Filoli March 2012

I went to Filoli AGAIN!  I know, I know, I don’t put up any new posts for practically a year, then I go to Filoli yet again, and start a fourth post on how awesome it is.  Pretty lame, but I have a new friend (and an observation about the nursery industry) because of this [...]

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Filoli Before Spring

Notice how even in lousy light and with the deciduous woody plants being void of leaves, this garden is photogenic? That it’s simple (especially at this time of year, before the flower riot is in full swing) the plantings are stunning, and how the structure of this garden – the layers and mass of its “bones” – support the flower beds. When looking at the images, did you feel like it was not colorful enough? I didn’t.

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Ruth Bancroft Garden

I finally went.  I’ve been meaning to go to the Ruth Bancroft Garden for years, and I am so glad I finally went today.  Nice and overcast, not hot out, quiet with few visitors.  They’re closing soon for most of the winter, so this was a last chance day.  I enjoyed the garden, but I [...]

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Garden of Contrasts

However, when I was last at Cornerstone, I saw the Garden of Contrasts by Oehme and van Sweden for the first time. WELL! Spikey, beautiful green Agaves sit solidly among ever-swishing Stipa tenuissima and the flower heads of Allium caeruleum and the occasional California Poppy. The scene doesn’t stop moving, revealing those little teensy hits of pure blue (the Allium flowers) and orange.

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