Hello, from the Dirty Girl…

DGG is a horticulture collective that includes writings on gardening, useful products from our brand and others, links and resources to outstanding companies and organizations, and a compelling compendium of Jenn's thoughts, ideas, interests and concerns regarding the environment. Oh! And sometimes deliberate sexual content and swearing, wrapped up in a pretty flower picture. Thanks for reading & commenting on my garden blog!

Sexuality in the Garden: Insects, Nature’s Pimps

Nowadays, sex is easy to come by. A meal bought, a bottle of wine consumed and hot botanist later, you’ll find yourself blissfully falling asleep and satiated. (You can go here, here or here.) But for most plant life, sex is a bit trickier. Imagine being firmly rooted, seeing a [...]

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a botanical BFF

The other night coming in from work, I tossed my collections from the day (paper work, keys, phone, jacket, usually some sort of branch or piece of bark or both, etc.) onto the kitchen table, and headed for the nearest glass of wine I could find. Luckily one was available [...]

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BAPP’s Party!

Thank you so much to everyone who could make it (and the couple who got stuck in traffic Megan&Matti) for coming to our 2nd BAPP get together. It was awesome to have all of you over to chat about carnivores, bottle orchids, heavy metal and cupcakes and tons of [...]

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tub time…

This is strictly an unapologetic plug for my fabulous product line, Garden Apothecary. Rob (pitcher plant madness!) hooked me up and p i m p-ed my pic’s for the product line. Look how great they came out: What do you think???

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Repurposing

Behold! A busted pittosporum tree that some gophers jacked! Now, it’s yet another strange ornamentation affixed in my garden. I wrapped some coir in the branches, and nestled a bit of ‘Elfin’ thyme. Let’s see how long it lasts until the chickens demolish it.

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Sweet dogs, get the fu*k out of my way!

I bet National Geographic photogs think they really have it rough. Taking dramatics pictures of lions stalking their prey in South Africa. Stealing gorgeous underwater images of penguins ascending in the ocean of Antarctica. Or capturing exotic photographs of the everyday life of nomads in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. I have three [...]

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the buzz on bee’s wings

I took this picture in a client’s garden a few weeks ago, and found myself instantly enamored with the detail in the bee’s wings. Constantly carrying a camera on me, paired with constantly being amongst dirt and the like, tends to make for great pictures. This bee picture being one [...]

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Agenda Pushing = Happy Summer Solstice

The solstice arrives today, June 21st as the sun enters the sign of Cancer. The solstice occurs exactly (10:16am for West Coast) when the Earth’s axial tilt is most inclined toward the sun. Although the solstice is an instant in time, the whole day/week is usually celebrated in most cultures. [...]

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epithelial enlightenment.

This is a Pacific tree frog (Hyla regilla), with whom I made a brief encounter with whilst pulling a hose out of a hose pot in a client’s garden. I either disturbed him enough to want to jump out and attack my finger – or – he loved the nail [...]

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