Recently, Kylee from Our Little Acre dug up an old project of Jodi DeLong’s called “Where in the World Are YOU.” I thought I would pipe in and share a little bit about the city I live in and my garden.
I live in a city called Long Beach in southern California. In Californian parlance, LB (or “The LBC”) is about 30 minutes south of Los Angeles so long as there isn’t any traffic. In many other states, Long Beach’s 500,000 residents would make it the first or second largest city in the state. But in California, it’s only the 6th largest city, and our close proximity to LA often leaves us in their shadow. Nonetheless, while Long Beach may not be as well known as it should be, it is still a great place to live.
Long Beach has all of the big city amenities people want with lots of smaller town charm. We have a major university (California State University, Long Beach), several great shopping areas (2nd St, Pine Ave, The Pike), great restaurants, many great cultural events/venues (Long Beach Blues Festival and The Carpenter Center, to name a two), two good sized museums (Long Beach Museum of Art and The Latin American Museum of Art), lots of great parks and one gigantic one (El Dorado Park), and plenty of interesting architecture (The Pyramid, Rancho Los Alamitos & Cerritos, two Greene & Greene homes, and whole neighborhoods full of Craftsman style homes…). Long Beach also has award winning public schools, close-knit neighborhoods, lots of mom-and-pop shops and residents who are passionate about their city.
Oh yeah, and we have miles of white sand beaches and one of the greatest climates in the world. Within an hour’s drive you can get to some of the best surfing spots in the world, great skiing/snowboarding, high desert spots for off-roading, and many different awesome hiking areas. There is a reason it costs an arm and a leg to live in southern California! Though Long Beach is more affordable than other beach cities nearby.
Here is a short video I made of my tiny little patio garden and some shots from a favorite spot near my apartment:
After uploading the video I realized I called the white dome behind the Queen Mary the Epcott Center. I don’t know what I was thinking! The Epcott Center is obviously in Florida. The white dome used to house the Spruce Goose, now it is a terminal for a cruise line based out of Long Beach.
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I envy you your Moro blood orange and your aeoniums – going to Huntington made me a complete nut over aeoniums and some other succulents I can’t grow here. I also envy you your beaches! we have some pretty fine woods and river here, but there’s nothing like the ocean.
Fun visiting your balcony – and your pipe system for strawberry pots must surely work, since you’ve got water-hungry basil in it.
Pomona–I just planted the Moro. Can’t wait to taste! Are you ever in So Cal? I’d be happy to share!
How fun to see your balcony garden and the vista in your part of the country. SO different from mine, isn’t it? Thanks for the mention here, Fern!
Hey was that pineapple mint the one I told you to cut back to the ground? If it is, it looked like it is working and it is coming back well.
It was fun to visit your garden. Good job.
Sure is Theresa! Thanks for the good advice!
Kylee–Thank *you* for bringing the Where in the World… project to our attention!
that all looks so familiar to me
keep up the great work, the garden is rockin’!
How fun to see where you live, Fern! I lived in Laguna Beach for a few years, but didn’t explore Long Beach much…looks like I missed out! Great balcony garden, too – you’ve definitely maximized every square inch, haven’t you!! Just lovely….
You’ve inspired me to do a “Where in the World is Anarchy in the Garden!”
PS, I loved that you said Epcott Center. So cute!
Can’t wait to see it, even though I’ve seen your (fabulous) garden in person.
i realy enjoy your videos and your garden and i hope to see more