Repurposing a fireplace mantle in the garden
Today I wanted to share how I repurposed a fireplace mantle in the garden. While driving around in the rain a few months ago, I
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Harmony in the Garden Blog
D.L. Bliss State Park
We kicked off the first week of summer by spending a few days at my favorite place in the whole world – Lake Tahoe. Due
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Phormium flowers
This year my ‘Sea Jade’ phormium surprised me by sending up several towering stalks of flowers. ‘Sea Jade’ has gorgeous olive green foliage with a
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Inspiring Fences at Cornerstone Gardens
I try and visit Sonoma’s Cornerstone Gardens as often as I can, with their ever-changing garden installations. I’ve written about them in the past, but
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Old tools, old memories, and a little bird
On the side of my office hangs a collection of old tools, pots, sprinklers, etc. that I’ve gathered over the years. Most were given to
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Creating a no-lawn front garden
After designing gardens for over 20 years, I’ve noticed more and more people want to replace their little-used front lawn with an environmentally friendly garden.
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Garden art revisited
We all try our best to recycle and repurpose whenever we can, right? When this robin’s nest blew down last year my mother couldn’t stand
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Opposites Attract in the garden
I love all gardens. I don’t think there’s a single style that I don’t appreciate. And that’s part of the charm of gardeners –
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Ecstasy – Wordless Wednesday
While spending the day in San Francisco I stumbled upon this statue of a massive, towering woman titled Ecstasy, by Karen Cusolito and Dan Das Mann.
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Cottage Gardens in Petaluma – Garden Up’s next stop!
If you love clematis, edibles, succulents and everything in between then Cottage Gardens of Petaluma is nursery you MUST visit! Many already know this nursery
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Wordless Wednesday – Beautiful Weeds
Due to the unusual amount of heavy rainfall this year, we have an abundance of weeds here in Northern California – here’s some of the
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Living Walls in a San Francisco Community Garden
While in San Francisco recently, I stumbled upon this community garden sandwiched in between a really busy road and an apartment building. It’s a community
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