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    Looking At Green Through Rose Colored Glasses

    I don’t know about you, but I’m still trying to get my brain around the word green. Who’s to say if a product or service is “eco-friendly” or not? This…

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    Cool Green Expo: Tripping Around LA with Shirley Bovshow

    If you're working your way to a more sustainable lifestyle, the Go Green Expo is the place to be. And what better way to spend a Saturday than hanging with…

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    Join Me At The SF Flower & Garden Show This Spring

    It's not every day you get to drool over fabulous gardens, meet famous authors, learn from experts and enjoy the camaraderie of like minded gardeners. And all this for $16?…

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    When the Fig Leaf Falls, Sensuous Forms Appears

    As I scrambled to capture this public display on my camera, images of tattered, torrid romance novels cartwheeled past my mind’s eye. You know, like the paperbacks with the square…

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    When Bad Taste Meets Power Tools

    We love to pore over garden articles with luscious pictures of beautiful landscapes. Me, I get a kick out of finding the worst of the worst and holding them up…

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    Orange Plants that Warm the Winter

    It's nearly winter in Santa Barbara too, but you wouldn't know it from all of the hot stuff in bloom right now. Our landscapes are bursting with vibrant colors while…

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    Announcing Book Giveaway Winners! Calhoun Congrats

    Meet the three lucky winners of the Designer Plant Combinations book give-away.

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    Easy Garden Planning with Google Images

    What if you could simulate the garden of your dreams using software you already have on your computer? Imagine experimenting with flower and foliage combinations without spending a dime on…

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    Wrapping Up Raleigh – Really!

    My September trip to Raleigh NC was a fading memory until I ran across these fab photos of the plants and people who made the visit so special.

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    Win a copy of Designer Plant Combinations!

    This book resonates with me on many levels - visually elegant, clearly and buoyantly written and chock full of down-to-earth plant information. You can win your own copy just by…