July 2022 update: We're using some new colors and experimenting with a different (and exciting) shape of concrete block plant stands. Check out the latest post. “What is garden art to you?” That was the theme of the night during this week’s #GardenChat, the lively Twitter convo...
I’m always on the lookout for socks that speak to who I truly am. Socks that sing my heart song. Maybe it’s because Ryan and I live in a warm climate and we don’t get to wear them as much as we did back East...
Welcome to Grow the Bouquet, our new series in which brides (and grooms!) tell us about the plants they carried on their wedding day. For our first edition, we're excited to present the beautiful bouquet of our beautiful (and witty and gregarious) friend, Melissa Kushnaryov. When...
Fall 2013 will forever be known as the season that we descended into sheer pumpk-insanity. This madness began with our haul from Bates’ Nut Farm. Remember the Ghostly Lumina white minis, the long-necked squash, and the obscenely large, incredibly orange Prizewinner? And the turban squash...
Design sorceress/Greco-Roman disco gladiator Kelly Wearstler must have a gland that produces nothing but inspiration. We swim through images of her work all the time, but there’s one object in particular that we saw inside a Wearstler interior that has been stuck in our craw...
Holy moly, John Gidding is chilling on our balcony right now, was one thought that entered our minds last Saturday evening. The Santa Ana winds were swirling and we were onstage at the WestEdge Design Fair, in the midst of delivering a presentation about design,...
It's official! We're teaming up with architect and designer (and star of HGTV's Curb Appeal) John Gidding to present at the WestEdge Design Fair on Saturday, October 5th at 5:30pm. Here's the official program listing. (Correction — the presentation will end around 6:15 PM): And we...
Happy Autumn Equinox! It’s hard to believe that we launched just one equinox ago on the cusp of spring — and that the tulips and kumquats of March have been replaced by the blushing apple trees, pickling tips and dahlias on dahlias on dahlias of...
Updated on September 22, 2013: Last Thursday we, alongside 1,600 other guests, wined, dined and danced at Dîner en Blanc. The secret-until-the-last-moment location turned out to be a verdant arcade within Liberty Station in Point Loma. RB designed and built the vase pictured above and...
It’s been an interesting transition, going from fashion writer to garden blogger. Robust dialects must be swapped (the “bold lip” and “statement pump” of Fashion Week have now been replaced by the “zuke hauls” and “biointensive plant spacing” of #gardenchat) and clothing choices must be...