Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Nov 23, 2009, 4:33 pm
The Ambrose HotelBefitting the Southern California locale, in-ground and container plantings are enlivened by colorful, textural succulents & cycads.Santa Monica is a seaside town - an 8-square-mile...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Nov 22, 2009, 11:19 am
Sipping a cup of peppermint tea at sunset in Santa Monica.
My home base: The Ambrose, a lovely, LEED-EB certified hotel.Link to The Ambrose on Bay Area Tendrils Hotels & Inns- column on the rig...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Nov 21, 2009, 12:23 pm
Historic Adamson House Landscape"Malibu's earliest history begins at this site where the Chumash people lived in a thriving village they called Humaliwo meaning,"the surf sounds loudly.""Part II...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Nov 19, 2009, 2:12 pm
Brilliantly patterned tile work at the Historic Adamson House. Adamson House Entrywaybelow... the Star PoolRich with history, the Malibu Lagoon area is believed by many to trace back to a Chumash Indi...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Nov 18, 2009, 3:03 pm
Dombeya cayeuxii  Adamson House gardens - Malibu, California. On a recent City of Angels sojourn, I encountered the extravagant, dangling blooms of a mature, pink snowball tree.  Colorful tile...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Nov 17, 2009, 10:07 am
Babiana ringens - the South African baboon flower grows in theSouth Africa - Karoo section of the UC Botanical Garden.The Great Karoo, a region of hot, arid plains: A vast landscape where  an am...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Nov 11, 2009, 7:57 pm
Enchanted Flora University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley - Part II Chiranthodendron pentadactylon .. Monkey Paw or Monkey's Hand Tree, - a relative of California Fremontodendron...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Nov 10, 2009, 8:09 pm
Dawn Redwood Glade in WinterObata Gate to the Japanese Pool University of California Botanical Garden ... A PreviewPhotos: University of California Botanical Garden Autumn in the Asian Collection Â...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Nov 8, 2009, 12:16 pm
Echeveria species: A drought-tolerant, pass-along plant. An octogenarian when we met, Dr. Herman Schwartz loved to walk through his Bolinas gardens giving visitors bits of succulent plants as he...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Nov 5, 2009, 6:50 pm
Central Park - New York CityDesigned by Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr.What are cultural landscapes? Stewardship through Education:Link to The Cultural Landscape Foundation: www.tclf.org on Bay Area Tend...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Nov 5, 2009, 5:30 pm
Timeless, nowhere ... Flickr photo by Blaster

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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Nov 4, 2009, 12:53 pm
Flora Mirabilis  A beautifully produced, richly illustrated National Geographic Society book  www.nationalgeographic.com/books  has arrived for review. Author, Catherine He...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Nov 3, 2009, 9:21 am
Accent plants .. Seasonal selections ... from billowy grace to brawny girth in Alice's Garden.Winter is on the way, the time of year when I look forward to the blooms of  Grevillea lavandulacea...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Nov 1, 2009, 10:31 am
Sundew (Drosera) rosette form  An insect eating plant with a complex form and stunning coloration.Nepenthes - the weird beauty of pitcher plants - on display at California Carnivores, Sebastopol:t...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Oct 29, 2009, 1:04 pm
golden .. amber .. citron .. chartreuseSpeak the word ... Conjure an image! Reveling in a lexicon of resonant terms for images imbued with contrasting hues.What descriptive terms for color do you favo...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Oct 27, 2009, 7:13 pm
 PingMag photo: December 8, 2006 For French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier Patrick Blanc created a ‘Robe Végétale’. PingMag.jp/ ceased publication on December 31, 2008. Click on link for Verti...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Oct 25, 2009, 8:35 pm
The Parliament of Reality - Part IIPhotos:  Deborah EsrickA permanent installation by Olafur Eliassonat Bard CollegeHudson River Valley, NYSummer, 2009Photos: Deborah Esrick Link to Part I:Nature ....
