1341 Haskell is a gem! Was: East Bay Garden Conservancy Open Gardens
- Subject: 1341 Haskell is a gem! Was: East Bay Garden Conservancy Open Gardens
- From: L* N*
- Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 23:27:26 -0700
We accidentally went to the 1341 Haskell Susan's wonderful garden on
Mother's Day! I was in the midst of a massively overworked-daize and
didn't realize that the tour was to be this weekend. James was washing his
car out front and sent us to the backyard to check the tour date with
Susan. Susan was friendly and gracious and encouraged us to stay for a bit,
which was fortunate since I'm not sure I had it in me to turn around and
walk away. You don't get a chance to look closely at this garden before the
color, warmth and playfullness reach out and envelope your spirit. We were
so moved by the suprise and warmth of it that we never could focus on the
unusual and interesting plants in the composition. I'll be back on Sunday
to experience the magic once again and try to understand 'how' this time
around. You will not regret a trip to this garden.
Laurie
>Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 08:37:28 -0700 (PDT)
>From: david feix <davidfeix@yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: San Francisco and East Bay Garden Conservancy Open Gardens
>To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
>Reply-To: davidfeix@yahoo.com
>Sender: owner-medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
>X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.2.09/990901/11:28 -- ListProc(tm) by CREN
>
>In case anyone is interested, there are 18 gardens
>open this weekend for the annual Garden Conservancy
>Open Gardens Tour, open without advance reservations
>on either Saturday, June 2, 2001 for San Francisco
>Gardens, or Sunday, June 3, 2001 for East Bay Gardens.
> Each garden costs $5 to see, and includes a variety
>of garden types. One of my favorite client's gardens
>is again on the Tour this year, Susan Springer-James
>Jacobs Garden at 1341 Haskell St, Berkeley(open Sunday
>2-6pm, and I'll be there as well after the Cal Hort
>Plant Sale is over, between 3~6pm). Susan describes
>the garden as a painterly oasis, juxtaposing the
>subtropical with the arid. If you like bold color,
>don't miss it, the Alstromeria is in massive bloom, as
>well as many Aloes, Proteas, Aeoniums, Crassulas,
>Cotyledons, Cacti, Lavatera, Bougainvillea, etc. The
>mature Agave parryi, Golden Barrel Cactus, Dasylirion
>longissima and D. wheeleri are also quite nice.
>
>The other gardens open this weekend include:
>
>San Francisco:
>
>Garden of Torre San Gimignano, 140 Laidley St. 10-4pm
>
>Harmony Hill, 1629 Taylor St. 10-2pm
>
>An Italianate Garden on Carl St., 241 Carl St, 10-4pm
>
>Lulu Alley Garden, 494 Los Palmos Dr. 10-2pm
>
>Peter and Eileen Michael Garden, 40 Presidio Terrace,
>10-4pm
>
>Russian Hill Garden, 940 Green St. 10-2pm
>
>Deborah and Michael Shepard Garden, 2699 Filbert St.
>10-4pm
>
>Shila's Garden Delight, 1911 Sacramento St 10-4pm
>
>Barbara Stevens Garden, 183 Edgewood Ave. 10-2pm
>
>
>East Bay gardens, on Sunday June 3, 2001:
>
>Lemon Hill, 1539 Versailles Ave. Alameda, 10-4pm
>
>Madden-Thompson Garden, 400 Haight Ave. Alameda 2-6pm
>
>Watts/Coup Garden, 1000 Park Ave. Alameda 4-8pm
>
>Jenny and Scott Fleming Garden, 2750 Shasta Rd.
>Berkeley 10-4pm
>
>Our Own Stuff Garden Gallery(Marcia Donahue's Garden),
>3017 Wheeler St. Berkeley, 10-6pm
>
>Suzanne Porter Garden, 2810 Webster St Berkeley,
>10-6pm
>
>Sims-Allmond Garden, 42 Brookside Ave Berkeley 10-2pm
>
>Susan Springer-James Jacobs Garden, 1341 Haskell St.
>2-6pm
>
>Osmond Garden, 5548 Lawton Ave. Oakland 2-6pm
>
>For those of you who would rather purchase plants than
>see gardens this weekend, the California Horticultural
>Society is having their annual sale this Sunday, June
>3, 2001, 10-2pm at the Lake Merritt Garden Center,
>with members only preview sale on Saturday evening at
>6pm, (Entry $5 and a member of Cal Hort, memberships
>can be purchased at the door)
>
>
>__________________________________________________
>Do You Yahoo!?
>Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35
>a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
>
Laurie Nardinelli
Principal Consultant, Performance Engineering
Lucent Worldwide Services
Pager: 1 800 467-1467
Phone: 1 510 386-2534
