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Santa Barbara Garden via Airbnb

Santa Barbara Garden via Airbnb

Way back a million years ago, in May, we did a short trek to Santa Barbara. I thought I'd seen it all after going to Huntington Gardens in San Marino, CA. However, see that picture atop this post--that's the garden at our Airbnb in Santa Barbara. The one below is...

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Huntington Gardens: part 3

Huntington Gardens: part 3

You want to know something funny? Or at least I think it's funny. I'm just as overwhelmed looking at my photos as I was when visiting Huntington Gardens. Is that normal? Have a look see--and tell me what you think. Another lush landscapy vista. A little spiky this. A...

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March in Review

March in Review

Usually, March is a month for noses pressed to windows, impatiently waiting until it's warm enough, dry enough, late enough to get out there with a shovel and start the frenzied rush of spring chores. Spring's early arrival in the Pacific Northwest changed the pace of...

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Plants I’ve loved, and lost…

Plants I’ve loved, and lost…

While out running errands one day I made a quick stop at the hardware store (not to be confused with a big-box store, after all Winks is the real deal). I was quite surprised to see an extremely healthy Brachyglottis greyi growing beside the parking lot. That sighting...

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Making new plants, aka propagating

Making new plants, aka propagating

My biz partner Patricia equates plant propagation with visiting a nursery… "buying plants, that’s propagation right?" Well truth be told that’s pretty much how I do it too. After all it’s a plant lust mission to support our contributing nurseries, a JOB requirement!...

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