tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47575976152908165902024-02-19T07:13:18.450-08:00plantspeopleinspired by plants and people everydayplants peoplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14161854261131536816noreply@blogger.comBlogger185125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757597615290816590.post-82478051393696494592017-02-20T20:17:00.001-08:002017-02-20T20:26:08.446-08:0010 Plants for Color is here!! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am so happy to announce, after a long hiatus, that we did it! I am thrilled to have partnered with Helen Krayenhoff, an incredible nurserywoman, watercolorist and textile artists to publish "10 Plants for Color: A Simple Guide to Growing and Using Dye Plants." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Just in time for indoor seed starting and spring planting, we are thrilled to announce the release of <i>10 Plants for Color: a Simple Guide to Growing and Using Natural Dye Plants. </i></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> This is a great choice for the gardener who has never tried dyeing and the dyer who has never tried gardening and all those in between. Full of information for natural dyeing and gardening, this book describes each plant with cultural and historic info, how to start plants from seed, and much more — complemented by <span class="il">Helen</span>'s beautiful illustrations. There are dye recipes for each plant and helpful hints gained from years of our collective gardening and dyeing experience.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Join us at an upcoming event in Berkeley: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">March 12 | <a href="http://ecologycenter.org/events/10-plants-for-color-author-talk-and-demonstration/">http://ecologycenter.org/events/10-plants-for-color-author-talk-and-demonstration/</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">April 1 | <a href="http://berkeleyhort.com/events/natural-dyes-plants-garden/">http://berkeleyhort.com/events/natural-dyes-plants-garden/</a></span><br />
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plants peoplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14161854261131536816noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757597615290816590.post-42750701577664877592015-05-27T13:21:00.000-07:002015-05-27T13:22:23.384-07:00UNFARMED: Plum Leaf Dye<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I was thrilled to be a part of a very neat project called UNFARMED. The wonderful video making couple Alana and Paul came over and we spent two days making plum leave dye and sewing an outfit for the little one. Click on the caption to view the short film they made. Thank you! </div>
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plants peoplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14161854261131536816noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757597615290816590.post-72891862915420798512014-04-09T08:16:00.003-07:002014-04-09T08:16:44.315-07:00VERDANT COLOR<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I'm so happy to announce the release of a series of articles from the Bay area natural dye community 'Verdant Color.' I was inspired by old journals that the Brooklyn Botanic Garden used to publish on dyeing and thought we needed something from the Bay Area to show the wealth of knowledge we have and the cutting edge experimentation that is going on right now. It's the first publication from 'plantspeople' and I hope it will become an yearly one.<br />
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I hope that you will enjoy the journal. It is available online for free via ISSUU. If you would like to purchase a print copy you can contact me directly:<br />
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plants peoplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14161854261131536816noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757597615290816590.post-66454819624279028052013-12-17T12:45:00.001-08:002013-12-21T10:53:24.060-08:00Deepavali Marandhu (Diwali Medicine) <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Perhaps the season has somewhat passed for this post, but I'm going forward anyhow because this is one of my favorite subjects and a favorite pursuit of mine. Each year during Deepavali my mom would pull our a strange jar of something that resembled tar and give each of us a spoonful. It was Diwali medicine and supposed to be good for health and taken to mitigate the over consumption of sweets. It might be worth bringing up now because I know I've been over indulging in Christmas cookies, persimmon puddings, peppermint barks and the like! I never liked the taste of this stuff this growing up, but enjoyed the ritual. Now as an adult I found myself so curious about this medicine, its ingredients and preparation. I gave my mom an assignment on her last visit to Chidambaram, the small town in Tamil Nadu where my family home is. I asked her to find out the recipe for Deepavali marandhu and bring home the raw ingredients. It brings together 6 herbs with honey, nei (ghee) and vellum (jaggery/raw cane sugar) the recipe will come in the next post, but for now here are the ingredients. Other recipes also include cumin, cardamom, and black pepper corns. Some recipes also include poppy seeds, clove and turmeric. </div>
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A sharp alternative to the usual pepper corns, Indian Long Pepper was another spice that set the world to wars over its discovery</td></tr>
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Various species in the Smilax genus are used world wide as medicines. Sarsparilla comes from one related species. </td></tr>
