RE: Member Photos
November 5, 2012 at 11:02 pm
(This post was last modified: November 5, 2012 at 11:14 pm by Whateverist.)
(November 4, 2012 at 1:46 pm)thesummerqueen Wrote: He'd probably follow - he'll admit plants aren't his first love, but he likes hearing about the science behind all of them. He really keeps me on my toes. Anything I'll plant near him I'll have to know its folklore and its evolutionary history and any special genetic quirks.
Oops. Missed this. You are so lucky. Lia glazes over the instant I use a plant's botanical name - and lots of what I grow are collected from botanical collections and don't, so far as I know, have popular names. We'll see how long it takes you to get out to this side of the country. Be sure to come in Spring so you can catch the tulips at Filoli and make time to get down to the Huntington in Southern California (San Marino); they've got 13 acres of succulents alone and the new Chinese garden will take your breath away. http://www.huntington.org/huntingtonlibr...ntifier=id
If you plan ahead you can join a tour of Lotusland near Santa Barbara. http://www.lotusland.org/
Many more treasures to choose from including the garden at the Getty and the Sherman Library and Garden. Just a couple of snaps from Filoli last Spring:
But wait, you're still in the honey moon phase. Hell I used to happily help Lia in the studio when we first got together. (Now I only do so with a bit of grousing.) But she likes the garden and so do her artist friends. No matter what medium they're known for lots of them are more into their gardens now than they are anything else they do.