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Blog Shoutout: Garden Rant/Seward Mini Park

Posted on December 23, 2011

Awhile back I posted in my ongoing Urban Hike series about Seward Mini Park. Garden Rant just posted about the same park, albeit from a much more garden-oriented perspective than my recreation-influenced post, by way of interviewing the gardener. Check … Continue reading →

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Botany 101: Calling All Plants

Posted on December 19, 2011

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Binomial nomenclature. Ahh, what a lovely phrase! Binomial nomenclature. It rolls off the tongue so elegantly. Binomial nomenclature. And saying it makes ya sound smart and stuff. Nomenclature is one of the things about horticulture that I love geeking out … Continue reading →

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December Bloom Day – Follow-Up Foliage

Posted on December 16, 2011

The day after Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day is sometimes used as an opportunity to highlight foliage throughout the season. Hence, Follow-Up Foliage day. I’m glad I have some good blogging friends, Matti and Megan at Far Out Flora, to have … Continue reading →

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December Bloom Day

Posted on December 15, 2011

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Happy Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, all. I totally flaked out on posting any pix last month because nothing different was blooming since the October post. Here we are mid-December, and I went out this morning to take a slew of … Continue reading →

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October Bloom Day

Posted on October 15, 2011

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Happy October Bloom Day! Here are some shots of blossoms and blooms around our garden today… Enjoy!

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Fibonacci Fascination

Posted on September 20, 2011

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Have y’all heard of Fibonacci’s Ratio? I first heard the term in a plant ID course a couple of years ago, and it keeps coming up since then. It’s this totally fascinating mathematical sequence, and I just can’t help but … Continue reading →

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September Bloom Day

Posted on September 15, 2011
from our garden

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Happy Bloom Day, everyone! I’m catching up to this whole blogging thing, and evidently each month garden bloggers use the 15th to post sumpin’ bloomerific! From our own garden… And from this morning’s trek to the park….

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Garden Event: PARK(ing) Day 2011

Posted on September 4, 2011
parking day

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San Francisco residents are becoming increasingly familiar with the concept of PARK(ing) days. This is a quirky international phenomenon where a metered parking space is converted to a mini park! It’s been popular ’round these parts for a couple of … Continue reading →

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Garden Event: Succulent Gardens Extravaganza

Posted on September 2, 2011
Succulents and Grass

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Succulent Gardens, down in Castroville, California, is a succulent grower that has one of the region’s best offerings, in my humble opinion. Most of the small-container succulents at Flora Grubb come from there, and the variety is definitely top notch! … Continue reading →

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Installation: Fabulous Fairfax Deck

Posted on August 13, 2011
Waggies

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As with a previous installation I did, this is following another plan by Patrick on the design team at Flora Grubb Gardens. Nestled in a valley a few miles west of 101 in Marin County is the town of Fairfax. … Continue reading →

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