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Tag Archives: California

Lotusland – ‘The Enemy of the Average’

Posted on November 29, 2019 by Karen Blaylock
Dragon Trees – Dracaena circle

Lotusland is a garden that I have long wanted to visit; a botanical fantasy created by a wealthy failed opera singer with the added allure of very restricted opening times. Set high in the hills above Santa Barbara it is … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, USA | Tagged Botanical Gardens, Cactus Gardens, California, Desert Gardens, Frank Fuji, Ganna Walska, Los Angeles, United States

Getty Center, Los Angeles – A tale of Two Gardens

Posted on October 14, 2019 by Karen Blaylock
Museum from the Arrival Plaza

If you put a fine, thorough-bred Arab stallion and a cutesy, shaggy donkey together in the same pasture you can appreciate their respective characters and charms, but they are bound to be compared to the detriment of one or the … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, USA | Tagged California, J Paul Getty, Los Angeles, Richard Meier, Robert Irwin, United States, West Coast

Mendocino, California – Find Your Happy

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Karen Blaylock

I stumbled across Mendocino by accident. We had arrived in San Francisco the weekend of Gay Pride where we were confronted with a difficult decision. Were we going to party with about half of the city or do what we … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardens Archive, USA | Tagged California, Pacific North West, San Francisco., United States

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