Last month I dismantled one of my favorite garden beds so we could finally finish painting the house. A year ago we had our house painted, but I wouldn’t let them paint one remaining wall, as my bougainvillea was in full bloom and there was no way I was about to cut it back prematurely! […]
A few years ago my friend (and gardener extraordinaire) Shawna Coronado traveled to the Netherlands to spend a little time with the folks at the DeWit Tool company. Shawna had the once-in-a-lifetime experience of not only designing, but making the prototype of her ideal version of a potting soil scoop. The scoop has since been […]
There’s something alluring about beautiful plants that have a bite to them. While I don’t go out of my way to design gardens that will intentionally impale or poison people, I also don’t go out of my way to avoid plants that might have potential for pain. Just like lots of people I know, sometimes […]
A few weeks ago I was a lucky, lucky girl and was given a tour of Debra Lee Baldwin’s garden. And what a garden it was! Debra is known by many as the ‘Succulent Queen‘, thanks to her wildly successful books, Succulent Container Gardens and Designing with Succulents. So, while I assumed her garden would […]
A few weeks ago I spent an afternoon at Flora Grubb Gardens as I needed a little inspiration for some upcoming container projects. Flora never lets me down! It was a beautiful fall day when the sun’s gentle rays allow everything to glow just a little bit brighter. For those of you not familiar with this […]
. . What do you do when a friend tells you to ‘take all the cuttings you want’? . . . . . . . . And your uncle gives you a beautiful old clam shell he’s had for years? . . . . . . . You drill a few holes in the shell […]
I know, I know – a ‘Wordless Wednesday’ post isn’t supposed to have words. Since I can’t help myself, I’ll be brief. This past weekend I had the pleasure of spending a Saturday afternoon in San Francisco with Baylor Chapman of Lila B. Design and friends and fellow garden designers Debra Prinzing and Susan Morrison. […]
Hands-down, the most incredible containers I’ve ever seen are those created by Freeland and Sabrina Tanner. I’m honored to call this landscape design dream team good friends of mine and try to visit their Napa Valley garden as often as possible. I’ve written about their glorious garden here and here, but today I want to highlight their breathtaking containers. Artfully […]
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