Rousham House and Gardens - England

Drove out of London today to Rousham, 

rill, unaltered William Kent design, wisteria, Artichokes or Cardoons?

Flower Marquee at Chelsea Flower Show

 So here’s the deal.  I am restarting my blog as a true log of my adventures and today I in London, England for the 2022 Chelsea Flower Show.  Yesterday’s post was from the same location but was of the show gardens and vendors outside.  

Today we’re going inside the big tent.  At one of the first displays of agapanthus and nerines, there was Mary Berry giving an interview.  I love her on the British Bake Off show and here she was talking about nerines. WOW!

Chelsea Flower Show - Designer Showcase

Five hours walking around Chelsea looking at show gardens, tools, products and lots of design ideas.   What struck me, those small planting areas with pollinator friendly annuals and perennials.  Here’s a couple of the more natural displays. 

Potrero Hill Entry Garden

 Third week of May and full of flowers.  Roses, Gerber Daisies, Asters, Scabiosa, Alliums and much more packed into this tiny garden in San Francisco. 

MUG Trial Garden and Nursery

An idea that came to me over the past couple years is to focus on sharing a few of my garden spaces that I have been cultivating for over 15 years.  This is an attempt to show my clients, friends and colleagues the places I have created in these private spaces.  

Chanticleer

 

Longwood Gardens

Scouting East Coast Gardens

 Little Island, New York, NY

The Ruth Bancroft Garden & Nusery

 

The Ruth Bancroft Garden & Nursery

 

Green Wall on 14th Street

Rough year, pandemic, massive warehouse fire that engulfed the entire block but left the facade with a green, now burnt wall.  Photograph on the day the sun didn’t come out due to very thick smoke from the wildfires in California.

Annie’s Annuals Nursery

 

Hollywood Junipers Cubed

  44th Avenue in the Sunset neighborhood of San Francisco.  Usually done in spheres or clouds, this one is floating squares.  I love the Hollywood Juniper.

Salesforce Transit Park

Newly planted roof top of the Transbay Terminal in San Francisco.   We’re 40 feet off the Street floating among the skyline.

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.