The Bougainvillea on Beverly: Showy Bract Season Is In Full Swing
On a hot afternoon in L.A., great tufts of bougainvillea were blooming in three sorbet colors — soft pink, golden orange and screeching fuchsia. Not a lot of shade, but the effect was refreshing. We pulled over, put money in the meter, and walked. These colorblocked bougainvilleas grow on...
08 July, 2015
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Monday Motivation: June Gloom Goes Turquoise, Garnishing With Pride, and a Grow-Light Herb Garden (From Paris, Y’all!)
With vacation in the air (insert multi-star emoji), the food is sweeter, the bubbly is bubblier, and Monday feels less Mondayish. Here are five things we're digging this week. 1. The Lilo tabletop herb garden with grow light...
29 June, 2015
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Check Out Our ‘Gardening Tips for Renters’ Guide on Better Homes & Gardens
We get this question a lot. "Great garden, but why would you invest all this time/money/energy into a place you're just renting?" Fair question! For us (after certain discussions and trust-building with our landlord), we've been able to alter the yard in ways that speak to our personalities while also...
25 June, 2015
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Sun Seekers: Our Passiflora Vines Are Flowering and Fruiting
Happy summer, everyone! We spent the solstice hanging out with the peacocks and torch lilies at the LA Arboretum — tour to come. Here in our yard, things are getting interesting in these last days of June Gloom. All three species of our Passiflora in bloom: P....
23 June, 2015
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Prickly Treat: We Shop (and Shop) at the LACSS Drought-Tolerant Plant Festival
California's severe drought should be a wakeup call for every babe and babette in our state to take immediate steps to reduce water usage. One of those steps is, of course, drought-tolerant gardening. There are some beautiful examples of it in our neighborhood and on our Instagram feed, which we hope to...
18 June, 2015
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Esprit de courtyard: La Jolla Secret Garden Tour, part two
Behold — our favorite garden on the tour. How did this home spread its vines in our hearts? We love this place — one of six stops on the La Jolla Secret Garden Tour; read Part One here — because it’s a living example of how you can add...
10 June, 2015
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The Great Outdoors, Indoors: A Leafy Recap of Dwell On Design
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...
04 June, 2015
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Mum’s the Word: The La Jolla Secret Garden Tour, Part One
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...
28 May, 2015
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Who, What, Rare: Where to Find Hard-to-Find Succulents
(Be sure to check out our Spring 2016 succulent show recaps for more sources for rare succulents and inspiration.) Instead of meeting for coffee, we met over plants. Makes sense, though, right — when you're breaking the IRL ice with one of your most interesting garden...
20 May, 2015
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