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plants peoplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14161854261131536816noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757597615290816590.post-997060167501438772013-07-06T10:25:00.002-07:002013-07-06T10:26:30.425-07:00Back at the UC Botanical Garden- 6 month retrospective<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It's a wonderful feeling to be back at the <a href="http://www.botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/">UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley</a> in a part time role as the Program Coordinator. I have the great privilege to put together workshops on a variety of topics ranging from orchid propagation and care to jam making, natural dyeing, compost building, tea tasting and so many more.<br />
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For those of you who have not visited, the Garden is situated on 34 acres in the beautiful Strawberry Canyon just above Berkeley. We are a non-profit institution and living museum housing over 12, 000 different kinds of plants that are distinctively grown from wild collected seed or plant material.<br />
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Everyday the Garden is changing and it is ever inspiring for me to head out there and experience it. Whether you are a gardener, photographer, textile designer, chef, teacher, child or just looking to relax and tour the Garden always has something beautiful to offer and teach. I highly recommend a membership so you can experience the Garden year round and come to our many many special events.<br />
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Here's a collection or plants, events and other photos I've been taking over the course of the past 6 months. Enjoy!<br />
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this has been one of my favorite plants for years and is in the arid house<br />
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teaching a chai workshop in the most ideal of all settings - the tropical house! </div>
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design inspiration, love the structural eryngium with the lacy soft plant in the background<br />
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using my "iphoneography" skills from a workshop at the Garden on my precious puppies.<br />
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a gorgeous plant in our special plant sale silent auction<br />
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a lucky day: on an evening photo shoot with my all time favorite garden photographer <a href="http://www.marionbrenner.com/">marion brenner</a>.<br />
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the gorgeous "fried egg" plant.<br />
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a blooming terrestrial orchid from Asia<br />
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one of the garden's residents<br />
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the celebrity Puya chilensis. spectacular.<br />
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my favorite rhodie<br />
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this little stunner from Southern Africa<br />
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my new office mates - silk worms!<br />
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to die for.<br />
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succulents all ready for our mother's day tea celebration and succulent crafting<br />
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the bouquets made at an incredible workshop with Svenja Brotz of <a href="http://www.chestnutandvine.com/">Chestnut & Vine</a><br />
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Our Tokyo Cherry Tree dedication ceremony. Horticulturist Elaine Sedlack wrote haiku on the paper blossoms that each guest read to welcome this tree into the collection.<br />
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a gorgeous dye find - the wild mediterranean olive!<br />
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Hi Friends!<br />
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Don't know who is reading out there, but I wanted to announce my website:<br />
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<a href="http://www.plantspeople.org/">www.plantspeople.org</a><br />
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It's still a bit in progress. It was created lovingly in our home office: designed and authored and photographed by me and built by my wonderful G, but it's live and tells you a bit more about what I do. The aim for plantspeople is to educate the public on the many wonderful uses of plants. This is manifested through workshops (permaculture, natural dye, ethnobotany, cooking, etc..), through gardening focusing on dye, edible, medicinal and native plants, and through integrative design applied to textiles, flora, art, tamilian culture and more! It's all new and growing and very exciting.<br />
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Please don't hesitate to get in touch with any dye, plant, garden or culinary questions! Or about anything else. Thank you all for staying in touch and I hope you'll continue reading!<br />
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Gratefully yours,<br />
Deepa Preeti Natarajan<br />
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plants peoplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14161854261131536816noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757597615290816590.post-24091192853863784992012-11-08T10:21:00.001-08:002012-11-08T10:43:27.067-08:00KAI-WA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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it's so wonderful when you come across a vegetable you have never seen or eaten before growing superbly in your local environment. this unusual vegetable is <i>Cyclanthera pedata </i>known as Caigua and pronounced kai-wa. it is largely grown in south america where it's been depicted for thousands of years in peruvian ceramics. in the Andes it is called "pepino de rellenar" translated to a stuffing cucumber.<br />