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Oct 25, 2009, 10:42 am
photo: Bess ReynoldsParliament of Reality ... an Installation by Olafur EliassonCommissioned for the Bard College campus in upstate New York by the Center for Curatorial Studies (CCS Bard)  Photo...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Oct 22, 2009, 1:11 pm
Epimedium in Spring, the Battery Bosque(Photos: Alice Joyce)At the southwestern tip of Manhattan, the gardens of Historic Battery Park rise up from a once neglected area of New York City. Since the co...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Oct 20, 2009, 1:57 pm
"A vertical garden becomes a living organism by itself," Patrick Blanc, creator of vertical gardens speaking last night  at SPUR (San Francisco Planning + Urban Research Association)  about his co...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Oct 18, 2009, 7:57 pm
Water cascade near the wine tasting area. Winery features richly detailed interiorsl, from glazed tiles to stone, ceramics & floral color. 
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Oct 16, 2009, 11:38 am
Digitalis obscuraDigitalis obscura A drought tolerant foxglove from Spain, growing 2 feet by 2 feet.  I love the rusty orange flowers of this gorgeous specimen for sun or "a bit of shade."Plant in ...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Oct 15, 2009, 2:06 pm
Harvest DisplayDarioush Winery ... soon to appear on Bay Area Tendrils Garden TravelNapa ValleyRainy season arrives ... a bit early for the grape harvest.Opus One Winery (above & below) At the entry t...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Oct 13, 2009, 11:51 am
Go Fish restaurant gardens, St. HelenaYesterday, the ebullient harvest season in Napa Valley reigned!After a delicious lunch at Go Fish, an afternoon spent photographing winery gardens beneath overc...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Oct 11, 2009, 12:53 pm
Caixa Forum, Madridphotos by sallylondonArchitects, Herzog & de Meuron (San Francisco's de Young Museum, among their accomplishments) designed the addition on the adjacent building adjacent to ...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Oct 8, 2009, 2:55 pm
PhloxBottle Gentian .. Gentiana andrewsii Late-summer in Chicago's Lurie GardenSolidago 'Fireworks' Knotweed   Persicaria a. 'Firedance' Spanning the rooftop of the Millennium...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Oct 7, 2009, 3:44 pm
Margo and Thomas Pritzker Garden - ChicagoOne approaches the Pritzker Garden from the museum's Griffin Court, in the new Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago, Facing Columbus Drive, the ...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Oct 6, 2009, 1:27 pm
Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood ... on the North SideMy former stomping ground.(No details about who is responsible for planters like this one on a street corner.)Wilde'sas in Oscar Wilde ... ...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Oct 5, 2009, 3:30 pm
Chicago - September, 2009Michigan Avenue Gehry Glam!  Frank Gehry-designed Pritzker Pavilion - Millennium Park Frank Gehry’s exuberant architecture seems to have taken the world by storm.  I'...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Oct 4, 2009, 10:48 am
Cloud Gate ....a sculpture by Anish Kapoor,quickly achieved the status of icon for Chicago's Millennium Park. Summer 2009The Park's Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture from China, includ...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Oct 2, 2009, 8:43 pm
Millennium Park burst on the scene in 2004, albeit, a few years past the planned opening at the turn of the century. Still, it's the place to be on a summer day in Chicago. I'm proud of m...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Oct 2, 2009, 4:31 pm
Monet's Purple Poppies - Photo courtesy, Ginas Pics'Monet's garden at Giverny (photo scanned from a slide)Shortly after moving to California, I had an opportunity to travel to France, wher...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Oct 1, 2009, 10:33 am
In a reflective mood since receiving the Blotanical award yesterdayfor Best California Blog. Although a few have been deleted, the tally shows 130 features on Bay Area Tendrils since January 13th,...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Sep 29, 2009, 9:11 am
Exceptional outings .... an edible landscape on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Botanically-inclined travelers with a penchant for slow food aim for Sooke Harbour House, an unparalleled retr...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Sep 28, 2009, 9:41 pm
