Sculpture

December 30, 2009 When “Central Texas Gardener” host Tom Spencer sold his well-known garden (and home) recently, many Austinites mourned its passing and the chance to see it again. Tom had generously shared Possumhaw Hollow with the public over the years through garden tours and his beautiful photos at Soul ...

December 30, 2009 When “Central Texas Gardener” host Tom Spencer sold his well-known garden (and home) recently, many Austinites mourned its passing and the chance to see it again. Tom had generously shared Possumhaw Hollow with the public over the years through garden tours and his beautiful photos at Soul ...

December 08, 2009 Agaves—I just love them. So you can imagine how it’s been tormenting me to drive past Agave Landscape & Nursery every time I take busy Hwy. 290 West to my favorite stoneyard in Oak Hill. On Thursday, as the gardeners of Austin prepared for Friday’s predicted hard ...

December 08, 2009 Agaves—I just love them. So you can imagine how it’s been tormenting me to drive past Agave Landscape & Nursery every time I take busy Hwy. 290 West to my favorite stoneyard in Oak Hill. On Thursday, as the gardeners of Austin prepared for Friday’s predicted hard ...

December 04, 2009 As Austin awaits its first freeze of the season and squints skyward for a few predicted snowflakes, I’ve been showing my visiting mom and cousin around town in very chilly weather. Yesterday we spent the day shopping in Dripping Springs, about 30 minutes west of Austin, and ...

December 04, 2009 As Austin awaits its first freeze of the season and squints skyward for a few predicted snowflakes, I’ve been showing my visiting mom and cousin around town in very chilly weather. Yesterday we spent the day shopping in Dripping Springs, about 30 minutes west of Austin, and ...

November 28, 2009 Morbid curiosity has nothing to do with my love for old cemeteries. I find them beautiful and interesting in a personal and historical sense, and on travels to older cities like Boston, Charleston, S.C., and New Orleans I’ll make time for a cemetery stroll. In Austin the ...

November 08, 2009 A monarch and honeybee share space on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia rotundiflora) Twelve Austin garden bloggers caravaned to San Antonio on Saturday to visit San Antonio Botanical Garden and the Antique Rose Emporium, with a stop along the way at Madrone Nursery in San Marcos, a native-plant ...

September 28, 2009 Stalking the urban prairie high atop eight metal legs, her bulbous abdomen glittering with blue and green gazing balls, this 23-ft. tall Shelob-sized spider by Houston artist Dixie Friend Gay (titled ‘Arachnophilia’) is one of three larger-than-life sculptures placed amid native plants and crushed-granite jogging trails at ...

September 28, 2009 Stalking the urban prairie high atop eight metal legs, her bulbous abdomen glittering with blue and green gazing balls, this 23-ft. tall Shelob-sized spider by Houston artist Dixie Friend Gay (titled ‘Arachnophilia’) is one of three larger-than-life sculptures placed amid native plants and crushed-granite jogging trails at ...

September 27, 2009 The heat returned like a heavy, damp comforter this weekend—which was just what I wanted. My mom and my sister and her partner came into town for a visit, and we planned to spend the weekend sitting around the pool, so cool and rainy fall weather was ...

September 14, 2009 On Sunday afternoon, with temps in the low 80s and rain-heavy clouds in the sky, the kids and I dropped by the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center for an hour-long stroll. During our hot summers I tend to avoid outings that don’t involve a steady supply of ...

June 06, 2009 I’m going to reveal my innate geekiness by comparing the Fern Room in Chicago’s excellent Garfield Park Conservatory to the lush, edenic world created by Project Genesis in Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan. Come on, you know you’ve seen it. Don’t you agree? A century old, ...

June 04, 2009 Heading back to the hotel after spinning under the Bean, Diana and I couldn’t resist a quick peek at the Art Institute‘s north garden (we missed the south garden). Here are just a few images from this small but lovely public garden. Pictured above is prairie smoke ...

June 03, 2009 One of the highlights of Spring Fling Chicago was a guided tour of Lurie Garden by chief horticulturalist Colleen Lockovitch. Colleen provided the ultimate insider’s guide to the garden, pointing out her favorite plants and explaining how she and her staff maintain them, suggesting we ask our ...

June 02, 2009 On Sunday after the official Spring Fling activities had ended, Mr. McGregor’s Daughter picked up several of the late-stayers for additional garden tours she’d arranged in the western suburbs of Chicago. The star attraction was the beautiful garden of author Trudi Temple, who welcomed us with open ...