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the fruits are often eaten cooked or picked, but can be eaten raw.<br />
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this plant is also found in the himalayas and is called <i>kichipoktho</i> in Bhutan.<br />
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we're growing this plant at the Merritt College permaculture garden and the vine is just absolutely thriving. hopefully we will save some seed this winter and begin propagation to distribute the plant in more bay area gardens. please leave a comment or get in touch if you have any information on this one!<br />
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here's my experiment having it for lunch!<br />
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The Bay Area never ceases to amaze me with its rich beauty, culture and community. Having moved here to be a part of a botanical garden and steeping myself into the plant world for the past 7 years I just simply cannot understand why my first visit to the <a href="http://www.nativeplants.org/">Tilden Botanic Garden</a> was only last month! </div>
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The garden is laid out with respect to California's diverse floristic province. </div>
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Pack a lunch, bring a book or sketch pad and spend a few hours in this garden. You will truly feel transported to another world and ever inspired by the beauty of our CA native plants. </div>
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i've been dyeing for a while now, but i have had little or no garden space in the places i've lived so i have met neighbors to harvest dye plants, collected material from community and public gardens that i've worked in and done the occasional foraging from trees and shrubs in my local environment. </div>
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this summer i had my first taste of garden to garment using all dyes i had grown in my backyard. this experience was more than divine and gave me a deep appreciation for the slow process of creating regenerative textiles. </div>
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now that the <b>plantspeople</b> garden is in progress i look forward to growing many dyes to use and share. stay tuned! </div>
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This summer G and I took the California Zephyr to from Emeryville to Chicago and back. It was a memorable experience that I recommend to all. </div>
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Here's the first of what I think will become a series of "To-do" list posts. I'm getting ready to head out on an epic train journey across the country with G from Emeryville to Chicago on the California Zephyr. Stay tuned for train posts! I'm looking forward to the slow pace, the beautiful scenery and the people.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://juliavasic.portableshops.com/">Julia Vasic's Conscious Luxury Line</a></span></b></div>
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Join in on this great event that will gather stories and photos of you and your clothes. What makes them special, useful, easy to weare & care for. Kate Fletcher the mastermind behind this project is an innovator and consultant for sustainable fashion in the UK- it's a special treat to have her in the Bay Area.</div>
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Last weekend was the launch of the Natural Discourse installation at the Garden and it was amazing. There are many different artists from various disciplines who have put together exhibits throughout the garden. Don't miss the Mary Ann Friel's <i>Water Pavilion</i>. As a companian to Jane Flint's <i>Publishing Outside the Book </i>series of poem's I wrote an interpretive walk of papermaking plants found in the Garden. You can view the guide <a href="https://doc-0c-9c-docsviewer.googleusercontent.com/viewer/securedownload/i1o2dsj15pi0eg57or5n4p2nng8pcecr/n9ee0blhkeca37ftjasbl62ggda1ods3/1342627200000/Z21haWw=/AGZ5hq-qPI8i1_kZXkP-eOku0zk_/MTM4ODYyMTRiNDM5M2ZkOHwwLjE=?docid=f2cde2913ccd3c58591e828d91c6c330%7Cf0e73eceb525c11db0e4cb602a2d76c7&chan=EgAAAAtpoz6jYP%2BuGGSXEOPC7ER88puOdm4DTJ4DxJFHEWxk&sec=AHSqidYIuE8-pgDp_zMhQd89agA7qWOmSX_QRJajdONAs-EL_A4Qt6hPOsKgu959rNsLJyXJ8vtEbFD1TuZ60HO771xFgJppQnrULuuOqxWU95P958eUgqCHk6-TvYawG1U0Gr59xcQjfjuA7YP_AuZIs6Oy3EUePZnUDOQdwdd46wxvgANGyXW1b1hu6ryytuGCo12v314PSxf2fSC5cf8kOAVGLqyTm2CVuGcR13MGkQKm8-ikrpGKSDuvyiAzcUVyJKHxMuCUjif64QiBYWty5tJKVIPnkgFYi8RSx8Bk4vdqjdipP3tg_GWfXXJeqq0r558rmkB4poVk0PQbckB3DUIwt1zhBj-ZNCWnIzFfhsbx_lqAS4uHehF8eH8kaR_dxy384FU9xHU7c_ovUg-C_1a9hccGzA&a=gp&filename=Publishing+Outside+the+Book.pdf&nonce=mvoskqcsvaore&user=AGZ5hq-qPI8i1_kZXkP-eOku0zk_&hash=rsjns8f83ucuua4m8gla4ahascre55ga">here</a> and take it with you. While you're there take a peak at the Plants for Dyes bed in the Herb Garden.</div>
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This is a MUST for the natural dyer who would like to learn how to turn your beautiful dyes into mediums for silk screening. Helena is an amazing artist and I got to accompany her on a foray to select some urban street side plants to use for dye in this workshop.</div>
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I'll be teaching a 4 hour introductory workshop on natural dyes as a partnership with the institute of Urban Homesteading. Please come! </div>
