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Machine Project is a small, local not-for-profit gallery in Los Angeles… my husband used to do design for them from time to time, and we still keep up on their goings on. This most recent installation is pretty awesome. Christy McCaffrey and Sara Newey turned the Machine Project space into a mini forest. Can’t wait to check it out…
They turned this:
Into this:
Check out the Machine Project flickr set for more photos… (btw, how lame is it that when I look at this, aside from thinking “Awesome!” my second thought is, “Have fun cleaning it up!”).
Posted March 25th, 2009 in architecture, design, flickr, plants, sculpture.
Look what just bloomed in my garden today! It’s the first time it’s bloomed. I think they are the most charming little flowers. This variety of Euphorbia is called “Tiny Tim”.
Posted March 6th, 2009 in general, local (L.A.), photography, plants.
Here are a few photos I’ve managed to take recently…
1. This is a peek of how my garden is looking this month… covered in leaves, but still happy. 2. From a recent trip to the Huntington Gardens 3. A vintage topper for our Christmas tree found at the Goodwill yesterday 4. My cat Milo rolling around on the warm sidewalk
Posted December 9th, 2008 in flickr, general, local (L.A.), photography, plants, vintage.
My favourite part of the Huntington is the cacti and succulent garden. If you are in LA near Pasadena and like plants (or extremely rare books), you should definitely pay it a visit.
Posted October 31st, 2008 in general, plants.
Posted October 27th, 2008 in general, photography, plants.
This is what a botany book should look like. I found this a while back… probably at a thrift store, but I don’t remember.
I don’t know if I mentioned this but at the ripe old age of 28 I decided to go back to school to finish my Associates degree, and this semester I’m taking a botany class at Pasadena City College, to fill the science lab-lecture requirement. I was very excited about taking this class, and still am. My teacher is Dr. Debra Fulsom, who is a research botanist for the Huntington Botanical Gardens and also apparently a published author (which I only found upon Googling her!). It’s a fascinating subject for me, as I have been obsessed with plants since I was about 13. Anyway, I just wanted to post this beautiful old botany book and have you compare it to this cover, which is what is on my actual schoolbook… no offense to Van Gogh, but this is inappropriate for a botany book.
Posted October 12th, 2008 in criticism, design, general, plants.
I forgot to document this before, but this is a little sedum that I bought from a lady at the local farmers market a month or so ago. She makes her own little modern wooden planters and propagates her own plants…. how can I not support that?
Posted August 22nd, 2008 in design, local (L.A.), plants.
My husband had the fantastic idea to build a geodesic dome trellis and document the progress… this summer will be the summer of the Bucky garden! I was looking for things on Ebay and found this book… awesome!! Not cheap either. But certainly in the vein of what my husband is planning. Being the plant person, I’m in charge of what gets to go on the vine… at the moment I’m thinking a variegated creeping fig… it clings closely to whatever it’s climbing, so it will climb nicely, and the two-tone colours will be nice… my other idea is clematis.
Perhaps next we can build a greenhouse…
Posted July 26th, 2008 in design, general, plants, print.
I came across these great cacti illustrations for the SS08 collection by Woolrich Woolen Mills, but I can’t find out who they’re by… I’m still awaiting a response from them. In the meantime, take a look!
Posted March 4th, 2008 in design, plants, print.
Our friend Mark Allen over at Machine Project has been growing some beautiful carnivorous plants in little terrariums. The effect is quite delicate and lovely. Check out his Flickr photoset. They will soon have them for sale too…
Posted March 1st, 2008 in design, flickr, plants.
