Scott's Mother's Day gift to me this year was a trip to the Rose Bowl Flea Market.  It was a drizzly morning as my dear friend Sara...

My husband is a genius gift-giver. A few years ago he and Jack and Elizabeth gave me three Eden roses  in one-gallon pots for Mother's...

Over the last decade of gardening in Southern California,  I've been slowly learning how to choose plants I like  and design a garden t...

The last time I went to Santa Barbara I was struck by the variety and beauty  of the many lanterns that line State Street. {the Arlington ...