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Annually, on the Saturday before Mother’s Day, the Mission Hills Garden Club (MHGC) hosts its Garden Walk. With its mix of historical architecture and sensational gardens, the walk always offers plenty for garden enthusiasts to admire, and this year’s “Stroll Down Sunset Boulevard,” should be no exception.
The trick to a very successful succulent planting plan is to mix all these genera of plants. Combining different blooming periods with deciduous euphorbias will create year around interest. By mixing plant textures and colors with hardscape features, such as, boulders, stucco walls, and water features, will keep the eye moving through your landscape, while bringing a sense of balance and harmony
Forget about basic pots and instead look for interestingly designed modern planters. With these, indoor plants have never looked better. We’ve rounded up some of the most interesting planters out there to make bringing plant life indoors a whole lot easier
Ever wondered what to do with your cracked, worn-out concrete or blacktop driveway? Well, instead of re-pouring concrete, why not look at turning that gray driveway into a living, green driveway
“Is the heat on?” It seems summer finally came to San Diego when the heat hit a few weeks ago. It’s times like those when we realize water is a precious commodity in Southern California. And even though it seems that we had a lot of rain last winter, the reality is that we did not—San Diego merely hit its normal rainfall numbers
Pan-seared Tilapia in a white wine, ginger chutney sauce; roasted red, yellow and orange bell peppers, drizzled with olive oil and sea salt; steamed baby carrots sprinkled with fresh chopped dill. Sounds like a delicious and healthy gourmet supper right? However, this dining experience could be made in your very own kitchen, grown from your aquaponic urban garden
Living Walls are becoming the latest gardening trend. In the past, attempting to create your own living wall was a chore. One had to make boxes for the plant material or use chicken wire stuffed with soil and wrapped with sphagnum moss. Then came the daunting task of hanging it on the wall, which was tedious and often futile
The San Diego Floral Association’s Historic Garden Tour 2010 will celebrate Kensington’s 100th Anniversary, May 22, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visitors can view six gardens within walking distance of each other in the Kensington neighborhood. Three of the homes are Richard Requa designs with garden landscapes by Milton Sessions. The tour, which is $15 in advance or $20 the day of the event, will begin at the corner of Marlborough Drive and Adams Avenue. Advance tickets can be purchased in Uptown at Mission Hills Nursery, 1525 Ft. Stockton Dr., or at either Walter Andersen Nursery location. A wine and hors d’oeuvres reception will follow the tour at the French Garden Shoppe, 2307 India St., Little Italy
It has been said, “There’s just two things that money can’t buy, and that’s true love and homegrown tomatoes.” With names like Shady Lady, Mortgage Lifter, Chocolate Cherry, Box Car Willie, Dinner Plate, Mule Team and Nebraska Wedding, it does appear that the tomato has indeed captured our hearts and imaginations as well as our appetites
According to the Genesis account, humankind’s foreparents were banned from eating the fruit of the “tree of life” because they allegedly would have lived forever. Can a tree truly possess such life-sustaining properties? That’s debatable, but what isn’t is the environmental and social benefits trees bring. That’s why for 20 years the Urban Corps of San Diego County has been dedicated to providing environmental job training and educational opportunities in the fields of conservation, recycling and urban forestry, among others