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</div>plants peoplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14161854261131536816noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757597615290816590.post-16123379949224629462012-06-24T09:40:00.006-07:002012-06-24T09:40:58.884-07:00Inspiration: A collection of Victory Garden posters from the web<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My love of plants has led me on a beautiful journey to learn about medicine, color, cloth, and many other applications of plants. Recently papermaking has been coming up in all sorts of conversations and events. Paper, like cloth and color, is something most of us use every single day and take for granted. Just like the industrial textile industry, papermaking can be an extremely exploitative, chemical laden and environmentally damaging industry. I had the chance to take a two part workshop with paper-maker extraordinaire <a href="http://www.jagoodman.com/">Julia Goodman</a>. If you haven't seen Julia's unbelievably beautiful beet papyrus check it out - she just had a great show at 18 reasons. We watched a Japanese documentary on traditional papermaking. They say "if you're angry, the paper will not turn out" and "you must be peaceful and happy for the paper to come out beautiful." I really kept that sentiment with me. Papermaking can be a very easy and rewarding process. And you can make a simple filter (Deckle box) out of tin cans and window screens. We used abaca (<i>Musa textilis) </i> and cotton (<i>Gossypium)</i> pulp that came from <a href="http://www.magnoliaeditions.com/">Magnolia Editions.</a> You can imbed beautiful dried flowers, photos, yarns, or anything else into the paper - let the experimentation begin! </div>plants peoplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14161854261131536816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757597615290816590.post-55043260007010022392012-05-23T11:10:00.000-07:002012-05-23T11:10:02.901-07:00Colors of Nature<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I'm only sharing this one pic today, but I really think it captures alot. I've been working with this simple Shibori pattern and after the eclipse I realize why this simple beautiful resist is so evocative - it looks just like the partial solar eclipse!<br />
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This is a photo from a Natural Dye workshop held at the UC Botanical Garden in Berkeley, one of my most favorite places. The silk scarf is dyed with eucalyptus leaves with a post-dip in an iron bath. The bright orange red is from madder root. Enjoy! </div>plants peoplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14161854261131536816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757597615290816590.post-81797892821433817242012-04-22T08:13:00.001-07:002012-04-22T08:13:14.074-07:00oak gall dye<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Last week we gathered some friends and dyed some fabric with these gorgeous oak galls that a friend harvested up in Ukiah. Oak galls are growths on oak trees created by interaction of the plant hormones with the chemicals the wasp deposits. The wasps lay their eggs in the newly formed leaf buds and the gall results. The gall is a contained space for the wasp's larvae to hatch and a food source for the larvae. The dye has been historically used across Europe and the Americas to create ink and brown, grey, and black dyes. Because the galls have alot of tannic acid they were used for tanning animal leathers. We dyed some cotton sheets and some silk scarves over a wood burning stove.<br />
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Last month we had the good fortune to have our friend Kacie lead us in an evening of seaweeds. Seaweeds are a type of algae and some are deliciously edible and very nutritious! Kacie learned how to harvest seaweed on the east coast and now lives in the Bay Area where she harvests from the Mendocino coast. Kacie's burgeoning business <a href="http://www.shesellsseaweed.com/">SheSellsSeaweed</a> is a great resource for purchasing ethically harvested seaweeds and a source for great recipes. Seaweeds have many minerals that are not found in any other sources and have properties known to fight cancer. During our session we learned about these properties and we got to prepare a delicious feast together. I never knew that you could so easily incorporate seaweed into such a variety of dishes! </div>
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<i>We sauteed the apples in butter and cinnamon sugar then added the dulce, which wilted beautifully over the apples. this was the filling that we put inside phyllo dough and then baked in the oven for 25 minutes or so. dulce was probably the most "seaweedy" of all the seaweeds. it has a strong, but delicious flavor!</i></div>
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<i>Kacie the seaweed expert! </i></div>
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<i>Homemade falafels from scratch! We added Sea Whip to the mixture and baked the falafel for extra healthfulness! </i></div>
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You can now purchase Kacie's seaweed at Monterey Market or on her<a href="http://www.shesellsseaweed.com/"> website. </a></div>
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I am a complete eco-bundle convert. Just when I thought Natural Dyes couldn't blow my mind any more, they have. A couple of weekends ago I got to help my friend, collaborator and dye mentor Sasha Duerr of <a href="http://www.permacouture.org/">Permacouture Institute</a> at a workshop at California College of the Arts in Oakland. The workshop was centered around gardens for fibers & dyes and we spent the day in the garden harvesting and dyeing. One project Sasha led us through was making "eco-bundles" inspired by the Australian textile artist <a href="http://www.indiaflint.com/">India Flint</a>. Warning: you may be seeing alot of these eco bundles on my blog from here on out!</div>
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well after that <a href="http://plantspeople.blogspot.com/2012/02/i-love-horticultural-commission.html">horticultural commission</a> from my sister i sort of went on a binge of making some tillandsia containers and a carnivorous plant terrarium. G thinks that the trend of air plants in pots, in glass jars, mounted to the walls, etc... is to the horticultural world as molecular gastronomy is to cuisine. i don't agree - enjoy! </div>
