tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76902620924223175292024-03-13T23:17:58.867-07:00GardenEnvy "My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece." Claude Monetgardenenvyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00183468651416567720noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7690262092422317529.post-23611841798339648642017-03-26T18:37:00.002-07:002017-03-27T13:55:51.185-07:00Château de Chenonceau: A Tale Of Two Gardens<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This stunning castle,</div>
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Château de Chenonceau, is like a fairy tale.<br />
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It gracefully straddles the River Cher in the Loire Valley region of France.<br />
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It was a cloudy day in May, 2016, when I visited Chenonceau, a castle I had heard so much about. I found it to be both gorgeous and fascinating--not only because of its' location on the water,<br />
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beautiful interiors,<br />
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or the even the antique carriages on display.</div>
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But, it is with the cast of characters where this fairy tale ends--and the dysfunction, or soap opera, begins. This 16th century story is about a king, two women and their gardens.<br />
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One enters this sizable property by first strolling through an allee of trees that cuts through a small forest.<br />
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The castle and gardens are virtually surrounded by water.<br />
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Chenonceau is known as the 'castle of women,'<br />
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Two of the most intriguing women, each with a namesake garden on either side of the castle, were Diane de Poitiers, whose garden is to the left, and Catherine de Médici's, whose garden is to the right.<br />
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Only one year later, 15-year-old Henry becomes romantically involved with the beautiful Diane de Poitiers, who was <i>35</i> <i>years old</i> at the time.<br />
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Henry II is so enamored with his mistress, that he gives <i>ownership</i> of Chenonceau to Diane, who is also a powerful adviser to the king. And, it is said, Diane has the wherewithal to ensure that Henry also sleeps with his wife, in order to provide proper heirs to the throne.<br />
Meanwhile, Diane (who also has a role caring for Henry II when he was 11 years old) apparently raises those heirs to the throne, and spends five years overseeing the planting of her gardens.<br />
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Henry II dies unexpectedly in a jousting tournament, and the status of the two women change. Catherine assumes power as Queen, and claims the beautiful Chenonceau for herself, by forcing Diane to give up the deed to the property. Catherine then sends her away to live in another castle in the Loire Valley--the Chateau Chaumont--instead.<br />
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The building was constructed in 1532 for Jean Le Breton, Minister of Finance for François I.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> A </span>highlight</b> of a recent trip to England was a visit to Highclere Castle--that is, of <i>Downton Abbey</i> television fame, which has also been the highlight of many Sunday nights in homes across the UK and the US for the past six years. At the final episode of the series earlier this year, I was sad to say goodbye to the story, the people, the music and, to this castle. </div>
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Lady Fiona Carnavon, an author of several books about the castle, is the 8th Countess,<br />
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Highclere Castle, in Hampshire, is the family seat.<br />
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to the idyllic countryside setting where 3,000 sheep graze, the landscape is beautiful. Hearing the sheep bleating and 'baa-baaing' constantly is an unexpected, and fond memory of my visit. In fact, Lady Carnavon told us, the sheep mow the grass on the property, while the two-and-a- half gardeners work on other maintenance.</div>
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Lancelot "Capability" Brown designed this and 170 other English Estates, </div>
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Tulips, tulips and more tulips.</div>
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These individual, little bursts of color </div>
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planted <i>en masse</i> by the thousands, like spools of ribbon</div>
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against a jagged edge of hazy blue mountain ranges,<br />
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These tiny tulip bulbs lit up the fields liked fireworks on the grounds of Roozengaarde farm in the Skagit Valley of Washington state. There were fields of yellow daffodils, too, just starting to fade in one field,<br />
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It was reminiscent of Dorothy and the poppy fields in the classic movie, <i></i><br />
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And I know I am dating myself here, but I couldn't help thinking of Tiny Tim, on <i>The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson,</i> dozens of years ago when he sang, "Tip Toe Through The Tulips," a river of alliteration, on his tiny ukulele.</div>
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In the display gardens, patterns of color fascinated swarms of people, responsible for the adjoining fields of parked cars, who came to see the spectacle just about an hour north of Seattle.</div>
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I recall seeing an impressive photo of these tulip fields about 14 years ago, at least, and I made a note to myself that I would have to go see it with my own eyes one day. I finally made it at the end of March, 2015. The month long festival is usually in April each year. This year was the earliest bloom date ever, and it is attributed warmer weather.</div>
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I had the opportunity to spend three weekend days in Anderson's LaCosta garden nursery in a north county beach community of San Diego. It was December, and I was invited to participate in an artisan holiday marketplace to sell <a href="http://gardenenvy.co/" target="_blank">succulent plant arrangements.</a><br />
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surrounded by plants, and chirping birds.</div>
