Californians, let's get real: It's time to kiss your super-thirsty lawn goodbye. Did you catch Flora chatting about this on KQED? Or The New York Times weighing in on "How to Fall Out of Love With Your Lawn"? Everybody's talking about gorgeous ways to replace your grass with low-water landscapes.
One of Flora's favorite things is to help dear friends with their gardens, and this glorious front garden is close to her heart. It's the home of Oakland artist Terri Loewenthal, and together they've built a wild and vibrant collection of plants that shelters Terri's house and welcomes visitors.
If you’ve spent any time here at Flora Grubb Gardens, you’ve most likely experienced the warmth, plant genius, and general fabulousness of our beloved Clarke de Mornay. Now take a peek into Clarke’s own gorgeously detailed and eclectic home garden, a paradise for plant collectors!
A dreamy tropical vacation may not be in the cards right now, but there's no shortage of reasons to get away from it all. We're feeling all the lush jungle feels down here at FGG. So many plants that love our Bay Area climate also have a distinctly tropical look.
Here at FGG we've always believed that outdoor time is crucial to health and wellness. Now during these pandemic months, gardens are truly becoming extensions of our homes: the sanctuary, the dining room, the playground, the workspace.
Behind a door on an alley South of Market in San Francisco, at the end of a narrow passageway, our own merchandising magician Jim Kumiega cultivates a secret green enclave in a tiny courtyard.
Urban gardening often involves working with narrow, confined spaces and odd-shaped borders. Here’s a bit of small garden inspiration for you as you look to plan garden beds in challenging tight-squeeze spots.
Lots of us here in the Bay are working with limited outdoor space, but even the tiniest square of air can become a garden, like this lovely little SF stoop.
If you’re planning an urban garden in a small space, pots and containers are a great practical way to incorporate a lot of plants and achieve layers and levels in your design.
Autumn is grevillea bloom time! We love these plants for their exotic, shimmery flowers that attract bees and birds over a long blooming season. Among low-water plants, grevilleas can't be beat for their big bright flowers.
We all know San Francisco has lots of fabulous quirks, and the climate is one of the weirdest. For visitors and newcomers, our weather can be a puzzle, but for plant nerds (like all of us here at Flora Grubb Gardens), this particular puzzle is what makes San Francisco a gardening paradise.
In this secluded oasis designed by the fabulous Daniel Nolan, contrasting textures play off each other to beautiful effect, soft and sculptural shapes working in harmony to create a lush, artful design.
Many of us at Flora Grubb Gardens love to cut from our gardens to bring nature inside. This is the time of year when we celebrate mothers, so why not give Mom, or another nurturer in your life, a plant that will deliver bouquets in every season?
My name is Tyson, and I’ve traveled the world in search of rare and elusive aloes and literally worshipped at their feet. This is my manifesto on why aloes are misunderstood, which I believe begins with the ubiquitousness of Aloe vera. Let’s shatter the preconception that all aloes somehow fall into this single category and come to truly appreciate the versatility of the genus Aloe.
Spring is here (at last!) and we know you're dying to get into your garden, so how about indulging our latest plant obsession: The magical, multi-talented ALOE. Here are eight reasons you should be obsessed with aloes, too.
One of our favorite gardens from designer Daniel Nolan is also one of the most simple. Nolan used bold forms and contrasting colors, leaving ample negative space for each plant to shine.