Meet Southern California’s BEST Garden Bloggers at the Long Beach Flea!!
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Slow Food
Have you heard about Slow Food? We learned about this group from a foodie friend in Laguna about a year…
New Sunset Garden Book Giveaway!
Sunset Magazine Garden Book Contest! With all the great outdoor living ideas and images floating around the Internet these…
Keep It Simple, Stupid
For the last couple years, I have driven past this building off Coast Highway in south Laguna several…
Killer Kale
We’ve all heard how great kale is by now. I think the only health claim I have yet to hear…
Dahlia Delight
Thank you to the gardener who maintains this lovely flower bed packed with dahlias along the sidewalk near my home…
A Tomato Tribute
I owe this large bowl of home-grown tomatoes–a personal goal of mine for many years–to one person. Actually, to one…
Cross Pollination at Dustin’s Garden of Ideas
Welcome to garden designer Dustin Gimbel‘s home and garden in Long Beach, California. I was lucky enough to be…
Thomas Jefferson’s Amazing Veggie Patch
I caught the tale end of this NPR report on Thomas Jefferson’s “Revolutionary Garden at Monticello” while driving home from…
Hung up on String Plants
I never quite got the whole terrarium craze, or made a mini-garden–even though they look like a lot…
Sunset Garden Cookbook Contest: We Are All Winners!
I feel a little guilty now that I made the winners of our new Sunset Edible Garden Cookbooks work so hard. If…
Sunnylands: California’s Newest Garden Jewel!
Sunnylands Center and Gardens When I told my friend, Ellen, who writes the amazing literary travel blog, Gold Boat Journeys,…
Orchid Wonder at the Southern California Spring Garden Show
If you like to take photos, especially of flowers, these garden shows can be a ball. Not only are there…
Japanese Maple Gardens: Essence of the Tree
This garden bird bath was featured in the display by a company called Essence of the Tree out of Montecido,…
Earth Day: Celebrating Lawn-Free Gardens
Happy Earth Day! I have no idea why we are celebrating earth today rather than any other day, but it’s…
Tour the Garvan Woodland Gardens
While we were in Arkansas last week, I wanted to visit some of their public gardens. Luckily, one of their…
