Category Archives: garden travel
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
No. 9 on the Venice Garden & Home Tour
“Design gem by artist/architect homeowners; live, work, home studio & gardens. Architect: Molly Reid Studio. Garden Dry Design & Cliff Garten Studio.” Blurbs like these on a one-page map were the only guides to selecting which homes and gardens to … Continue reading
friday’s clippings 4/20/12
Friday’s Clippings is a handy blog closet into which accumulated stuff can be shoved at the end of the week, things I want to refer to again that might be of wider interest. And speaking of odds and ends shoved … Continue reading
Posted in clippings, creatures, design, garden travel, garden visit, journal, science
Tagged Colony Collapse Disorder, Dustin Gimbel, Mar Vista Green Garden Showcase, neonicotinoid insecticides, South Coast Plaza, Southern California Spring Garden Show 2012, Why Trees Matter by Jim Robbins
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road trip destination; Nevada Museum of Art
As road trip season begins, with the price of gas being what it is, the question we’re all asking ourselves has to be, Is the gas tank half empty or half full? I vowed to make a road trip to … Continue reading
things to do in the Bay Area after a garden show
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
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2012 San Francisco Flower & Garden Show
Before last week’s show in San Mateo, California, “Gardens For a Green Earth,” recedes into the dim past, just a few photos, not at all a comprehensive account. All photos taken by MB Maher at the preview on Tuesday, 3/20/12. … Continue reading
back in a few
While we’re away for a couple days for the San Francisco Flower & Garden show, Agave ‘Mr. Ripples’ will have to take over chin-scratching duties. Don’t wear him out, Joseph, okay? Good or bad, inspired or tired, garden shows are … Continue reading
Preview: San Francisco Flower & Garden Show 2012
Only the first day of spring, yet garden show season has already arrived in many parts of the country. MB Maher was in attendance today at the preview to this year’s San Francisco Flower & Garden Show. Just a couple … Continue reading
the children’s garden at the Huntington
The last time I visited the Huntington Botanical Garden a few weeks ago, the prevailing theme for the day was kids in the garden. Moms with toddlers and strollers were everywhere. Field-trip kids in the cactus garden trudged along the … Continue reading