Love flowers? Love nature? Love vibrant colors? Love photography? Then you will love this book. Titled Foraged Flora: A Year of Gathering and Arranging Wild Plants and Flowers by is for those of us who can get lost in the pages of a beautifully photographed book on nature and flowers. Continue reading Foraged Flora: A Year of Gathering and Arranging Wild Plants and Flowers by Louesa Roebuck and Sarah Lonsdale
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“Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting, …
“Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting, and autumn a mosaic of them all.” – by poet Stanley Horowitz.
An art metaphor to describe the seasons, how fitting!! Autumn has finally arrived here in the Bay Area, which means for our gardens it’s time to plant spring-flowering seeds, bulbs, and plants. I’ve written a few articles about the best bulbs and seeds to plant in the fall for amazing out of this world color in the spring. Let me share a few of those along with some photos. Continue reading “Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting, …
Sunset Ice Cream with Marigold Petals, Golden Raisins, & Saffron Honey
Saffron, honey, golden raisins and marigold petals, all give this creamy ice cream a golden hue and a spicy sweet flavor.
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Art in the Garden by Sridevi Sheth
What is it about art and nature that go hand in hand? Nature in its endless character inspires all artists. What better place to have an art show for my daughter than in the garden? The perfect backdrop to showcase my eldest daughter Sridevi’s art.
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Cream Cheese Edible Art with Herbs & Edible Flowers
I’m a huge fan of edible leaves and flowers from the garden, and when I see edible flowers incorporated into a food recipe I have to give it a try!
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Dark Chocolate with Sun-dried Cherries, Fuchsia Blossoms & Rose Petals
In this recipe I used sun-dried cherries in dark chocolate bark, and then added edible fuchsia blossoms and rose petals as decoration for gorgeous color.
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Veena & Mani’s South Bay Garden Gem
Our friends Veena and Mani have a gorgeous home right here in the South Bay. They moved into their new home a few years ago, and though their home went through a major renovation right before they moved in, the previous owners left the backyard untouched until now. Continue reading Veena & Mani’s South Bay Garden Gem
FILOLI Gardens in the Summer in Woodside, California
Who knew Filoli Gardens could be just as spectacular in the summer as at in the spring? This year I found out how gorgeous this garden can be even in the summer.
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Harvest. Unexpected Projects Using Extraordinary Garden Plants by Stefani Bittner & Alethea Harampolis
Harvest. Unexpected Projects Using 47 Extraordinary Garden Plants by Stefani Bittner & Alethea Harampolis is a fun, beautiful, inspiring, and informative gardening cookbook I recently bought. I pre-ordered this book and I never pre-order a book. I like to read the reviews and have the book be out for a while to see what people think of it before I get it. But the name of this book got me hooked – Harvest! What a lovely name for a gardening book. Harvest speaks volumes just by the meaning of the word – the feel good images it conjures of fields and farms, of flowers and nature. Continue reading Harvest. Unexpected Projects Using Extraordinary Garden Plants by Stefani Bittner & Alethea Harampolis
Banu’s Emerald Green Philadelphia Garden
My sister Banu who lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has a lovely home and a beautiful garden. A lush and emerald green garden, it’s the greenest garden I’ve ever seen.
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