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May 2009

Looking for Some High End Inspiration?

May 13, 2009

Check out landscape designer Gabriela Yariv’s work on this Bel Air bachelor pad, located up the hill from the famous (infamous?) Sunset Strip in Hollywood. I love how she paired queen palms with colorful succulents in oversized pots.

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Olive Trees from the Holy Land

May 12, 2009

Check out what I just found in my email inbox (thanks Larry!). You can have your own olive tree from the Holy Land. You would be getting the great, great, great…great grandchild of an olive tree that was producing fruit when Moses was wandering in the desert. According to this site, olives have been cultivated […]

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Review of California Container Gardening

May 11, 2009

I am really excited to share a book I have been using with my fellow Californian container gardeners. Container Gardening for California by Jennifer Beaver and Don Williamson is a great pocket reference for plants that will do well in California and are particularly well-suited to container gardening. The book is 224 pages long and […]

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Happy Mother’s Day!

May 10, 2009

Happy mother’s day to all you moms out there! My dad and husband are busy BBQ’ing for my mom, while we hang out. I think we’re going to go pick up a movie. How did you guys spend your day? My gift to my mom, glass bird vases from aHa Modern Living

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Restaurant Herb Garden

May 8, 2009

As I mentioned earlier, I’ve been working with an about-to-open restaurant to create a kitchen herb garden. Opening a restaurant of this size and scope, I have learned, is c-r-a-z-y (and I only was concerned with my tiny part!). But it has also been fascinating to get a behind-the-scenes view into how a successful restaurant […]

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I’ll Be Back Shortly

May 7, 2009

Hi guys, I just wanted to write a quick post to say that I haven’t fallen off the face of the planet. I have been busy installing an herb container garden at a restaurant that is about to open. I haven’t felt this much stress since I last took the bar exam, but it has […]

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How to Take Coleus Cuttings

May 5, 2009

Check out Sandy’s instructions for taking cuttings from her coleus plant. She did  a really good job of breaking everything down, step by step with pictures. There are so many awesome varieties of coleus, my top ten favorites are pictured below:

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Life on the Balcony Flickr Group – Inspired by LOTB

May 5, 2009

Have you been inspired by something you saw here at Life on the Balcony? I hope you’ll share a photo of your creation in the Life on the Balcony Flickr group. I can’t wait to see what you guys submit! Be sure to tell us which post you used as a starting point. So far, […]

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How I use my Stove at 1:27am

May 5, 2009

Remember those Lemon Zest petuna containers? I’ve been busy making up containers for clients to give as Mother’s Day gifts. Ah, the joys of burning the candle at both ends…Night guys!

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Jayme’s Favorite Bird Feeder

May 4, 2009

In our interview published earlier this morning, Jayme Jenkins, owner of the (fantastic!) modern home and garden website aHa Modern Living, mentioned that her favorite product is the Perch! Bird Feeder. I bet you’ve never seen a bird feeder like this before! Jayme described it as Jetson-esque, and I definitely can imagine Jane Jetson hanging […]

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