On my recent trip to Maui, I had the opportunity to witness tropical plants such as bromeliads, heliconias, spathiphyllums, crotons, and cordylines in their natural or “naturalized” habitat. To some of you, these plants are strictly seasonal container plants or…
5 Comments / 1781 View / August 4, 2008
Readers of  EdenMakers Blog can always find me on the garden-focused RSS feed readers such as the social networking destination, Blotanical.com, and GardenWeb.com’s “Voices.” I visit these sites for my daily feed of garden related miscellany and to mix it…
2 Comments / 105 View / August 3, 2008
Please excuse the departure from my garden related news for this important video message. I appreciate the support of my gardening friends in advance. Shirley  Are you ready for a “down to earth” president with dirt under her nails who believes…
5 Comments / 91 View / July 30, 2008
 I’m not trying to be coy with my post title, there is a reason why I worded it that way. My family, along with our best friends, the Hargraves family, attended a luau in Lahaina where the hosts made a…
4 Comments / 1211 View / July 29, 2008
“Aloha” from Maui. The people, places and plants were gorgeous…but I also have some “dirt” on this island paradise! I’m BACK and still adjusting from the jet lag I experienced returning to Los Angeles from Maui last week. My internal…
8 Comments / 442 View / July 22, 2008
I will miss my Mediterranean style garden when I vacation in Maui, Hawaii this week with my family, especially my pepper tree. I’m hoping my tropical destination will help me forget how I am missing my beautiful “stone-ruin garden”…
15 Comments / 881 View / July 9, 2008
I put together this mixed lettuce bouquet from my garden as an unconventional hostess gift. I picked the lettuce 30 minutes before leaving the house to preserve as much freshness as possible. The leaves were washed and rolled in a…
16 Comments / 699 View / July 3, 2008
