Visited my old stomping grounds last weekend, and I didn’t go to any gardens! At least not of the official variety. But I loved this abandoned lot. It’s not the Victoria you see in the tourist brochures, but I like this better. I wonder if this is the work of guerilla gardeners. Any Victoria guerillas […]
Inspiration
Houseboat garden
Grumpy today, and in need of sleep. Luckily my friend Tammy went to the Sunshine Coast last week and took a photo of this floating garden for me — finding it in my in-box was just the anti-depressant I needed. Thanks, Tam!
Botanical twist
I love old school botanical illustrations, but have always stopped short of hanging them on my walls. Maybe I’ve just never found ones that are interesting or bizarre enough for my taste. But when I saw Wolfie and the Sneak’s new posters, Fungi and Pods, below, I was smitten. Soon to be gracing my walls: […]
Vancouver Garden Show highlights
While my participation in the disembowelment of a display garden was certainly memorable, I scored more than just discount perennials at the Vancouver Garden Show. I was very pleased to discover that, although some of the feature gardens kind of sucked (it’s no Chelsea, that’s for sure), the “urban deck showcase” had some really great […]
Paris, Part One
I’m home. We had a wonderful time in France, and already miss it. Well, parts of it. Miss: the fresh, fresh, gorgeously-decadent food; the mind-blowing wines for under $10; the accessibility of great art, architecture and design; my sister. Don’t miss: the smoking; the humidity; how easy it is to overindulge. Now it’s time to […]
Happy connections
I’m not big on logic. For example, I simultaneously reject the idea that there is a divine order to things, that we are “destined” to live out our lives in a predetermined way, yet I also somehow believe that everything happens for a reason. I fully acknowledge that I can’t defend this position. I’ve had […]
Go with the flow
I love the brilliant simplicity of John Arndt’s master’s thesis project, the Flow Kitchen. John designed the kitchen workstation to utilize natural processes (like gravity, evaporation, decomposition and growth) and create a symbiotic little ecosystem. The dishrack drains onto the herbs or other edibles stored below it. Food scraps go into a little cup that […]
Stone plant markers
Normally I don’t have the time for most of the nonsense the Martha Stewart cartel cooks up. But I came across this “good thing” in the May 07 issue of Living and thought this little stone herb marker project might actually be both realistic and useful. I’ve never quite understood the need for herb markers. […]