You could say that it's one of the very first important decisions we ever make in our lives, a high-stakes, “choose wisely” kind of childhood moment. We’re talking of course about picking out pumpkins every October: so much hinges on choosing a squash of the right...
It is a truth universally acknowledged that when you spend most of the year anxiously awaiting a crop from your garden, you will eventually be up to your eyebrows with that crop, scrambling for ways to eat it all. For some of our friends, it’s...
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,...
Horticulties, please forgive the light posting this week — we have been busy bees getting ready for our big reveal at the WestEdge Design Fair happening this Saturday afternoon. (You’re coming, right?!) Thankfully the design grind hasn't prevented us from noticing that the bird of paradise...
“I felt like I needed a detox from my life,” Yovana Mendoza explains early into our visit to the Hillcrest Farmer’s Market, moments before cracking open a ‘White Genoa’ fig in the most gorgeous way imaginable. “I was always a really big party girl. Alcohol,...
We met our neighbor Kimberly’s roses before we met Kimberly herself. They’re bright and big and perfumey, her roses, when they’re in bloom: flashes of apricot and salmon winding around the black fence that lines her yard. “Welcome home!” they’d cheer when we turned the...
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to believe that we launched just one equinox ago on the cusp of spring — and that the tulips and kumquats of March have been replaced by the blushing apple trees, pickling tips and dahlias on dahlias on dahlias of...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...
