Here are just a few more photos left over from my post yesterday on the Huntington’s recently-opened Chinese Garden. I mentioned how there were many layers to the spaces there. The following are some of the doors and windows in… Read More »framing the garden view
One of the bits of ugliness that we uncovered as part of our current household projects is this wall in the garden that we’re trying to figure out what to do with. When we look out the dining room, kitchen… Read More »dilemma: that ugly garden wall
My last post has me thinking more about the backgrounds that plants grow against. I was getting excited that the San Miguel Island buckwheats(Eriogonum grande var. rubescens) that I’d grown from seed were coming in to bloom. But standing back… Read More »background check
One of the easiest ways to reuse broken concrete is to stack up the pieces to make a low garden wall. My house came with an expanse of dangerously uneven, cracked concrete that needed to be removed. One option would… Read More »recycling concrete
I was thinking about doing a flat wall art-piece incorporating living plants, and what should I run across but this on Landscape + Urbanism, a creation that was featured in Metropolitan Home. It’s a panel of living succulents that were… Read More »defying gravity