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Terrain at Styer’s

Posted by Patty

30 Sep 2011 — No Comments

Tagged: garden center, shopping, Terrain

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…

Agave Fetish

Posted by Patty

30 Sep 2011 — No Comments

Posted in landscape, plants, portfolio

Tagged: agave, greenwall, livingwall, Succulents, Woolly Pocket

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…

Plant Star: Dymondia

Posted by Patty

30 Sep 2011 — No Comments

Posted in landscape, plants

Tagged: drought, dymondia, groundcover, parkway, plant

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…

COMPOSTING CLASS

Posted by Patty

27 Sep 2011 — No Comments

Posted in landscape, plants

Tagged: compost, edible, gardening, Los Angeles

@ City of Los Angeles sponsored a series of FREE Composting classes—- + buy a subsidized composter for $20 + a worm bin for $5 See Bureau of Sanitation Schedule for next compost class event.…

PRETTY PROTEA

Posted by Patty

27 Sep 2011 — No Comments

Posted in plants

Tagged: California, garden, plant, protea

I have admired these exotic large blooming flowers ever since I moved to California 10 years ago. The avocado man at the Echo Park Farmer’s Market sells them for $1 a bloom. For a long…