Setting Up Sunset June 24, 2012Setting up for the Sunset Celebration Weekend begins many months before the event. For this year, we created the Seahorse mural specifically for the event during the winter before the...
Succulent Care: A Slightly Different Point of View May 30, 2012Talking with people about succulent care or observing succulent care "in the wild" has clearly demonstrated to me some of the confusion that exists throughout the world of horticulture with...
At the San Francisco Flower and Garden Show March 14, 2012I think my first experience displaying plants at the flower and garden show was 2004. I had just completed the first 11 months of setting up the new Growing Grounds...
Vertical Gardening Panels for Succulents September 11, 2011My interest in gardening vertically began in the late 1970’s, when I created a redwood box for hanging on a wall once planted with succulents. I called this a living...
Summer Care for Succulents June 9, 2011Many of the succulents will be easier to keep looking lush if they are protected from the hot summer sun, particularly if they are in containers. Read about specific care...
Aloe Polyphylla: Seedling or Tissue Culture? April 28, 2011Aloe polyphylla, or spiral aloe, has become more readily available since the advent of tissue culturing difficult-to-propagate plants. Tissue culture is the propagation of plants as “test tube babies” or cloning....
