Fran Sorin

You Say You Want A Revolution?

Rothschild Boulevard is one of the busiest, most central and expensive streets in  Tel Aviv. It represents a thriving, major hub of the best of Tel Aviv.   It’s a community of sorts, an allee with grassed strips on either side of the walkways. The stateliness and beauty of this boulevard is due in large[...]

Draping Window Containers…Chanticleer!

In a recent post, I wrote about the veggie window containers at Chanticleer, designed by Jonathan Wright, and how they inspired me to plant up some on my rooftop garden in Israel. Here are 4 photos shot a few days ago of the wall boxes, wall planters and veggies, the kitchen wall, and edible plants[...]

2 Outstanding FloweringTrees at Hidden City Garden

Written by Harry Pierik I’m always delighted to receive a post from Harry on the seasonal changes in his HIdden City Garden. In this article, he ‘wows’ us with  2 magnificent spring flowering trees …Davidia involucrata and Cornus nutallii. To read Harry’s last post about his garden in early spring, click on here. Check out [...]

Where To Find Inspiration

I’ve never been remiss about sharing with other gardeners that some concepts seen in my garden haven’t been my  originally designs. To the contrary. Several years ago when Chris Woods (Ex-Director of Chanticleer) was teaching me about garden design and perennials, visitors to my garden would frequently comment on how my style of gardening reminded them of Chanticleer. Well, we both did[...]

Picture This Winners for June 2011

Our returning  judge, Josh McCullough, offered a challenging topic that stretched your comfort zone. And you met the challenge!! The entries were astounding.  A big thank you to Josh who always excites and titillates Picture This entrants; your passion and creativity shines through ….. Fran “In this month’s contest I asked us to step out of the bounds[...]