Tag Archives: Building REsources

more shelves

Posted on July 10, 2016 by Denise

I don’t have any travel plans this summer, so July’s rhythm has been work, work, work, decompress in garden, shower, repeat. And I don’t really mind because the garden is so absorbing this time of year. At least once a … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, journal, plant sales, pots and containers | Tagged Building REsources, El Segundo Blue butterfly, Gymnocalycium friedrichii, House 1002 San Pedro CA, salvage | 13 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

Outdoor Rooms Need Shelving

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Denise

Outdoor furniture, kitchens, fireplaces. Outdoor fabrics have come a long way for dirt and UV resistance. But anyone else notice something lacking? Maybe I’m just not looking in the right places, but it seems to me that for sturdy outdoor … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, design, garden ornament, pots and containers, shop talk, succulents | Tagged Building REsources, outdoor rooms, salvage, shelving | 10 Comments

Blue Bottle & Finial

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Denise

I cleaned out my garden shed the other day and found this blue bottle buried under twine and dirty garden gloves dried into angry fist shapes. There was apparently attraction enough at one time for me to squirrel the bottle … Continue reading →

Posted in design, garden ornament, succulents | Tagged bottle tree, Building REsources, cobalt blue, Echeveria elegans, finial, glass bottles | 4 Comments

Succulent Experiments

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Denise

Crassula expansa subsp. fragilis was planted this past May in these car jack stands, using window screening to hold the soil in, first pictured here near the bottom of the post. Unlike my mossy experiments, this crassula is growing much … Continue reading →

Posted in design, garden ornament, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Building REsources, Chinese fringe tree, Chionanthus retusus, Crassula expansa subsp. fragilis, Crassula pellucida var. marginalis, Lotusland | 6 Comments

Plant Show Weekend/Weakened

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Denise

I vaguely remember promising not to post any more photos of tulips, so in my weakened state I’m violating that oath with one more photo of tulips ‘Queen of the Night,’ taken just before heading north for the San Francisco … Continue reading →

Posted in Bulbs, garden travel | Tagged Building REsources, Mathiasella bupleuroides, salvage, San Francisco Flower & Garden Show, The Dry Garden North Oakland, Tulip 'Queen of the Night' | 2 Comments

Salvage

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Denise

“Captain, your ship is salvage!” Possibly the most chilling words any ship’s captain will ever hear. Maritime law dating back to Byzantine times allows a ship and its cargo to be claimed by anyone, acting voluntarily (not in an official … Continue reading →

Posted in garden ornament | Tagged Building REsources, salvage, San Francisco Flower & Garden Show | 2 Comments