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Succulent Celebration at Waterwise Botanicals!

6/10/2013

 
This past weekend, I was lucky to attend the Succulent Celebration at Waterwise Botanicals, a huge, gorgeous outdoor nursery in Escondido, CA that specializes in succulents.  It was a blast--I'm so glad I made it. 

One of the first succ-ers I saw there was Cindy Davidson of The Succulent Perch fame, who recognized me right away and greeted me with a big hug.  I felt so welcomed!  Cindy's table boasted a marvelous array of arrangements--birdhouses and beyond.  Below left is a partial shot of a miniature garden Cindy constructed, complete with a perfect mini replica of Debra Lee Baldwin's new book.  Below left is a close-up of an echeveria purpusorum that Cindy used in one of her arrangements.  I love it when people use the slightly lesser-known succulents.
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I spent an hour or two just roaming Waterwise Botanicals's vast grounds, which offered up dozens of picturesque views, including this:
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And this:
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I took over 100 photos with my trusty iPhone (admittedly, I regretted leaving my Nikon at home).  Here are a few of my favorites.  And by "a few," I mean "eighteen.  Click on any of them to see a larger version.
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In all, an lovely weekend of sunshine, succ-ers, and succulents.  I also attended the Succulent VIP celebration, where I met many more succ-buddies in person at a drop-dead-gorgeous home garden.  Though I snapped plentiful pics there, too, I'm strictly forbidden from posting them until after the garden is featured in some print magazine that I can't remember the name of.  (Hmm, though I bet I can post pics of me and the other succ-ers there--I'll look into this.)

I'll post more soon about my other San Diego succulent adventures, which included the San Diego Botanical Gardens and more succulent nurseries than you can shake a stick (of fire) at!
Laura Balaoro
6/11/2013 01:25:13 am

It was so very nice to finally meet your there Katie. This is an awesome posting. Your photos are great using your phone. Can't wait to see your next posting.

Cindy Davison
6/11/2013 01:44:44 am

Katie~ I was thrilled to meet you and happy to hear you made it out to the SD Botanic Gardens...I failed to suggest you visit there...I did think of it yesterday, though ;) Hugs

Debra Lee Baldwin link
6/11/2013 06:24:21 am

Katie, I so enjoyed meeting you! You "get" my sense of humor---much appreciated, and doubtless the start of a great friendship. But enough about me...I'm awed by your photos! How smart of you to go around the back and to take that great shot of multiple pots of Aloe 'Blue Elf' in the foreground. I don't think your Nikon could have done better. I don't have any problem with you showing photos of guests at the VIP party, in fact I intend to myself, but just so you know, if we were truly professional photographers, we would have gotten photo releases from the subjects. Also, the magazine is Country Gardens, a Better Homes & Gardens publication.

Julita Blunt
6/11/2013 08:23:20 am

Hello Katie, I'm glad found your Page. Thank you so much for sharing. Me too is a Cactus & Succulent lover. Looking forward of reading more from you. Take care.

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Candy Suter link
6/11/2013 05:52:32 pm

Brilliant my succulent buddy. I wish I had gotten around to that part of the nursery so I am sure glad you did. Loved meeting you in person. I just got home today and am so exhausted. So it will take me a couple of days to get my posts up. So loved meeting you Sweet thing!

Emma Almendarez (Glorious Gardens) link
6/14/2013 12:38:01 am

Hi Katie, I really like your blog and your photos are stunning! It was great to meet you (at Debra's party) and I'm glad you had the chance to stop by our nursery before you went back home. I'm sorry to have missed you though as Linda said you had a good conversation. If you are ever in our area again and would like to talk about succulents give us a call ;-)

Cassidy link
6/14/2013 05:36:47 am

It was so great to meet you Katie! Love your photos of the event too. Hopefully we can meet up again sometime!

Chris link
6/18/2013 04:45:55 am

Great photos, interesting to see the more behind the scene photos of the fields of succulents.


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