Newly planted roof top of the Transbay Terminal in San Francisco. We’re 40 feet off the Street floating among the skyline.
October 26, 2019
October 18, 2019
Dozens of Tiny Birds
I’m testing adding YouTube videos to my blog.
The first one is 30 tiny birds gleaning my shrubs of insects.
May 24, 2019
May 23, 2019
Chelsea Flower Show
This years show is my third visit to the Chelsea Flower Show. A rock star event if you love plants and gardens. There is so much here but it falls into a few categories. Garden design by top design firms, Plant introductions and identification, other show gardens and then the commercial aspect, with vendors of all things garden. In many cases, it's difficult to see the commercial sponsors, but they are there ready to do business.
For me this year, it was more about the visitors and their interactions with the installations. You will see a lot more people in this years photos. With emphasis on floral dresses and shirts.
May 22, 2019
May 19, 2019
May 09, 2019
Plants in Bloom - Malus, Wallflowers, Lilacs, Wisteria, Narcissus...
All the many flowering plants I saw on this tour.
May 07, 2019
May 06, 2019
Glasgow Botanical Garden - Scotland
National collection of tree ferns.
Learning the names of plants is the botanical garden best attribute for me. This is where I can find out what's what. So I can research those items more thoroughly. But the glass house usually don't offer me much for potential plant material. I tend to love the building more than the plants. This is from the civil engineer in me. I really appreciate the Victorian engineering.
May 04, 2019
Castle & Gardens of Mey - Scotland
A remote village on Scotland’s north coast. Although it’s the first week of May, we experience 4 degree C and sleet. Along with a steady wind from the north to chill one’s bones. The gardener was turning the soil in a bed mixing in compost or manure. Soil was heavy and looked like hard work. One to keep him warm.
May 03, 2019
Dunrobin Castle - Scotland
In the northern highlands of Scotland along the east coast is Dunrobin Castle. Influenced by the French Chateaus.
May 02, 2019
May 01, 2019
April 30, 2019
April 29, 2019
April 28, 2019
Lindisfarne Castle
Our first garden to visit on our grand 2019 garden tour of Scotland and norther England is Lindisfarne Castle. A remote place on the North Sea is an island at high tide but looks more like a pennisula at other times. People have been coming here for at least 2 millennia.
This castle was converted into a private house in the early 1900's by Lutyens. Jekyll did the wall garden. The drama of the garden is best shown in photos as it is remote from the castle.
This castle was converted into a private house in the early 1900's by Lutyens. Jekyll did the wall garden. The drama of the garden is best shown in photos as it is remote from the castle.
April 26, 2019
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