The fruits of Gardenia lutea.
My piece about Kirstenbosch for Garden Design went live recently. Fresh pictures, new stories. More reasons to visit Cape Town!
2/7/11 -Disclaimer: there are no skunks in the Conservatory at Kirstenbosch! I read the piece hurriedly before our trip and discovered several typos, especially the one about skunks, which ought to have been skinks. While I am perfectly capable, ahem, of manufacturing my own typos in blog posts, I tend to go over copy for paying concerns with a fine tooth comb. So until these glitches are corrected, and they have not been, yet, please take my word for it: Skunks are NOT performing natural pest control in the glass house. That role falls to the far less furry, and far better scented, skink.
A lovely piece. Enjoyed both my visit to the gardens and learning a bit of history. thanks.
ReplyDeleteThanks for going over and reading, webb!
ReplyDeleteMarie, ha -skunks aye, I missed that. Although I was a little concerned by those gecko "hides"! I thought, are they skinning geckos and using it to deter, err, geckos, like ranchers skin coyotes to deter coyotes? Then I reread it to have it right, but it took a moment of slowing down.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I just learned that a friend has a piece in garden design also. He used to work under Ruth Reichl at Gourmet before they folded. If you have a moment, check it out:
http://www.gardendesign.com/places/way-out-west-gardens-marfa-texas
That was a wonderful article and was I the last to know you were writing for Garden Design?
ReplyDeleteI think this is a big deal. Yeah?
Oh and I read frank's friend's piece on Marfa in the magazine. Also fantastic.
I think that was the best issue of GD ever published.
xo jane
Frank - gecko hides, so funny. I never even thought of that! Off to read your friend's piece.
ReplyDeleteJane, yes, I was excited about it! xo right back at ya...