Thursday, June 11, 2009

IF ANYONE IS WATCHING MY BLOG...................I APOLOGIZE FOR THE LONG DELAY. I HAVE BEEN VERY INVOLVED THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS WITH WORK AND A MUCH NEEDED VACATION. I HAVE MANY PHOTOS AND EXPERIENCES TO SHARE.
YESTERDAY I WAS READING HEATHER BULLARD' BLOG (ONE OF MY FAVORITES http://www.heatherbullard.typepad.com/] AND HER DISCOVERY OF POTTED SUCCULENTS AT THE LONG BEACH FLEA. WHILE IN LA A FEW WEEKS AGO I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF TOURING A GORGEOUS GARDEN CONSISTING OF ALMOST ALL SUCCULENTS. THE GARDEN IS THE SOLE CREATION OF A LOCAL INTERIOR DESIGNER. I TOO WAS SKEPTICAL AT FIRST BUT THE RESULTS WERE NOTHING SHORT OF SPECTACULAR!!!!
AS YOU PEERED DEEPER INTO THE GARDEN NESTLED TREASURES COULD BE FOUND...A PEACOCK CHAIR, AN ARRAY OF GARDEN SCULPTURES, FOUNTAINS AND A CEREMONIAL ALTAR!!!!
I DO NOT THINK I WOULD BE ABLE TO CREATE THIS GARDEN IN OHIO BUT IN LA WHERE WATER IS SCARCE...THIS IS THE PERFECT SOLUTION!!!
KUDOS TO IT'S CREATOR THANKS AGAIN FOR THE TOUR.

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  1. Hello Sogni!
    So nice to see you here today. Hope all is well in your world. The succulent garden you share is spectacular! Thank you.

    Maybe you will also be interested in these two gardens that also have succulent gardens within.

    Lotusland (Ganna Walska's) in Montecito.
    http://www.lotusland.org/
    &
    In San Marino, the Huntington Gardens dessert garden:
    http://www.huntington.org

    /huntingtonlibrary.aspx?id=494

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