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boZannical Design + Installation: A Parklet at Cheese Plus

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Back in November I had the great pleasure of installing one of my own designs for a change. 🙂 This was for a new Parklet at Cheese Plus (a cheese/gourmet food boutique) on Polk and Pacific here in San Francisco. … Continue reading

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Speaking Engagement: “Life After Lawn” Sustainable Lawn Replacement Workshop

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Well, I’m at it again! This Saturday, I’ll be speaking for TWO HOURS at a workshop on sustainable gardening with a focus on replacing lawns! My talk is being hosted by Garden for the Environment, the organic demonstration garden on 7th … Continue reading

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A Fabulous Cross-Generic Hybrid

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Last week we had an amusing episode relating to a particularly interesting plant down the street from me. My friend/compadre/mentor Charmain Giuliani, who teaches Plant ID (among other subjects) in the Environmental Horticulture department at my Alma Mater, CCSF, wanted to get a … Continue reading

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Installation: Beautifying a Narrow Patio

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I sure am getting my fair share of livening-up tight spaces, that’s for sure! This past weekend, Tony and I found ourselves on Cathedral Hill, installing a design for Patrick Lannan of Flora Grubb Gardens. This was a long and … Continue reading

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Death and Destruction

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We had an exciting time last weekend. Not “exciting” as in “Whee!” but “exciting” as in adrenaline. A heavy rain managed to bring down a seriously large tree down the block from us! The block of Hartford Street in the … Continue reading

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boZannical Design + Installation: Mount Olympus Rental

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A client of mine, for whom I’d potted a street tree a couple of years ago, has a couple of apartment buildings around San Francisco. I occasionally do a little pruning and garden cleanup here and there, and he recently … Continue reading

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boZannical Design + Installation: The Postage Stamp Updated (Before and After)

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Recently I wrote about plans to update a neighbor’s little postage-stamp of a garden I had planted a year ago. A couple weekends ago I did the job, and am looking forward to tackling their back yard soon. As I’d … Continue reading

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Pat, I’m Gonna Take a P (Coping with Dog Urine)

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I’m a fan of Wheel of Fortune. I’ve been watching it since I was a kid, back when it first started as a morning program, and the contestants had to “buy” prizes with their winnings instead of getting cash. Love … Continue reading

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Installation: Re-licking a Postage Stamp

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A year ago this week I planted a little postage-stamp of a garden for a neighbor of mine around the corner on Castro, and they recently contacted me to “freshen up” the space. I’d originally planted a succulent garden for them, … Continue reading

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Strip Trees (Bow-Chikka-Bow-Bow)

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I love this time of year. Fall has always been my favorite. I enjoy the coming rains (we’ve got that dry-summer Mediterranean climate out here in Cali, after all), and the brief explosion of foliage color. Back East they get … Continue reading

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