The Poet's Garden by Vincent Van Gogh I've been on the road... visiting my home town,where a new Renzo Piano-designed wing opened at The Art Institute of Chicago.The galleries in the new wing ...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Sep 24, 2009, 9:56 am
Blotanical.com .... AwardsSuper News!While I've been scouting interesting settings in my home town, Chicago,it has just come to my attention that Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel has been nominated...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Sep 22, 2009, 10:37 am
Clematis 'Crystal Fountain' ... a Raymond Evison clematis variety; reblooming after resting for awhile.A few of my favorite perennials blooms in the late-summer garden:A veritable field of A...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Sep 21, 2009, 4:29 pm
Westside gardensPhotos by Elizabeth ByersSpring 2008 The Historic Gardens of Alcatraz - a project of the Garden Conservancy - recently received two awards from the California Preservation Foundat...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Sep 20, 2009, 7:11 pm
Future Feast in The Garden of Flow/AccumulationSuzanne Biaggi and Patrick PicardThe Late Show Gardens - September 2009 The Biaggi/Picard design focused upon the cycles of nature, or Flow,& Accumula...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Sep 19, 2009, 7:26 pm
Black balloons and a river of plastic bottles signal a warning in... After the Fall Resting Dragon by Stephen GlassmanThe site-specific installation arises from a grassy expanse in John Greenlee...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Sep 19, 2009, 12:51 pm
The Hermit's Garden .....at The Late Show GardensDesigners: Kate Frey and Ben FreyKate Frey is known for her long stint as the garden director/designer of the lovely Bonterra Gardens - edible, or...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Sep 18, 2009, 7:33 pm
RenewalDesigned by Gary Ratway and Mike LucasEntryway to... The Late Show GardensMassive, crushed gasoline tanks - the ultimate discarded salvage material - emerge as components in the show's eleg...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Sep 18, 2009, 10:08 am
A Gala Evening Event ushered in The Late Show Gardens,Taking Place in Wine Country at Cornerstone Sonoma, September 18, 19 & 20 Here's a Preview!  The Grow Melt ProjectDesigners: Peter Good, Liz...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Sep 16, 2009, 11:44 am
Like her design firm’s name, Wonderland Garden and Landscape, Lauren Schneider conjured a magical rooftop plantscape in the sky. An Evening at the Margarido House, Oakland, California Benefit forÂ...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Sep 15, 2009, 3:46 pm
Take a gander at 'Blue Throatwort' - Trachelium caeruleum! Native to the Mediterranean region, this clump-former is perennial in USDA Zones 7-11, growing with vigor as an annual in colder cl...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Sep 14, 2009, 12:18 pm
Interior with Table by Vanessa BellA Bloomsbury BouquetGrown from Renee's Garden seeds  'Apricot Blush' ZinniasSpring by Vanessa BellRoses and Tile by Vanessa BellVirginia and Vanessa S...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Sep 10, 2009, 5:01 pm
Meconopsis grandis at Garden Valley RanchAnd furthermore.... Ron Robertson has graciously shared photos of the blue poppy growing at GVR, located in Petaluma, California - about 45 minutes north of S...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Sep 10, 2009, 2:38 pm
Garden Valley Ranchfeatured in Gardenwalks in CaliforniaINSIDERS' Guide, The Globe Pequot PressRosa 'Blanchefleur' by the PondRosa 'Trolius'Third Pergola ... Garden Valley Ranch C...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Sep 9, 2009, 10:11 am
Five Elements - Water by Master Tetsunori KawanaNational Gallery of Victoria Sculpture Garden - Melbourne, AustraliaThanks to my friend, Tina for sharing her photos: Link to Tina's blog:The Ga...
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Alice J. posted an article on Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel - Sep 7, 2009, 6:55 pm
Gentle paths wind through John Greenlee'sThe Mediterranean Meadow A Garden Installation at Cornerstone Sonoma  ....and The Late Show Gardens event - September 18 - 20 Link to The Late Show Ga...
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