Upcycled succulent planters at Lou’s Eastside
July 07, 2025 After an art exhibition in East Austin, we joined friends for burgers on the covered patio at Lou’s Eastside. A collection of upcycled containers filled with cactus, succulents, ...
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Shopping at Ceremony and Shelter in Wimberley
June 30, 2025 A few weeks ago, while celebrating Mom’s birthday in Wimberley, Texas, we all made a trip into town to visit Ceremony Botanical Studio on the main square. This place is pure eye ...
Wildflowers while climbing Old Baldy in Wimberley
June 25, 2025 In early June my family met up in Wimberley, Texas, to celebrate Mom’s birthday. One morning we got up early and drove to Old Baldy Park to climb that rocky peak and see what we ...
Garden scenes before the Memphis Fling
June 05, 2025 Ghost plant I’m off to Memphis for the Garden Fling, an annual meetup of people who “garden” on social media! I’ve attended every Fling since it began in Austin in 2008, and I’m ...
Garden flowers as summer arrives
May 19, 2025 My eyes have been trained on the trees lately, as I scan for our screech owl family at all hours. But the garden catches my eye too as it transitions to early summer flowering. ...
Tank ponds and spring blooms in Lori’s garden
May 02, 2025 In mid-April I popped over to my friend Lori Daul‘s garden in South Austin, bringing with me a small posse of visiting garden writers and editors. Any excuse for another visit to ...
Athena the great horned owl nesting again at the Wildflower Center
April 28, 2025 A great horned owl has been nesting at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center for 15 years, laying usually two eggs each spring in a planter niche high on a wall, sheltered by a ...
Found-art sculpture, bejeweled gnome village in Tom’s garden, Part 2
April 27, 2025 In my last post I showed Tom Ellison’s front-yard cottage garden, which includes a large raised pond along with a majestic sycamore and flowering sweet peas, spuria iris, and ...
Cactus flowers, lizards, and another owl sighting
April 23, 2025 It may be peanuts, but that’s a good thing when it comes to peanut cactus. My peanut (Echinopsis chamaecereus) erupted with starry orange flowers last week, and they’re still ...
Wildflowers, donkeys, and old-sign magic at Katie Bird Farm
April 22, 2025 Last week I invited myself to Kay Angermann and Julie Nelson’s utterly charming Katie Bird Farm, their home garden on 3 acres in southwest Austin. I love everything about their ...
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