From Your Edible Garden: Go From Terracotta Bowl to Salad Bowl A few edible green things you could EASILY plant in your edible garden container are KALE and CILANTRO. Oh, I know…kale, kale, kale…maybe you think you’ve heard enough about kale to last until the end of your days. I’m with you. But when I…
Contained in our blog, Eye on the Garden, you will find interviews with garden professionals, landscape architects, designers and contractors discussing topics ranging from water conservation, how they choose a particular planter, to their design aesthetic. We also often include a story on one of our manufacturers or a new shipment that has arrived at Eye of the Day. We like to showcase garden related books in a monthly review and share a seasonal recipe and cocktail. Brent shares his wanderings in and out of his garden and we’re always on the lookout for new topics to discuss in Eye on the Garden.
The Truth Behind the Aged Terracotta You Buy
The Truth Behind the Aged Terracotta You Buy If you have read the articles by Scott Semple you now have a good understanding of what makes up terracotta pottery. From Gladding McBean’s stoneware to our Italian frost resistant earthenware containers, at Eye of the Day Garden Design Center we sell high-quality terra cotta products which…
Musing on Design: Bonsai – Tiny Landscaping Using Very Little Water
Musing on Design: Bonsai – Tiny Landscaping Using Very Little Water Eye of the Day’s interest in gardening, plants and outdoor living goes beyond residential and commercial landscape architecture and into a special type of gardening—almost a form of intellectual gardening—with Joe Kalina, a man who is certainly musing on design. Joe is always interested…
How a Landscape Architect Approaches Garden Design During California Drought
Having a sister with a long, successful career as a landscape architect has made it easy to have an ongoing conversation with Sally Farnum about design, client concerns and current issues. We are all especially interested in California’s water problem and wanted to find out how Sally is helping her clients address the issue. Suzi:…
Masterpiece: Virginia Robinson Gardens 27th Annual Garden Tour
FRIENDS OF ROBINSON GARDENS Cordially invite you to our twenty-seventh annual “…into the garden Benefit Tour” Saturday, May 16, 2015, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Grand Marshal Victoria Tennant New this year – Valet Parking Valet parking must be purchased prior to the day of Garden Tour. Virginia Robinson Estate and Tours of Four Exquisite Beverly…
Arugula Sauté: A Weed of the People
A Weed of the People We find vegetable gardening is a little difficult when we can’t water. This is why you need to grow ARUGULA in your garden. It is actually a weed that doesn’t need much water, it grows wild in many parts of Europe, especially Mediterranean areas and it will grow wild in your…
