L.A. Garden Tour with the Hortasexuals

Beautiful weather for a 3-day tour of private gardens in Los Angeles.

Bernal Heights Entry Garden

A beautifully simple entry garden on Bernal Hill. One you will only see if you walk around San Francisco neighborhoods.

Alamo Square Entry Garden

This is my second design for this front terraced garden. This first was too wild. The owner enjoys the contrasting textures and colors the succulents provide this entry garden.

Aeonium 'Cyclops' with Agave 'Blue Glow'

Academy of Science

A view of the new green roof on the Academy of Science in Golden Gate Park.

India

Dharmasala where the Ganges River flows out of the Himalyas into the Great Plains of India.

Alamo Heights Entry Garden

This entry garden on Fell Street in Alamo Heights was planted a year and a half ago.



Calamagrosti a. 'Karl Foerster' with Rosmarinus o. 'Irene'

Richmond Kitchen Deck Garden

MUG Design: Ginkgos, Cedars, Podocarpus, Maples and Jasmine all in large containers; A mix of large asian ceramics and square slate fiberglass containers.

The Ruth Bancroft Garden Tour

This is one of our first garden tour.   To Walnut Creek, California to The Ruth Bancroft Garden and a private palm garden.

UC Santa Cruz

Lake County, California

Some of my Natural inspirations. A fast hail storm in March in the hill above Clear Lake. You can see the lake among the mist and clouds.

Crissy Field GGNRA

After about 3 seasons, the newly restored tidal marsh looks really good.

Maui

Sleep overnight in the huge cave on the island of Maui. Sunrise looking towards the Big Island of Hawaii.

View of Corona Heights

The living room balcony overlooking Red Rock on Corona Heights. The glass railing doesn't obstruct your view but adds lots of vertigo uncertainty.

Twin Peaks, Noe Valley, LIberty Hill, Potrero Hill,...

One of those amazing days in San Francisco and I'm fortunate to work in this environment. Twin Peaks with Sutro Tower.

Bonsai Root Pruning

Pruning the roots of this Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) specimen.

First tease out the roots with a hook and trim as you go with sharp scissors.