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when i got a call from my sister asking me to put together and deliver a terrarium for a close friend i was so thrilled. it is so exciting to go on a mission, find just the right container, pick out stunning and delicate tilandsias and assemble it all. i couldn't resist tagging on a delicate and colorful floral bouquet for some extra cheer. enjoy! </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">tilandsias: <a href="http://flowerlandshop.com/">flowerland nursery</a></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">stones: <a href="http://www.thegardener.com/">the gardener</a></span></div>
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I've been meaning to walk through the Mills College campus in the Oakland Hills for sometime now and finally got around to it yesterday. The campus is beautifully landscaped, has two LEED platinum buildings, a native botanical garden, and a medicinal plant walk. Enjoy the tour! </div>
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G and i so love our new many moons calendar. it is beautifully designed by jeremy at <a href="http://rendijstudio.com/">rendij studio</a></div>
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one resolution for 2012 is getting to know the moon more, and knowing the cycles. yesterday was a new moon and the transition into aquarious. </div>
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In December, G and I started our <a href="http://sangaticenter.org/">Sangati coffee sessions: Brass/Vinyl</a>. Each week we set up shop at the Subterranean Art House in Berkeley and host a charming little event that brings people together in the morning for South Indian coffee and Indian classical records. We use coffee beans from Bicycle Roasters in SF, Straus organic milk and sugar grown and processed in the USA. Coffee is one of those things I cannot live without and thankfully come from a heritage where coffee is king. The streets of Tamil Nadu are lined with coffee vendors serving hot hot coffee and people stopping just to get a quick dose. As soon as you enter a house hold you'll be asked if you'd drink some coffee <i>kaapi kuidikerail aa? </i>If you say no, you'll surely be convinced to at least have half a cup <i>just ara cup.</i> I love the sort of cult phenomenon around it. And I admit that I LOL-ed while watching <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=exH-Jmdav6g">this.</a> </div>
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</div>plants peoplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14161854261131536816noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757597615290816590.post-45412545963458488752012-01-16T21:17:00.000-08:002012-01-16T21:17:26.796-08:00happy new year in plants<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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so i know that each new year i resolve to write more blog posts, but i really think that this year is going to be the one! so far, 2012 has been great full of great projects and good times with close friends and family. i took a walk through the botanical garden last week and got some fresh inspiration for design & garden. the garden is always abundant with color, texture, good smells and astonishing plants. please enjoy the pics and i hope to connect with more of you in the new year. </div>
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<i>the view of the bay from the top of the mediterranean area through shirley watts' installation </i></div>
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<i>blooming fuschias in the meso american collection </i></div>
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Two weeks ago my friend and design partner Laura and I got our first job installing a garden in an Oakland home. Our job was to clear out and plant three beds in our clients' front yard. They wanted a mix of natives, grasses, flowers and primarily easy to care for colorful plants. They also wanted a flowering vine to trellis up their entrance way. Here are a few photos of the design before and after planting. </div>
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<i>The main bed, with lots of "weeds" coming up, a bare fence and existing tree. </i></div>
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<i style="text-align: left;">After a good weeding we laid out our plants and stones. Our designed was centered around a repeating theme of grasses and succulents. The bed is lined with California poppies. An evergreen Clematis vine is what we chose for the entrance.</i></div>
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<i>Here's a close up of our planting groups. We got the stones from American Soil and Stone. The colorful grasses are </i>Phormium<i> 'jester.' In the background along the fence you'll see a CA native grape that we chose to line the wall. </i></div>
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<i style="text-align: left;">One focal counterpoint to the existing tree is the addition of a beautiful dwarf Japanese maple 'pixie.' Japanese blood grass provides colorful foliage to the left. </i></div>
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<i>The view from their porch. We mulched the bed nicely to keep out weeds and pull the design together</i></div>
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<i>The far planting bed along the house, overflowing with weeds and with a well established jasmine and camelia plant. </i></div>
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<i>We cleared the bermuda grass, and piled in ground covers, and CA native sticky monkey flowers and poppies. </i></div>
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Designing and installing the garden was great fun. If you know of anyone who needs a little nudge to transform an empty garden space into a thriving native, colorful or edible garden, please get in touch.<br />
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