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Not a bad gig for me, since I love being in a garden.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;"> But, I pine for evergreen trees, Schwarzkopf aeoniums, designer succulents, the scent of stephanotis blossoms in my front yard, and kumquats from my backyard.</span></div>
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and Christmas cactus in bloom can bring out the best in me.</div>
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I cannot think of another flower that has the power of a rose.</div>
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The International Rose Test Garden in Portland, Oregon is an elegantly designed garden, surrounded by tall shrubs and evergreens. I'm thankful on this Thanksgiving weekend, that I live on the west coast, with mild weather year round.</div>
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Despite the fabulous roses at this garden, I admit this was my favorite view.</div>
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The garden of Villa Cimbrone, in Ravello, Italy, </div>
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This villa, dating back to the 11th century, is now a hotel. </div>
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On a recent spring trip to Italy, I found myself in a small town outside of Rome and the stars in the heavens were aligned in my favor. It was a constellation of circumstance lined up like Orion's belt. I had a rental car, my husband, who was willing to drive the Italian roadway, and the realization that we were about 40 minutes or so from <i>Tivoli</i>, home of the masterpiece Renaissance garden: Villa D'Este. Like the Palace at Versailles, this Italian garden had profound influence on gardens worldwide. </div>
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We even had GPS, although that took us to a street that dead ended on a grassy road in front of a stone over pass. We were close to the Villa, according to a local, but after several attempts through narrow streets, rough roads and limited signage, we took her advice and parked, then walked up through the town to the Villa.</div>
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I had no idea what to expect at the Villa D'Este, but I was excited because I knew it was a must see garden. The courtyard was a peaceful spot where I rested for a short time before entering the villa.</div>
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I have no idea if I saw 500 fountains, but this one is the show stopper. (It is actually a combination of two: the Water Organ fountain and the Neptune fountain.) It is about 80 feet tall and the sound of water is loud.<i> </i>I do know it will certainly be a fountain I won't forget. </div>
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from the blogosphere for weeks, I am happy to say that I'm back in the saddle again---<i>oops, I mean, back </i>i<i>n Seattle, again</i>. And, I'm doing what I love: blogging about gardens.</div>
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You might recall my recent winter visit with this lucky guy to Seattle Center's Chihuly Garden And Glass. We were belatedly celebrating an anniversary, and having a pre-Valentine's Day fling in the Pacific northwest to keep the marital flames burning brightly. </div>
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We found them glowing here, in this snow covered garden--an enjoyable, albeit out of the ordinary, garden visit for me.<br />
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Then I revisited the Chihuly garden a few months later, in the beginning of May. Of course, I found spring bursting out all over, as they say. Let's face it, spring was made for gardens; or, should it be: gardens were made for spring?</div>
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The snow provided beauty in its own right, but the plantings were a mystery and as much I liked seeing snow, I was itching to know what plants would fill this garden. </div>
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This electrifying glass sun is on a bed of black mondo grass! </div>
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Bright tulips echoed the colors of that blown glass.</div>
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It was difficult not to focus on all of the tulips, since I do not get to see these elegant flowers grow in the Southwest.<br />
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Dark contrasted with bright and this was repeated in the garden, both with the glass and the plant material.</div>
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My only disappointment was the realization that the only camera I had with me was my iPhone.</div>
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Actually, it wasn't too bad; I still captured some of my favorite scenes.<br />
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Since my hubby was not with me to take my picture in the garden, I made use of the popular feature of the iPhone. So next thing you know, it was selfie<i> this</i><br />
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and, of course, stunning Japanese maples would be a given.<br />
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Spring flower beds planted with viola?<br />
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How about a stunning sculpture show, by Alba Gonzalez, in the garden?</div>
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The combination of two Seattle icons<br />
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was the unexpected highlight of a visit to one of my favorite American cities this past weekend. My husband and I were celebrating a belated<br />
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The Needle, at Seattle Center, is an appropriate backdrop for Dale Chihuly's </div>
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"Gardens And Glass," which opened here in 2012.</div>
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The glass artist was born in Tacoma, Washington.</div>
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This is a vibrant display of the artist's unique talent of making colorful blown glass sculptures, combined with his appreciation of gardens and his love of conservatories.</div>
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I have seen his glass several times before, including in Chicago's Garfield Park Conservatory and in other locations in Seattle before. Chihuly also studied in Italy and has had major exhibitions of his work at the Louvre in Paris, Venice, Jerusalem and England. </div>
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Inside the Seattle exhibit, "Mille Fiori," (or a thousand flowers) is jaw dropping. </div>
