06-04-2016

Garden outside Goebel Senior Adult Center in Thousand Oaks

Quercus sp. in background

Achillea millefolium, Mimulus aurantiacus, and Salvia clevelandii

Cercidium x 'Desert Museum'

Teucrium fruticans 'Azureum' in foreground Ceanothus 'Ray Hartman' in midground Bulbine frutescens, Salvia clevelandii, and Heteromeles arbutifolia in background

In background, Ceanothus 'Ray Hartman' on left and Acacia cognata on right

Senecio cineraria and Fig 'Improved Brown Turkey'

Helleborus x hybrid and Berberis aquifolium 'Compacta' in foreground

Bryan "blending in"

04-02-2016

Visit to Santa Barbara Botanic Garden



Wildflower meadow near entrance

Redwood section

Keep octopus on leash (although if your octupus is on land, leash should be least of your concerns)

Baccharis pilularis maze

Fence around tea house garden

Ferns in southern CA are pleasantly startling.