Photo: Fortnight Lily via #instagram
Previously in my Instagram Photos… Related posts: Garden Decor: DIY Log Birdfeeder Pinterest: Lovely Dry stream bed for garden Video: Places LA: The Getty Villa – 4 short scenes Video: Continue Reading
Photo: Pink Hibiscus via #instagram
Previously in my Instagram Photos… Related posts: Event: In Conversation with SAM WATTERS on Gardens for a Beautiful America, 1895-1935 Subscribed 41: My Garden: The RHS’s Online Community for Gardeners Continue Reading
Garden Decor: River Rock Pillar
River Rock Pillar Rock and stone hardscape in the garden always provides a great counterpoint to the soft and green plantings. This river rock pillar adds a rusted steel cage Continue Reading
Interesting Plant: Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum)
Interesting Plant: Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) Growing up in rural Ohio, I was surrounded by maple trees of all shapes and sizes. There were the huge 100+ year old maples that Continue Reading
Video: Lake Balboa Cherry Blossoms 2014 – A Video Montage
As I do each year, I took some time to visit nearby Lake Balboa Park today to see the Japanese Cherry trees that bloom around the lake each year. We are in Continue Reading
Photo: Cherry Blossoms in pseudo-watercolor
Created using the Waterlogue iOS app Related posts: Photos: Cherry Blossoms at Lake Balboa, Los Angeles, CA Photo: Wisteria leaves are popping Video: In the garden…Koi Pond Video: Container Carrot Continue Reading
Garden History: Every garden deserves a lovely garden gate – Wellington Stanley Morse House 1917
Every garden deserves a lovely garden gate and this one from 1917 California garden certainly fits the bill. Garden gates, in all their forms, give us a sense of enclosure Continue Reading
Garden Decor: Driftwood Succulent Planter
Driftwood Succulent Planter While I love great uses of recycled materials for the garden, sometimes the old classics just shine out. This driftwood branch, converted into a succulent planter, is Continue Reading
Interesting Plant: Kousa Dogwood (Cornus kousa)
Interesting Plant: Kousa Dogwood (Cornus kousa) A lovely specimen of Kousa Dogwood found on the grounds of Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio. Oberlin was founded in 1837 and is renowned as Continue Reading
Video: In the garden…March 16, 2014: Potatoes and chives and onions and flowers
Potatoes are going crazy, our 2 weeks of Spring is probably over and chives are flowering Check out what was happening in the garden a year ago: “Container Garden Update 19 Continue Reading