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It was inspired by memories of his mother's garden.</div>
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I think I see glass that resembles an aloe plant.</div>
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When Chihuly started designing glass, he was inspired by patterns in baskets and colorful textiles of Native Americans.<br />
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He builds pieces together to create large sculptures that hang like chandeliers.</div>
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We had the opportunity to see the garden after a snowfall the night before. Even in the dismal gray of winter, there is a sense of wonder in Chihuly's garden.</div>
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Snow, the gray skies of Seattle and Chihuly glass adds a remarkable artistic dimension to this winter garden you won't see anywhere else.</div>
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Cactus gardens traditionally do not inspire warm, fuzzy feelings like a<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">Few would think to string lights on succulent and cactus plants with sharp, pointy spines, much less turn an entire cactus garden into, well, a holiday winter wonderland.</span></div>
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The Ethel M Chocolate factory near Las Vegas, Nevada, makes it a tradition to light their gorgeous cactus garden every year during the holidays.</div>
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I was<a href="http://www.gardenenvy.net/2013/02/what-could-be-sweeter-than-garden-at.html" target="_blank"> here</a> (click the link) just last February to visit this garden and chocolate factory.<br />
At that time, my niece told me about this spectacular holiday light display she saw last year. The notion took me by surprise. Coincidentally, I was back in Las Vegas in mid-November, just in time to see it for myself. It is beautiful. Every plant is wrapped in little lights.</div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;">L</span>aura Eubanks is passionate about succulents. </div>
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They are the predominant feature in her eastern Chula Vista home garden.<br />
A small garden that packs a big punch.</div>
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Her <em>five hundred dollar </em>garden, she boasts. Most of the hard features in the yard are up-cycled materials and many of her plants were cuttings from gardening friends. Laura, a master gardener since 2008, is an active volunteer member in the San Diego master gardener program.</div>
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Her husband helped her build pergolas in the garden</div>
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and Laura painted her wood structures</div>
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and furniture in brilliant colors.</div>
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Succulents are mixed in with alyssums,</div>
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the bougainvillea,</div>
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and a gorgeous angel trumpet that anchors one corner of the yard.</div>
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The range of color in the garden</div>
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This beautiful garden features a small but elegant waterfall.</div>
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She developed a garden business, Design for Serenity, and</div>
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and carved out a specialty in succulent designs. Laura is credited for originating these pumpkins planted with succulent cuttings. She utilizes a moss and glue technique to secure the plants to the top of the pumpkin (they are not cut or carved at all). Succulents make long lasting cuttings because they store water in their leaves. Not only are they gorgeous and colorful, they are so practical. </div>
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These <em>pumcculents</em> (so to speak) will last for months with occasional misting and the plants will also grow roots. After pumpkin season, remove the succulents, replant them and put the pumpkin out in the yard to decompose. In spring, Laura notes, you will likely have pumpkin plantlets sprouting in the garden.</div>
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Laura is known to create other works of art with succulents, including this topiary </div>
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crocodile, named Roberto, who is wintering in her side yard at the moment.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">And I don't mean because the prickly pear looks like the famous mouse ears. It's because I felt like a kid in never, neverland when I was there for the first time on Wednesday, September 4. </span></div>
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There are no less than 16 gardens on 37 acres at this Santa Barbara, California property that was purchased in 1941 by a Polish opera singer who eventually devoted herself to this garden. </div>
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Space, the money and the help to maintain every kind of dream garden. And then spend many a happy hour tending it, playing in it and enjoying the beauty of it. That sounds like fantasyland to me.</div>
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And it looks like one too. The cactus garden is like nothing I have ever seen before. When I asked the docent what her favorite garden was and she said the cactus, we hadn't see that yet but still, I was a little surprised. I never anticipated that a cactus garden would outdo say, a Japanese or a rose garden. But then we walked into it and my jaw dropped. Wonder. Amazement.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">My favorite, at least for the moment, is the bromeliad garden, which is probably the most colorful of all the gardens. And a lot shadier than the full-sun cactus garden on a hot September day in SoCal.</span></div>
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Madame Ganna Walska (1887-1984), I think it is safe to say, was eccentric and had a flair for drama--which is reflected in her garden and in her personal life. She was married six times; once after knowing the gentleman only 10 days.</div>
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She married wealthy men. But apparently Madame sold significant jewels from her collection in order to finance her cycad collection.<br />
