Oh, expos. The swaggy stalls, the scanning badges, the wandering while wondering how a space this cavernous can exist in such a crowded city. We, love, all of it. Especially when it’s three-day mega mindmeld Dwell on Design. We were at the event last weekend at the LA...
It’s time again for the La Jolla Secret Garden Tour, and this year, we got to attend as guests. Last year, we were exhibitors. More than 250 people streamed through our place to explore our fruit trees, cacti, passion flower vines, air plants, carnivorous plants, Ryan’s...
Blossoms alone are a good enough reason to dance. When blossoms interpret, in their blossomy way, great works of art? Forget about it. Petals on the dancefloor. Bougainvillea boogie-woogie. Kick your stems up high. We recently attended Art Alive at the San Diego Museum of Art, the...
There are dreamy meals, and then there are dreamy meals served in a field of full of flowers. That’s the very attractive USP of the first annual American Grown “Field to Vase” Dinner Tour, nationwide events that celebrate (and raise awareness of) sustainably and locally...
This spring, we've been busy changing up a few things in our garden — and jumping into some fresh new design projects! You may remember the raised beds we built out of concrete blocks last October. The half-buried and leveled blocks were a quick and inexpensive way to bring...
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It's a powerful thing when an object associated with damage and destruction takes on a new, life-giving incarnation. (Emphasis on carnation.) If you've checked out our garden or follow it on Instagram, you might have noticed that we use ammunition cans as planters for two vertical gardens....
For the weekend we headed east — traded our cushy garden sofa and aloe hammock for a campsite in Joshua Tree National Park. Objective: to see clear skies, to clear our minds and to bond with friends we barely ever get to see. And to check out the...
Ladies and gentlemen of the Academy the blog-reading public: Better Homes and Gardens has named us one of its top 10 garden bloggers of 2015. It was a huge surprise, and we’re stoked! You can vote for the #1 spot right...