November 02, 2018
Light-diffusing Petals and Ellsworth Kelly at Blanton Museum
Light-filtering, tulip-shaped structures called the Petals shade the plaza at the Blanton Museum, home to Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin chapel …
Botanical beauties in Patrick Puckett’s Western Civ. exhibition
Patrick Puckett’s richly colored, botanical-background portraits of women gaze straight out of the frame at the viewer …
Profusion of pink cactus flowers
When the heat is on in a Texas summer, this mammillaria cactus puts on a crown of candy-pink, satin-petaled flowers …
Kehinde Wiley’s floral, haunting Archaeology of Silence
The supersized scale, botanical backdrops, and haunting poses of Kehinde Wiley’s portraits make for a powerful viewing experience …
Indulge an orange crush with Mexican flame vine
Mexican flame vine exploded in fall with pumpkin-orange flowers that drew in bees and butterflies like bears to honey …
Read This: Visionary: Gardens and Landscapes for Our Future
Featuring 80 climate-responsive gardens worldwide, luminously photographed with perspicacious descriptions, Visionary is a masterpiece …
Front-yard gardens and free spirits in Houston’s Heights
During a walk through the Heights neighborhood in north Houston last month, amid the derecho cleanup I saw cheerful cottage gardens in bloom …
Contemporary re-use in landscaping at San Antonio’s Pearl
The old Pearl Brewery in San Antonio is today a shopping/dining complex along the River Walk, with green, landscaped public plazas …
Early summer garden scenes in Austin
What I’m admiring on walks around the neighborhood and in my own garden as the Austin summer heats up. These plants love the heat …
More faux bois at San Antonio River Walk and Witte Museum
Exploring San Antonio’s River Walk, Witte Museum, and the Alamo, looking for faux bois and cocktails along the way …
Drive-By Gardens: Contemporary, lawn-gone front yard
June 12, 2024 I walked by this home in my northwest Austin ‘hood the other day and — bam! — the landscaping stopped me in my tracks. A silver-green planting of whale’s tongue agave, woolly stemodia, and grassy Lindheimer nolina (I think) makes a textural, deer-resistant welcome to this 1970s …
Storybook Hutsell houses in Dallas’s historic Lakewood
June 10, 2024 Do you ever cruise through an interesting neighborhood, gawking at houses? I love to. While in Dallas a few weeks ago, I detoured through historic Lakewood to gawk at its storybook houses. Around 50 Lakewood homes were built by architect Clifford D. Hutsell in the 1920s and ’30s …
North Haven Gardens nursery in Dallas
For more than 70 years, North Haven Gardens has been a resource for plants and supplies for gardeners in north Dallas. Here’s my tour …
Cindy Bolz’s Asian-style garden of Japanese maples
Cindy Bolz loves Japanese maples and is growing sixty — sixty! — in her serene, Asian-style garden in Farmers Branch, Texas …