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I'm pretty sure we all have our own idea of paradise, and from my perspective it includes a garden, of course--after all, the concept is usually associated with the Garden of Eden. Some of us in California (notably my husband) consider San Diego to be paradise, not necessarily for the gardens but just because the weather is sunny and 70 degrees Fahrenheit pretty much year round. Wikipedia cites other criteria for paradise, like life free from human difficulties. That's a bit more elusive, I'm afraid.<br />
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But for many, paradise is usually synonymous with tropical: the islands, water, palms, dense foliage, exotic blooms, steamy temps, cool island breezes and bright colors.<br />
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I came across a pretty good version of a tropical garden in Del Mar, California just outside of the city of San Diego about a week ago. But not without some minor human difficulties. The most unexpected at the moment: my digital camera flashing "out of memory" at me when I realized I the memory card was in my laptop <i>at home.</i></div>
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What a blogger's nightmare! I'm in the middle of tropical paradise and the only working camera I have is my iPhone. At least the phone was fully charged (for a change). It would just have to do, for me and all of my 35 followers.<br />
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I am not much of an island person myself but I admit I was swept off my feet for an hour while I wandered through this garden. And that was a good thing, too, because just before I came here I was in urgent care getting my wedding rings cut off.<br />
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A rash I developed a day before was causing my left ring finger to swell and my rings were acting as tiny tourniquets, squeezing the life out of me. I was so desperate when I woke up in the morning that I tried to cut them with my Felco F-2 classic hand pruners. An off-label use, I know; but they were cleaned with bleach (as if that made it okay) and, like I told my husband, it's the sharpest tool we have in the shed. Luckily I didn't prune my fingers or the rings off and I am a little embarrassed that I even tried it.<br />
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I recently blogged about the <a href="http://www.gardenenvy.net/2013/07/this-texas-botanical-garden-is-so-worth.html" target="_blank">Fort Worth Botanical Garden</a> when I visited Texas in early May. The very next day, I went to the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden and couldn't have been happier to be here, too! Think of it as kind of another 'Texas two-step' next time you are in the area--you just have to do both.</div>
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The place was jumping on this week day visit too. The school buses planted in the parking lot should have tipped me off but I never noticed them.</div>
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In addition to the school children, I counted four brides and one <i>quincenera </i>doing photo shoots in the garden. And for good reason. It is gorgeous here. This 66-acre garden isn't free like the Ft. Worth Botanical Garden, but it is definitely worth the time and money.</div>
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The garden designs are pleasing to the eye, and eye-popping color where you least expect it is a wonderful twist in a maze of hedges.</div>
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I have to say that I have never been a huge fan of weathered wood that turns gray, but this classic and weathered garden bench surrounded by silvery dusty miller at its feet, and against trimmed green hedges and bushes, won me over. I get it now. Understated and beautiful.</div>
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I couldn't close without showing you the great display of Japanese Maples at this garden.</div>
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I was searching for gardens to visit and located the small but pretty Women's Park and Gardens on the near South side of downtown. This park is home to the oldest house in the city, the Clarke House Museum. It was built in 1836 but it was moved to this location in 1977.</div>
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The Women's Park is situated on a beautiful tree-lined street </div>
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Back in the day the Cuneo mansion was considered high tech: an Italianate villa with electricity, an elevator and retractable ceilings (<i>what?</i>) for that instant European courtyard effect, and even a chapel for Sunday morning mass. But the Cuneos also enjoyed entertaining and having parties here.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span></b><span style="font-size: large;">he</span> Fort Worth Botanical Garden in Fort Worth, Texas is gorgeous.</div>
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frame a view of a rocky waterfall.</div>
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Gorgeous urns, overflowing with vines and blooms.</div>
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Arched trellises covered in climbing roses</div>
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What you can't tell from these photos is that the day I visited it was a chilly day in May, so much so that I was wishing I had gloves on my hands, something I didn't consider I would need here. But the gardens were inviting enough to walk despite the cold.</div>
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Though I do love seeing pictures of gardens, I always enjoy visiting a garden without any previous information. Without expectations there is less disappointment and it is a great feeling to be pleasantly surprised by what you find--a lesson I am still trying to learn and apply to my life. Beautiful azaleas were in bloom, which I really didn't expect to see here and </div>
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is like a step back in time and into another country. Whether</div>
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or while I was wandering the two-level backyard patio and terrace--I couldn't help but be reminded of Sevilla in Spain, which I loved for its architectural style as well as the tapas and Sangria.<br />
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This red leafed euphorbia commands a lot of attention in this garden,</div>
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Jim, the current president of the San Diego Horticultural Society, has been gardening here along with his partner Scott for 15 years. The amount of time he spends in the garden amounts to more than what most people consider a full-time job. He has a large collection of succulents and cacti: agaves in cobalt blue pots, echeveria in whimsical pots,</div>
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Of course, I grew up in Chicago when the first Richard Daley was ruler--oops, I mean, mayor, and where his powerful Democratic political machine got things<i> done. </i>Sometimes the politics got dirty;</div>
