Debra Prinzing

A shed in the city

admin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:05:51 +0000

Seattle’s historic Georgetown settlement isn’t really known for being a residential neighborhood, but rather for the fact that a freeway runs through it, a bunch of warehouses populate its main...

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These green walls will blow your mind

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:57:22 +0000

Designed in Los Angeles, fabricated in Kansas, and soon to hang on a wall near you, the Woolly Pocket is a soft-sided planting envelope that makes it possible to have a lush wall of vegetation...

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Winter beauty: A California native landscape

admin — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:54:32 +0000

Katherine Greenberg is a passionate native plant expert whose naturalistic landscape in the East Bay community of Lafayette has inspired hundreds of tourgoers and garden club students who have taken...

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A contemplative season: two essays for winter

admin — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:36:31 +0000

I’ve been contributing to a fabulous daily blog called “Lifestyle Insights. Real Women. Real Life,” which a group of us launched last September. It’s something completely...

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Gardens under glass

admin — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:37:09 +0000

An amazing garden under glass, The Phipps Conservatory is a delightful destination in the heart of urban Pittsburgh. I visited last week when the outdoor daytime weather averaged 20-degrees...

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Garden Field Trip: Descanso Gardens, Los Angeles

admin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:17:50 +0000

Camellias are oh-so-beautiful, delicate and almost porcelain-like in their perfection. On the day after Christmas, my parents and I visited Los Angeles’s most established camellia collection at...

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Keeyla Meadows colors her garden world

admin — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 07:00:48 +0000

Note: A version of this Q&A appeared earlier this week in “LA At Home,” the Los Angeles Times’ daily home and garden blog. Los Angeles native Keeyla Meadows lives in Berkeley...

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Better Homes & Gardens and me

admin — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:59:22 +0000

On Nov. 30th, I took one of the only direct flights from LAX to Des Moines, Iowa (on Allegiant Air), arriving in the Midwest around 8 p.m. Susan picked me up at the airport and whisked me off to her...

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Rolling Greens nursery and garden emporium comes to Hollywood

admin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:14:04 +0000

Last Thursday, a vintage tire shop in the heart of Hollywood was the setting for a festive pre-opening bash thrown by Rolling Greens, its new tenant. Designers, landscapers and horticulture fans...

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A visit to Sharon Lovejoy’s garden shed

admin — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:18:58 +0000

In the middle of last week, when I really didn’t have the time to do it, I drove northbound, to central California, where I spent 24 hours with talented writer-illustrator-naturalist Sharon...

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