A bottle of limoncello contains some contrasts. It looks like summer in a glass, but due to the ripening schedule of our lemon trees, we make it in late fall and winter. A limoncello recipe can take over a month to complete (and years to...
POST-EVENT UPDATE: There was a lot of rehearsing of the word Schlumbergera over and over again on walks, but the event went off like a dream. Ryan did an edible flowers window box and Chantal filled hers with blooming holiday cactus. Check out the live recording! Folks....
What's everyone up to this Memorial Day weekend? Right now we're prepping for our vertical gardening demo in LA (happening on Saturday — come! Here are the details) followed by QT with our friends and enjoying our SoCal surroundings. On that note, we'd like to...
This post contains affiliate links, which means we receive a small commission from purchases on the products we recommend below. Thanks for helping us grow! Movie night under the stars — in our own garden — is one of our favorite luxuries. The tips of our...
Dappled with Japanese maples and scented by white mollis azaleas, the Mackler family garden sits on three-quarters of an acre in Takoma Park, Maryland. The terrain is diverse and romantic but also has an incredible unity of effect — thanks to robust collections (of plants like crepe...
Where in the world have we been these past few weeks? Good question. What we thought would be a one-week-or-so-break ended up stretching for a month, and we're sorry to leave you hanging! Ryan and I have been traveling (to Kona, Hilo and Seattle; not bad gigs),...
We believe that if you love something, rather than let it go, you should take that thing and wear it on your head. Flowers are a leading example of this. I wear them any chance I get — including the antique wax orange blossom headpiece I...
Hi — hello — we’ve missed you! Can you believe we’re already halfway into July? Ryan and I have been scarce, posting-wise, due to travel: back-to-back trips that have that thrown us into somewhat of a bicoastal tizzy. First there was Charleston. Then, a few days...
Growing up, I experienced occasional bouts of Girl Scout envy. Friends would come back from their camping trips — talking about fireside ghosts and tree-branch MacGyvering — and I, the non-Girl Scout, would feel like the squarest peg in town. Maybe that’s why I’m obsessed with...
Last weekend Art Alive happened — and to kick things off, Ryan asked if I would be his date to the plant prom. The party (alright, officially known as Bloom Bash) was thrown last Friday to celebrate San Diego Museum of Art’s annual show; in...