November 02, 2018
Black Flora talk brings flower power this Thursday – join us!
Garden Spark brings Black Flora author Teresa Speight to Austin on 10/20 for a presentation filled with beautiful florals and inspiring stories …
Field of Light by Bruce Munro glows at the Wildflower Center
Field of Light at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is a fiber-optic, bioluminescent-eque display by artist Bruce Munro …
Mellow-yellowing into fall, but the garden still has bite
October rolls around, mellowing out the Texas garden. At last, it’s a pleasure to be outside again. But the garden still has bite …
Pumpkin Nights trail serves up spooky Halloween fun
Pumpkins and grinning jack-o’-lanterns and themed lands enchant at Austin’s Pumpkin Nights, along a half-mile trail at Pioneer Farms …
Hotel Magdalena courtyard evokes Hill Country canyon
Exploring the native-plant landscaping and contemporary-canyon courtyard at Hotel Magdalena on South Congress in Austin …
Historic adobe church and soaring gorge bridge near Taos
Taos-area must-see sights include an adobe church made famous by artists Ansel Adams and Georgia O’Keeffe and the jaw-dropping Gorge Bridge …
Adobe, sky, and bones at Georgia O’Keeffe’s Abiquiu home
Touring Georgia O’Keeffe’s home and studio in Abiquiú, New Mexico, where modernism thrives and rocks and bones connect with the landscape …
Great turnout for Kinlers’ Garden Spark talk; next talk on sale now
I got great ideas for redesigning a typical front yard from the Kinlers’ Garden Spark talk. Registration is now open for the next talk, “Black Flora” by Teresa Speight …
Sampling Santa Fe’s colorful art and architecture
Explorations of colorful Santa Fe, its public art and private galleries, picturesque views around town, and a sunset overlook …
Ojos y Manos at Santa Fe Botanical Garden
My tour of Ojos y Manos: Eyes and Hands, an educational and culinary garden with an amphitheater at Santa Fe Botanical Garden …
Beautiful flora and fauna at Santa Fe Botanical Garden
Santa Fe Botanical Garden shows off high-desert plants and is home to high-desert wild creatures. Here’s Part 1 of my visit …
Doors, gardens, art along Santa Fe’s Canyon Road
Along Santa Fe’s Canyon Road, I admired the beautiful doors and walls of adobe homes that we passed. And the art and gardens! …
More red trumpets!
Oxblood lily is a late-summer bulb with trumpet-shaped red flowers that loves the hot, humid subtropical climate of Central Texas …
James David and Gary Peese’s new garden in New Mexico
James David and Gary Peese relocated from Austin to Santa Fe 5 years ago. Here’s a tour of their new garden in the high desert …
