Tweets for the week of 2012-01-23

Tweets for the week of 2012-01-16

  • Just arrived Montivideo. Still trying to untangle the dreadlocks in my hair before we get to beach. #patagonia #puntadeleste #
  • @oslen – what is the address of store in Punta del este? #
  • @osklen – what is the address of your store in Punta del Este? Gracias! #
  • Bikini Beach, Punta del Este Uruguay. 8 pm and still sunny. I think I am getting dreadlocks. #
  • Back in Buenos Aires #
  • Sidewalk. Punta del Este, Uruguay http://t.co/4LkPI3BN #
  • Jonathan knows how to convert any kind of electricity – Uruguay http://t.co/TZ44ik2B #
  • "Lock Fountain" — couple attach a padlock to fountain with their names – Montivideo, Uruguay http://t.co/3dk4yr1s #
  • "Locks Fountain" Montivideo Uruguay http://t.co/xwhsmIGR #
  • "Locks Fountain" Montivideo, Uruguay http://t.co/VFLyhWtJ #
  • Locks Fountain. Montivideo, Uruguay http://t.co/8FOSjSIm #

Tweets for the week of 2012-01-09

  • Up late. Slept till 1:30. Shopping in Palermo. Picked up a slew of dresses from my favorite, kusisa. Lunch jn cafe of Plaza Serrano. #
  • In Buenos Aires, heading to Patagonia in AM. Bought trekking boots and visited Botanical gardens today. Heat wave here, 90+ degrees. #
  • No luck finding peanut butter at grocery store in #BA – but they had like 50+ kinds of dulce de leche #argentina #
  • 3 hours sleep. Flying from Buenos Aires to #calafate Got my trekking boots on. Excited! #patagonia #leggingsarepants #
  • In Patagonia, wearing Patagonia & reading In Patagonia and watching Ice Road Truckers season 1 on iPad. But it is over 70 degrees out. #
  • Midnight at the end of the world – Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia. I have the song Dynamite stuck in my head. I just want to live my life. A-O! #

Tweets for the week of 2012-01-02

Tweets for the week of 2011-12-19

  • Won 2 live chickens in a gift exchange tonight. Ended up trading them for a "forever lazy". + wore a sequin dress for 1st time. Big night. #

Tweets for the week of 2011-12-12

Tweets for the week of 2011-10-03

  • New Lawn-Care Product Makes Neighbor's Lawn Less Green http://t.co/bVoU5ggC via @TheOnion#
  • Follow me on instagram @PattyHume #
  • 09/29 The City Repair Community Place-Making/Natural Building/Guerilla Gardening workshop @ HM157* http://t.co/dGgbanAE #
  • The Rise in Popularity of Bocce in the US —- is it because we are drinking more wine? http://t.co/rLR5GdXN #
  • If you have one of the (130) terrariums I made last October– can you send me photos? Thanks!! #
  • doing something similar to this right now – How to Build a Smart Irrigation Controller : http://t.co/IlyVjNOS #landscape #irrigation #
  • doing something similar to this right now – How to Build a Smart Irrigation Controller : bit.ly/qPrzme #landscape #irri…http://t.co/IlyVjNOS #

Terrain at Styer’s

The people who brought us Anthropologie and Urban Outfitters have opened a nursery and garden center outside Philadelphia in Glenn Mills.

I visited Terrain in April and enjoyed seeing how they merchandised a garden center with their trademark shabby chic look. Let’s hope Terrain is successful and that we get one here in Los Angeles soon!

Visit their online store for new and vintage garden furniture and gear + sign up for their mailing list.

Agaves, Agaves, Agaves

I am totally Agave obsessed this summer. It all started when I designed a Woolly Pocket living wall that used Agaves as focal points. Planted among hanging succulents like Trailing Jade and Senecio Fishhook, the Agaves took on a bold flower like form that could be seen from far away. They were so striking that I started to develop a new appreciation for the sculptural and graphic quality of the agaves.


Commonly called ‘Century Plants’, Agaves are large succulents that are related to Aloe plants. They are Monocots which means that each stem (or plant) flowers once and then dies. It may take up to 10 years for an Agave to flower, but in the meanwhile they propogate ‘pups’, small Agaves that grow at their base.

Native to Mexico and parts of the Southwest, they also grow in parts of South America. Agaves are tough and relatively easy to grow in USDA zones 8-10 (Los Angeles is in zone 10).

With Agaves on my mind I have started snapping photos of them in my neighbohood – check out the variety of colors and textures!

Agaves on a parkway on Silverlake Blvd – you need a wide parkway (6′ or more) to grow Agaves


Baby Agaves growing in my test garden

On Montana Street across from my old apartment

 Octopus Agaves at the Los Angeles Arboretum

Variegated Agave ‘Americana’ on Carroll Street in Echo Park. I’m going to plant a few of these in my yard this fall.

PLANT STAR: DYMONDIA

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dymondia is a great ground cover for parkways and pathways. It is super tough and can take people walking on it plus it needs very little water. You can buy Dymondia in flats and you break the flat into little pieces. It generally takes about 6 months for the Dymondia to fill in.

We planted a lot of Dymondia on a wide parkway in Santa Monica last spring. See photo of how the plugs looked just after planting. We will check back again later this fall and see how it has filled in.

ON A ROLL | GARDEN DESIGN

Bocce is gaining in popularity in the US and some speculate it is because we are drinking more wine. Check out this article in Fine Gardening– On A Roll .