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Bay Area Tendrils Garden Travel

http://BayAreaTendrils.blogspot.com

A garden travel blog that reveals a trove of historical gardens & contemporary public spaces in the U.S., Canada & Europe, with musings on landscape design, the gardening world, architecture & art. Written by the author of INSIDERS' Guides, cultivating her own little patch in the Bay Area.

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  • Santa Monica Hideaway - The Ambrose

    Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 16:33 in los angeles destinations

    The Ambrose HotelBefitting the Southern California locale, in-ground and container plantings are enlivened by colorful, textural succulents & cycads.Santa Monica is a seaside town - an 8-square-mile community tucked within the city limits of Lo...

  • Santa Monica Sunset

    Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 11:19 in los angeles destinations

    Sipping a cup of peppermint tea at sunset in Santa Monica.My home base: The Ambrose, a lovely, LEED-EB certified hotel.Link to The Ambrose on Bay Area Tendrils Hotels & Inns- column on the right -More to follow! ...

  • Adieu to Malibu .. Adamson House Part III

    Posted on Saturday November 21st, 2009 at 12:23 in los angeles destinations

    Historic Adamson House Landscape"Malibu's earliest history begins at this site where the Chumash people lived in a thriving village they called Humaliwo meaning,"the surf sounds loudly.""Part III ... final vignettes to say Adieu."Malibu modern his...

  • Brilliantly Patterned Malibu Tile - Historic Adamson House Part II

    Posted on Thursday November 19th, 2009 at 14:12 in garden art, los angeles destinations

    Brilliantly patterned tile work at the Historic Adamson House.Adamson House Entrywaybelow... the Star PoolRich with history, the Malibu Lagoon area is believed by many to trace back to a Chumash Indian village, called Pueblo de las Canoas by the Sp...

  • City of Angels Sojourn - Adamson House, Part I

    Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 15:03 in los angeles destinations

    Dombeya cayeuxii  Adamson House gardens - Malibu, California.On a recent City of Angels sojourn, I encountered the extravagant, dangling blooms of a mature, pink snowball tree. Colorful tiles from the Malibu Potteries adorn historic Adamson...

  • Besotted in Berkeley! UC Botanical Garden

    Posted on Tuesday November 17th, 2009 at 10:07 in botanical gardens, san francisco destinations

    Babiana ringens - the South African baboon flower grows in theSouth Africa - Karoo section of the UC Botanical Garden.The Great Karoo, a region of hot, arid plains: A vast landscape where  an amazing 9000 plant species appear (www.centralkaroo....

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debsgarden

5 stars Deborah Elliott

Thanks for sharing your photos of all these beautiful places. It's a dreary day where I'm at today (Helena, Alabama) with steady rain predicted all day. Since i can't get out in my own garden, it's great to visit others.

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ClaudiaFinn

5 stars Claudia Finn ~ In and Out of the Studio

informative and beautiful blog

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showbusinessman

5 stars Mark

"Villa Adriana - Hadrian's Villa Outside Rome, a bit southwest of the town of Tivoli, the monumental Roman ruins of Villa Adriana stand as a testament to the ambitions and fancies of Emperor Hadrian."
Judging by colour of water, for a long time probably did not change... )))

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