gardenrooms

Details

 

Great detail in all of these images.  

photos from maisons&decors, domino.

Red And White

Love these colorful tear sheets from old mags. elle decoration, victoria & cote ouest. reminds me of the holidays~

 

   
 

Live Trees

How cool is this idea~ rent xmas tree 

 

Lush Gardens

images from maisons & decors, mediterranee.   

Growing Your Vegetables

Here are wonderful examples of 'growing your own vegetables'. images from British Home & Gardens.

     

Preserve

Up at the lovely Santa Lucia Preserve this weekend, real turkeys ~ )


   

Containers

Some of you have probably heard about the new online mag. Lonny, if not check it out ~ love this pic of potted plants on a round table from their first issue. I use containers all the time in my job, here are a few of my examples.

So Green

Greenlee Nursery is a great source for grasses! Love their photo ! Reminds me of these images from cote ouest mag.

Balance

Love the balance in these spaces. Just enough of everything. images from maison sud-ouest, and cote quest 2009.  

Native Plants

I've been designing a garden for a family that want native and child friendly plants, so far these are the natives we've planted. Lucky to find them at annie's annuals!

echinacea 'magnus' pink

pholomis viscosa

camissonia 'beach primrosa'

mimulus 'scarlet monkey'

deschampsis calespitosa 'tufted hair grass'

coreopsis gigantea 'giant sea dahlia'

November

Love this photo from Country Interiors, reminds me that November is really here agin.

Edible

Edible San Francisco has a great article about kid's food. Teachers in the Bay Area are actually teaching children how to grow their own food and embrace nature. see photos below. Finally "green school yards". A subject dear to my heart. Alice Waters has an amazing book out now as well, Edible Schoolyard. 

Bright Star

Loved this beautiful movie ~ set decor by Charlotte Watts and costumes by Jane Patterson, unbelievably lovely to behold.

Adam's Garden

I recently helped a friend redesign his garden for outdoor entertaining. He was very handy building the herb boxes, putting in the lighting and the overall concept.  Adam's business in SF is called entertainingspaces. They design and install audio and vedio solutions, and also have a very cool space to rent out for parties with a theatre. Adam writes a food blog at epicureanzealot.com, I'd love to have write him a post or 2 as a guest on gardenrooms.

 

 

More~

more of the same kind of beauty... cote ouest 

Inspirational

So inspired by the photos in this mag. photographer~ christophe dugied for cote ouest.

Cozy & Charming

Outside coziness from Livingetc and charming seating from Elle Decoration !

Flora Grubb

Just finishing a project not too far from Flora Grubb gardens. We chose many wonderful plants from here, it's like a disneyland for gardeners!