90-foot Steel Sculpture of Venus

I've been wondering about this sculpture ever since this apartment complex was completed in the last couple of years.  This guy must be Italian.  This courtyard is Italianate.  Venus is huge.  The rocks are a collections of really big expensive blocks of rock.  And the geometric Q*bert marble courtyard is impressive.   A large communal table that seats over 20 is cool. 

Summer Vacation

Provincetown Mass., New York, Highline & East Hamptons....

October Seed Heads

Fading year with Aster seed heads.

Spring & Summer MUG Gardens

Here's a posting showing my professional gardens (MUG) for Spring & Summer this year, 2017. Starting in March, this garden is in Glen Park with lush green growth from a phenomenal season of rain. This years additions include the blue Dutch iris, Orlaya, Magnolia and Exochorda.

Late Summer in Full Glory

This is my plot at Dearborn Community Garden in San Francisco.   I use this bed to test out new plants and color combinations and just see what happens.  It's always beautiful.  But today is the pinnacle of this seasons planting scheme.  Lots of late season dahlias and asters.

The High Line in NYC - Piet Oudorf

Silver and White Front Entry Garden in Glen Park

 I have added more white agapanthus to fill in this bed.  This is a tough location.  High, dry, sunny with two Monterey Cypress sucking up everything.  But Agapanthus is a tough one too.  Let's go!

Cottage Garden in Bernal Heights

Beautiful bright summer afternoon on the top of Bernal Heights.  This slightly sloping garden is small and packed full of plants.   Below roses and lilies in bloom.

Design Drawings

I often get asked if I do design.  Garden design.  Of Course!   Here's some design drawings.  Many are options that never realized.

On top of Liberty Hill, this Noe Street terraced garden is a new project.  I've been there about a year but haven't shown it here yet.  It needs a full season before it will show.

Potrero Hill, San Francisco

Front garden on Arkansas around where 20th would be.

Second Year English Borders

Potrero Hill

Yes. A Rose climbing up the loropetalum and lemon in front of the bamboo and plum.  It's a lovely rose but I don't know it's name.

Only in San Francisco?

In our garage well I usually find cigarette butts, bottle, bags, clothes,...  Lots of urine and an occasional vomit smear.

But this I love.  Someone carved a pipe from an apple.   I appreciate its biodegradability.

Gold, Silver and Bronze Border

The back bed is my precious metal border highlighting gold, silver and bronze colored leaves and blossoms.   There's a second burgundy color scheme here too.

Eureka Valley in May

Rosa ‘Julia Child’