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Sidewalk Jungle: The Wild Orchids Next Door

"The great Victorian-era orchid hunter William Arnold drowned on a collecting expedition on the Orinoco River [...

01 November, 2012 / 0 Comments

Squawk of the Town: Wild Parrots Are Coming for You

We appreciate a compelling fish-out-of-water story (Coming to America, Through the Looking-Glass, Splash...

17 October, 2012 / 0 Comments

Flora vs. Fauna: Frisky Butterflies, and When Caterpillars Get the Munchies

This year, our passion flower vine — at long last — started blooming like nobody's business.

Until the gulf fritillaries moved in.

14 October, 2012 / 0 Comments

Entering Cactus Heaven: Inside the Moorten Botanical Garden of Palm Springs

Our first trip to Palm Springs was a revelation, design-wise, for ourselves and for our house and garden. That was four years ago. Since then we’ve returned annually, usually staying at the Ace, because we love its whole year-round-summer-camp-for-adults vibe. (Down to the hipster water aerobics...

29 September, 2012 / 0 Comments