late Show Gardens | 7 Comments

High Line in late November 2012

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Denise

Must I really squeeze in one more post on the High Line in 2012? Have we become bored and cynical already about this dream of a garden on an abandoned railway trestle made real against seemingly insurmountable odds? (Yes to … Continue reading →

Posted in design, garden travel, garden visit, MB Maher | Tagged MB Maher, Piet Oudolf, public parks, The High Line Park, threadandbones | 8 Comments

Big Red Sun – Venice, California

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Denise

Posted in design, garden ornament, garden travel, plant nurseries, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged AirPlantFrame, Austin Motel, Austin Texas, Bat Conservation International, Big Red Sun, Congress Avenue Bridge bat colony, Driskill Hotel, Feathers/Austin TX, Feliz Holiday Sale, Firehouse Hostel, Franklin Barbecue, Hotel San Jose, Josh Rosen, Spartan/Austin TX, The Garden Conservancy Open Days, Venice California, Wildflower/Austin TX | 8 Comments

wall street occupies central park

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Denise

From Wikipedia: “Patronage is the support, encouragement, privilege, or financial aid that an organization or individual bestows to another.” New York City’s Central Park has found a patron to rival the Medicis. Hedge fund manager John. A. Paulson has gifted … Continue reading →

Posted in garden travel, garden visit | Tagged Central Park Conservancy, Fred R. Conrad, John A. Paulson, Lisa Foderaro, New York City, public parks, The High Line Park, The New York Times | 3 Comments

driveby agave garden

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Denise

I have the Long Beach Marathon to thank for finding this garden. No, I didn’t run the marathon, more like actively avoided it. The marathon barricades cut off much of my end of Long Beach on October 6, so trying … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, driveby gardens, garden travel, garden visit, Plant Portraits, succulents | Tagged Aenoium 'Sunburst', Agave bovicornuta, Agave colorata, Agave ferdinandi-regis, Agave guiengola 'Creme Brulee', Agave lophantha, Agave potatorum, barrel cactus, Beaucarnia recurvata, Bismarckia nobilis, Colletia paradoxa, Echinocactus grusonii, Euphorbia ammak, Euphorbia tirucalli, Yucca rostrata | 32 Comments

Los Angeles’ Grand Park

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Denise

I worked at the courthouse in downtown Los Angeles today. I love these occasional work assignments downtown. We drove up Broadway, taking in an early morning dose of awe at its many ghostly, majestic movie palaces like the Orpheum, now … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, design, garden travel, garden visit, succulents | Tagged Broadway Theater District, Grand Park, Janus et Cie, Los Angeles, Rios Clementi Hale Studios | 8 Comments

High Line jeremiad

Posted on August 26, 2012 by Denise

Some interesting Sunday reading to be found in another nuanced, contrarian view of the High Line Park in New York City. I know, not another post on the High Line! I can’t help it, I’m utterly fascinated by this subject. … Continue reading →

Posted in design, essay, garden travel, garden visit | Tagged Jeremiah Moss, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Grand Park, New York, parks, Piet Oudolf, public space, The High Line Park, Vanishing New York | 10 Comments

UCBG’s Natural Discourse; an epilogue

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Denise

I was reminded by some recent network news stories on UCBG’s “Natural Discourse” that I’ve yet to post photos from opening night back on July 14, 2012. Did you have to read that sentence twice for full comprehension? “Recent network … Continue reading →

Posted in garden travel, garden visit, MB Maher, science | Tagged "Natural Discourse", Forbes: "Solyndra's Failure Is No Reason To Abandon Federal Energy Innovation Policy", Fox News, Mother Jones: "Hydrogen's Dirty Secret", Rael San Fratello Architects, SOL Grotto, Solyndra, University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley, Washington Guardian: "Republicans pressed for hydrogen money while attacking clean energy funds" | 6 Comments