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Garden Designers Roundtable – Favorite Gardens

by Rebecca Sweet 23 April 2012

The topic for this month’s Garden Designers Roundtable is Garden Travel/Best Gardens.  While I immediately thought of the many beautiful gardens I’ve seen on my travels, there’s one that I’ve recently had the pleasure of visiting, and one that I can’t get out of my mind.  It’s a private garden here in Northern California, created [...]

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New friends, chickens and wine – a perfect afternoon!

by Rebecca Sweet 27 February 2012

One of the benefits of speaking at different garden clubs is the chance to meet their members and visit their beautiful gardens.  One such person is Bonnie Manion, whom I met at the La Jolla Village Garden Club last fall. After a morning of touring gardens, we ended our day at Bonnie’s home where we [...]

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DIG Garden Nursery – A new Santa Cruz treasure!

by Rebecca Sweet 8 January 2011

If you’re a gardener who loves succulents, contemporary design, chickens, canning, birds, living walls and books, then this Northern California garden shop is the place for YOU.  Just over a year old, DIG a much needed refuge from the more ordinary and commonplace garden shops which dot the coast. Cara and Will Meyers (who also [...]

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Ranting with Garden Rant….

by Rebecca Sweet 12 September 2009

My ‘Moment of Fame’ as a guest blogger on Garden Rant…thinking of raising chickens? Read on…

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