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Alison Gordon

Our friend Alison Gordon died this week and the shock of it is only beginning to hit. The depth of the hole she left in so many people's lives is hard to describe. I was a friend, not an intimate but we told each other intimate...

February 13, 2015

In Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Life, Marjorie's Travels, Uncategorized, Winter

Winter garden bring thoughts of travel in Italy

I've now had enough time to digest the amazing trip to Italy we took this past year. The Tuscan Valley is magnificent of course but I had never seen it in early autumn and it was, as always, a huge revelation. One revelation was: don't...

January 5, 2013

In Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Life, Marjorie's Travels, Plants, Winter

Christmas Gifts for Gardeners

I was on CBC's Fresh Air with Karen Gordon this morning and here's what we discussed: * Gardener's Handscrub from Crabtree & Evelyn which you can find at any decent dept. store. The scrub makes your hands feel soft as well as clean. Around $20 * O'Keefe's...

December 22, 2012

In Marjorie's Life, Marjorie's Travels, Uncategorized

New York after the storm part two

It is seriously odd, discombobulating to be in a city so besieged by problems that is, at the same time, so very normal. I suspect this is being a tourist. We carry on in a perfectly ordinary touristy way by going the museums and then...

November 9, 2012

In Marjorie's Life, Marjorie's Travels, Uncategorized, Winter

CALIFORNIA 3

California has been perfect. The highlight of the past few weeks has been to go to the seal rookery where hundreds of bay seals are giving birth to pups. They keep the pups on this beach for a few weeks teaching them all the tricky...

March 7, 2012

In Design, Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Life, Marjorie's Travels, Uncategorized, Winter

California Too

It's been a bonanza week in the bay here at the Carp. The other day hundreds of pelicans showed up chasing a school of fish dive-bombing them, making a snatch and then wheeling around the sky. It was astounding to watch that many birds all...

February 26, 2012

In Combinations, Marjorie's Life, Marjorie's Travels, perennials, Plants, Spring

California Dreaming

After the thrill of having magazines pieces on my garden in Garden Design and Zoomer mgazine, it's a good thing we're here in California where spring has already sprung. Our area is Carpinteria fondly known as The Carp. Our building is run by Heidi and...

February 12, 2012

In Design, Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Travels, perennials, Plants, Uncategorized, Winter

Garden Trends 5 and on

Winter has come properly decked out finally and I'm continuing to be fascinated by thinking about where our gardens are going in the next year or so. 5. An emphasis on trees. More conferences, more concern about their condition especially for native trees. Finally we are getting...

January 30, 2012

In Design, Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Travels, perennials, Plants, Winter

TRENDS 2012

TRENDS are sprouting all over the internet and garden trends are going to be featured here over the next while. But first, here's what my formerly pleasant street street now looks like. They are changing the 1880s sewer and water pipes and it's like living...

January 21, 2012

In Marjorie Suggests, Marjorie's Life, Marjorie's Travels, Plants, Plants in my Garden

Autumn news

I have been so remiss because I've been trying to finish THRIFTY GARDENING FROM THE GROUND UP. On CBC's Fresh Air this morning, I mentioned the newsletter. If you get in touch with me I'll put you on the list and send a link to the...

October 2, 2011