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Prepping for a Meadow on Alcatraz

Posted on January 2, 2013

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What a GORGEOUS day it was today! Here we are a couple of days into the new year, and it was clear and sunny. A perfect day for gardening on Alcatraz! It was cold, though. Very cold (well, not by … Continue reading →

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Installation: Postage Stamp Garden on Castro

Posted on December 2, 2012

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Welcome to my one hundred and first post! It’s been a challenge to get the right moment to plug this little sucker in! The wet weather and my work schedule at the nursery made it all but impossible to find … Continue reading →

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Installation: Front Yard Cleanup (Before and After)

Posted on November 26, 2012

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This past Saturday we got to expand the portfolio a bit with a front yard cleanup. My favorite kind of gardening work is coming into a clean slate and doing the planting, but a little dirty cleanup work is good … Continue reading →

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Installation: Sidewalk Planting

Posted on November 17, 2012

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Yesterday I had a super quick-and-easy gardening gig. Patrick Lannan at Flora Grubb Gardens has designed several gardens that I’ve planted (some examples here, here, here, and here), and this particular instance was a simple street planting he helped a … Continue reading →

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10,000!!!

Posted on October 28, 2012

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I’ve been keeping an eye out on my blog’s page views counter, waiting for this latest milestone. Whilst I slept I finally hit it. Ten thousand page views on my blog! Woohoo! I know there are other blogs out there … Continue reading →

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Portola District Garden Tour

Posted on October 5, 2012

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This past Saturday I had the great pleasure of going on an annual garden tour in the Portola District of San Francisco. The Portola Garden Tour is put on by members of the neighborhood every Fall. Proceeds from ticket sales … Continue reading →

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Chlorophyll Connoisseurs!

Posted on September 30, 2012

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Last week some friends pointed out to me that I turned up in someone else’s blog. Cool! On Point is a neighborhood blog in the Bayview/Hunter’s Point community. A week or two ago someone took a pic of myself and … Continue reading →

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So Long, Suckers!

Posted on September 14, 2012

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A few years ago my friends started up a blog over at Far Out Flora, and asked me to write a guest post. I was totally honored, and for some reason totally scared to write for a blog. I put … Continue reading →

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What’s Wrong with My Aeonium?

Posted on August 26, 2012

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This time of year I hear that question a lot, from garden clients and from customers at Flora Grubb Gardens. Aeoniums are these beautiful rosette-forming, succulent, small shrubs and perennials. Though often called “Hens and Chicks” like the other succulent … Continue reading →

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The Great Myth of Drainage Rocks

Posted on August 24, 2012

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Working in a nursery, I obviously encounter people needing guidance on how to pot a plant or plants into their lovely new containers. It’s a basic task to any of us who have done it, but I regularly run into … Continue reading →

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