Tag Archives: Long Beach

Eric Trine’s Column Pedestal Planter Holder

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Denise

A bit of a switch-up from my rusty flea market finds, but here’s proof that elevation is also on the minds of commercial designers and artists, albeit in much sleeker, powder-coated forms, suitable for indoors or outdoors. Photo courtesy of … Continue reading →

Posted in artists, design, pots and containers | Tagged Column Pedestal Planter Holder, Dwell, Eric Trine, Long Beach | 1 Comment

French chateau succulent garden

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Denise

There I was, biking through French chateau country, rounding a bend in the zig-zag roads stitched with Lombardy poplars. And just as I was brushing the wind-blown hair out of my face, doing my best impersonation of Jeanne Moreau in … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, design, driveby gardens, succulents | Tagged Aloe thraskii, COR-TEN steel, Echinocactus grusonii, Euphorbia ammak var. variegata, Euphorbia mauritanica, Euphorbia tirucalli, front gardens, Long Beach, Lophocereus schottii, Palo Verde (cercidium) | 11 Comments

a garden visit with bixbybotanicals

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Denise

It all started with a very sweet and generous offer of some foliage for vases. Via bixbybotanicals Instagram, I learned that his Leucadendron ‘Wilson’s Wonder’ was in full winter dress, and he was willing to share some of the largesse … Continue reading →

Posted in agaves, woody lilies, creatures, garden visit, MB Maher, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Acacia cognata, Aeonium 'Sunburst', bixbybotanicals, Certified Wildlife Habitat, Dahlia imperialis, Dombeya, H&H Nursery, Helenium puberulum, Jeremy Glatstein, lawn removal, Leucadendron discolor 'Pom Pom', Leucadendron ‘Wilson’s Wonder’, Long Beach, Salvia canariensis, Senecio mandraliscae, Yucca rostrata | 11 Comments

CMU bench/planter at Manaow

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Denise

I finally found a moment when Manaow’s CMU bench/planter could be investigated minus the usual throngs of people. That window of quiet was around 7 a.m. in the morning, when the only activity at this east end of Broadway was … Continue reading →

Posted in design, driveby gardens, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Agave victoriae-reginae, California, CMU concrete masonry unit, Long Beach, Manaow Restaurant | 15 Comments

parklets

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Denise

“The more successfully a city mingles everyday diversity of uses and users in its everyday streets, the more successfully, casually (and economically) its people thereby enliven and support well-located parks that can thus give back grace and delight to their … Continue reading →

Posted in design, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged California, Jane Jacobs, Long Beach, parklets, phormiums, Senecio mandraliscae, sidewalk bulb-outs, Studio One Eleven, urban planning | 4 Comments

the disappearance of summer lawns

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Denise

Lawns are vanishing all over town. The chief ringleader and instigator is the Long Beach Water Department, with their irresistible Lawn-to-Garden Turf Replacement Program. Quite a few of my neighbors have already taken advantage of this program the past couple … Continue reading →

Posted in climate, design, driveby gardens, pots and containers, succulents | Tagged Achillea "Moonshine', Anigozanthos, architects Abramsom Teiger, Baja spurge, Calandrinia spectabilis, California, Euphorbia xanti, Gomphrena decumbens, Joni Mitchell's Hissing of Summer Lawns, Lawn-to-Garden garden tour 2013, Lawn-to-Garden Turf Replacement Program, Long Beach, Long Beach Water Department, mediterranean climate, nepeta, Pittosporum tenuifolium, Russelia equisetiformis, Salvia chamaedryoides, Senecio mandraliscae, Senecio vitalis, Stipa tenuissima, Teucrium azureum, Verbena 'Homestead Purple', Verbena lilacina | 12 Comments