zziee ceramics

Published on September 16, 2020January 27, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

The air quality during these unprecedented fires has kept me from my garden for days and days. I finally could not take it anymore and left for the fresh air of the desert. During my visit to Yucca Valley, my daughter treated me to a tour of her ceramics studio. She has been making pottery

Joshua Tree National Park

Published on May 29, 2019September 13, 2020 by weedingwildsuburbia

Last week I went to Yucca Valley to visit my daughter who lives and makes pottery there. Check out her website, zzieeceramics, and Etsy site to see or purchase her pieces. On June 8th and 9th she will be selling her work at the West Coast Craft Fair, so unless you can visit her in

Anza Borrego Wildflowers

Published on February 27, 2019February 27, 2019 by weedingwildsuburbia

It is February 27th and I am having the hardest time pulling myself away from Michael Cohen’s testimony to Congress. But this is not a political blog – oh no! And so with all of the willpower that I can muster, I opened my Lightroom file to last week’s wildflower trip to Anza Borrego. Here

Carrizo Plain Wildflower Trip

Published on April 27, 2017April 27, 2017 by weedingwildsuburbia

News reports – international, national and local – of a wildflower superbloom this spring were not overstated. Although we visited the Mojave and Joshua Tree, Anza-Borrego and now Carrizo Plain, I don’t think that we made it to any spot on the “peakest” day. Nevertheless, the wilds of California are always beautiful, and flowers were plentiful.

Desert Wildflower Trip #1

Published on March 6, 2017March 6, 2017 by weedingwildsuburbia

Early March Yes we did make it out to the desert – a bit early for the wildflowers however. Since we were visiting our daughter and her boyfriend in Yucca Valley we decided to try to stay on the north side of Joshua Tree National Park. From what I have been hearing Anza-Borrego would have

Native Plant Garden Tour

Published on March 4, 2017March 4, 2017 by weedingwildsuburbia

Everyone is talking about this year’s heavy rains, and the promise they bring of spectacular wildflower displays throughout the state. I will be taking some wildflower trips – hopefully starting this weekend – and will post about these as time allows. Our native plant gardens have also responded to the life-sustaining and cleansing rains. There is no better way to experience wonderful

Parks & Gardens Featuring CA Native Plants

Published on January 22, 2017January 22, 2017 by weedingwildsuburbia

Nothing like a rainy day to get me to check and correct info on this website! I spent the day converting an old pdf file of “Where to See Native Plants” to a new and hopefully more accurate webpage of Parks & Gardens Featuring CA Native Plants. This all came about because I forget to include the

New native gardens are popping up

Published on January 17, 2017January 15, 2021 by weedingwildsuburbia

During my walks around the city of South Pasadena, I frequently come across new low water-use, native plant landscapes that I have not seen before. Surprised, I ask myself, “When did this happen?” That is just what occurred a couple of weeks ago. Check out these wonderful before and after pictures that I was able to