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WILDFLOWER ITINERARIES: Picchetti Ranch

A beautiful wildflower day at Picchetti Ranch!

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C I T I N E R A R Y : Monet, The Late Years

Can you find these paintings? Can you add the missing descriptions? Enjoy your visit to Monet’s art garden! Here you can download the CITINERARY pdf. Monet: The Late Years | de Young museum | February 16–May 27, 2019 The exhibition … Continue reading

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PLANT ITINERARIES: March Valentine!

Missed it in February… found it in March… for hummingbirds… and a late birthday present… and a few more native beauties: Mimulus ‘Valentine’ – Red Valentine Monkeyflower Penstemon eatonii – Firecracker Penstemon Golden Yarrow – Eriophyllum confertiflorum Lewisia cotyledon ‘Elise … Continue reading

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CUPERTINO: Apple Park

Finally made it to the Apple Park Visitor Center… main reason being the Apple Park and the California native plants… and a beautiful park it is with so many manzanitas in bloom!  While at the Visitor Center we’ve augmented our … Continue reading

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PLANT ITINERARIES: More California Natives

Last native plants of the year… THE Ceanothus ‘Centennial’… and a few additions for the butterfly bed&breakfast…  Achillea millefolium ‘Sonoma Coast’  Asclepias speciosa / Showy Milkweed Ceanothus ‘Centennial’ Scutellaria antirrhinoides / Snapdragon skullcap

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HIDDEN VILLA: California Native Plants

If it’s November it is seed sowing time… and the Santa Clara Valley Native Plant Sale for the last planting of the year… got a couple buckeye seeds as well… adding some California Color to the mix… the fall magic … Continue reading

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BLACK FRIDAY: By The Ocean

Black Friday was a mystery we’ve never tried to understand… why does black Friday even exist… not much surprise here… we flee back into the nature… a refreshing rainy day in Point Lobos that helps with the crowd control… we … Continue reading

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PALO ALTO: Overture to a Season

San Francisco Chamber Orchestra‘s Overture to a Season concert in Palo Alto… Michael Gilbertson‘s modern short work inspired by “Ode to Joy”… Overture to a Season… followed by a musical journey through the woods and streams of Beethoven’s sixth symphony… … Continue reading

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HIDDEN VILLA: Native Plant Sale

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If it is October it’s CNPS Santa Clara Valley Native Plant Sale… didn’t find the Ceanothus‘Centennial’… but found five plants to start the California native pots… Penstemon heterophyllus ‘Margarita BOP’ Monardella macrantha ‘Marian Sampson’ Sedum spathulifolium ‘Broad-leaved Stonecrop’ Dudleya caespitosa … Continue reading

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MOVIE NIGHT: Inside Out

Fun family film… refreshing story… in San Francisco… and the story artist is… After young Riley is uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions – Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness – conflict on how … Continue reading

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