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I don't know anything about the politics in Pasadena, California. But when it comes to beautiful Spanish Colonial architecture, a courtyard garden with pink roses and the kind of shade provided by California live oak trees<br />
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Today I came across a book,<i> The Gardens of Democracy</i>, by<span style="text-align: left;"> Eric Liu and Nicholas Hanauer (2011). The title caught my interest right away. Briefly, the authors of this book want to change the way both liberal and conservative Americans view how their government works.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> Specifically, they would like to get rid of the government <i>machine</i> metaphor.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;"> The</span></b> central garden at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles is both garden and art. It was designed by artist Robert Irwin who started planning it in 1992.<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;"> Three iron bowers filled with bougainvilleas are a beautiful feature here</span></div>
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and one of my favorites. Placed together in a triangular format they create a small shaded patio at the end of the 'zig zag garden' that is built around a small ravine.<br />
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I was here just a couple of weeks ago during the first week of June. I have been here before and the bougainvillea stands out in my mind from two previous visits. It is a perfect display for this large, thorny and showy vine.</div>
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The brilliant hues of bougainvillea against the all-white museum building and blue skies made me think of my visit to Greece, where this vine is a standout for the same reasons.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">T</span>he maze of azaleas floating on a pond of water is another stunning feature at this garden. This is beautiful in green and must be<i> amazing </i>in early spring when the flowers are blooming! </div>
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Engraved at the Getty museum garden is Irwin's statement, "Always changing, never twice the same." Of course, that is one of the attractions to gardens--living art, always a work in progress and, in this climate, available year round. So I plan to get back here when those azaleas are in bloom.</div>
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Suddenly, from different perspectives the combinations of plants and sculpture, and variations in light carve a new dimension that you can't experience inside a museum.</div>
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The soft twilight, the purple hue of the Jacaranda blooms and the reflections on the pond painted a romantic glow last Friday evening.</div>
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There is a small treasure trove of Rodin sculptures placed in the front of the museum that initially sets the stage<br />
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It was an unplanned stroll through a lovely garden and art museum with my husband<br />
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one of those things that just sort of worked out spontaneously when we arrived in town around the dinner hour and learned that the museum is open late on Friday nights. And, as we learned when we got there, admission is free on the first Fridays of the month.</div>
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A memorable evening of great art and a beautiful garden in Pasadena.</div>
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I bought it at Lowe's and hung it on the edge of the patio cover, about six feet from the sofa. At first there were only two birds but now there are as many as four or five at a time on this feeder. True, it is quite primitive without a catch basin and I do have to clean up after them; but mostly it is a pleasure to watch them and listen as they chatter and squawk at each other. </div>
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And because they visit for the seed, now they are also hopping around on my Sally Holmes rose that climbs the post of the patio cover and I even saw them taking a bath at a wall fountain by my window near the family room.</div>
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I was only recently inspired to hang a feeder for finches after attending a workshop about gardening to attract birds and butterflies. It was sponsored by the San Diego Horticultural Society and taught by Marcia Van Loy, a master gardener, who lives in the Clairemont neighborhood.</div>
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She gardens mostly in her backyard on this terraced slope, which she and her husband have created over 25 years. And she gardens primarily with one thing in mind: to attract birds and butterflies into her backyard. </div>
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This colorful hillside can make the heart of a gardener jump with joy just a little.</div>
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The variety of color, texture, and sounds of birds chirping and water falling are so inviting you can't resist hiking up through the paths.</div>
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It is a lovely place to explore.</div>
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She has water lilies, and a pond</div>
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She definitely has some feathery and furry visitors. In fact, her backyard is certified by the National Wildlife Federation as a wildlife habitat because it provides water, food, cover and a great neighborhood to raise the youngins. </div>
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Though Marcia does have bird feeders hanging about, she relies heavily on the kind of shrubs, trees and flowers that she plants to attract birds and butterflies for nectar or seeds.</div>
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and this passion flower vine; but there are numerous other flowers that will bring the winged creatures to your garden. And, it is important, she noted, not to use pesticides in the garden that could make the plants toxic to the birds, butterflies or anything else.</div>
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At the moment the only birdhouse I have is a useless metal one (because birds do not want to nest in a metal box, thank you!) on a post that my husband re-purposed a long time ago to use as a stake to support a vine and trellis up against our house.<br />
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