Lucinda’s purple-heart home and garden
Who can resist Lucinda Hutson’s purple casita and festive garden? Not me! When Lucinda invited me over this spring, I happily said yes.… Read More
Day of the Dead in Lucinda’s colorful garden
Lucinda Hutson welcomed me into her garden last week to see it decorated for Day of the Dead. This is a treat I look forward to all year.… Read More
Spring garden party at Lucinda’s purple casita
At the purple casita of Lucinda Hutson, a festive garden party served up color and pansy-garnished cocktails among mermaids and flowers.… Read More
Lucinda Hutson’s colorful Day of the Dead garden
Lucinda Hutson’s garden blazes with color every day of the year. But come October, for Day of the Dead, she kicks it up a big notch. Yellow and orange marigolds blaze from every pot, mingling with colorful hibiscus, coral vine, and roses in sherbet hues, all set against the backdrop of a house and garage painted grape, turquoise, and goldenrod.… Read More
A passion for purple in Lucinda Hutson’s garden
At a garden party at Lucinda Hutson’s purple cottage, Purple Passion cocktails and tasty appetizers are served amid a bounty of flowers.… Read More
Day of the Dead at Lucinda Hutson’s casita and garden
In early November each year, Austin writer Lucinda Hutson celebrates Day of the Dead, a Mexican holiday for remembering and honoring deceased loved ones. Decorating her Rosedale home — her purple casita, as she calls it — and Mexican-style garden with colorful flowers, food, tequila bottles, skeleton decor, and her collection of Mexican folk art, she creates festive and sentimental altars to family members who’ve passed away, while welcoming friends in a celebration of life.… Read More
Dia de los Muertos in Lucinda Hutson’s festive home and garden
November 05, 2018 As a native of border city El Paso and a veteran traveler throughout Mexico, Lucinda Hutson has long embraced Mexican culture and traditions like Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. She recently hosted a … Read More
Festive color and a little Dia de los Muertos in Lucinda Hutson’s garden
October 30, 2017 A visit to Lucinda Hutson‘s home and garden always feels like being at a party. Brightly colored walls and accessories, garden rooms with playful themes (like the mermaid garden pictured here), and Lucinda’s own excitement at showing … Read More
Lucinda Hutson's purple cottage, cantina garden, and Viva Tequila!
April 24, 2013My friend Lucinda Hutson invited me over to her purple cottage on Sunday to see her angel’s trumpets in bloom, plus all the rest of her exuberant, flowery garden. Lighting up her quiet Rosedale neighborhood street like a … Read More
Lucinda Hutson’s Easter-egg colorful garden
April 08, 2012 Author and designer Lucinda Hutson‘s gabled purple cottage and garden in the Rosedale neighborhood of Austin is as colorful as a basket of Easter eggs… …but even better because it contains scented petals, billowy texture, and something … Read More
El Jardin Encantador: Lucinda Hutson's garden
October 29, 2009 Ooh la la, Lucinda! Local author and designer Lucinda Hutson, she of the purple cottage in central Austin’s Rosedale neighborhood, welcomes you into her garden with open arms, offers of cuttings, and an exuberance for giving a … Read More
Lucinda Hutson's enchanting garden
April 13, 2008 On Sunday after the Garden Bloggers Spring Fling, the out-of-towners who stayed an extra day joined some of the Austin garden bloggers for a personal tour of herbal-cookbook author Lucinda Hutson’s garden. The other Spring Flingers may … Read More