Member profile for Claire

Gardening since 2011
  • Name: Claire Taylor
  • Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Gardening experience: I'm new to gardening
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I am an American immigrant to Amsterdam (Holland) - and learned the art of balcony gardening. When we moved, my balcony shrank.... so I took to the streets! Check our my guerilla street gardens in front of my apartment and at my office. The city sort of ignores them... sometimes.

Amsterdam Street Gardens Amsterdam, Netherlands

Guerilla street gardens in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, that I created together with my neighbor, Antje. This is a small side street in an immigrant neighborhood, that's had a rather colorful past. The street was barren, so when they renewed the soil under the trees,... » more
  • Last updated: August 23, 2011
  • Garden type: urban

Claire's Amsterdam Balcony Netherlands

A small balcony in Amsterdam, with morning sun. Click on the photos for more explanation! » more
  • Last updated: July 16, 2011
  • Garden type: container

Dutch urban gardening Amsterdam, Netherlands

It's amazing what grows on the streets of the cities of Holland - and in wild places tucked in between urban landscapes. Here are some things I've seen while biking around... » more
  • Last updated: January 11, 2011
  • Garden type: urban

On the road Netherlands

These are gardens or plants or places I have seen - planted by anyone else but me. » more
  • Last updated: January 18, 2011
  • Garden type: garden visit

Mom & Dad's Stamford, CT

There's something delicate and tender about nature in Fairfield County, Connecticut. My parent's home had landscaping sometime in the 60's, and now my 80-something mom does all the gardening. And mom and dad send me photos from time to time. It's nice to see the... » more
  • Last updated: June 09, 2011
  • Garden type: back yard

Allotment on the dike Schellingwoude, Netherlands

After years of being on the waiting list, on 4 June 2011 I finally got a garden allotment (known as volkstuin in Dutch). It's just a 15-minute bike ride from home, at the back of an old Dutch dike - and has a little house and a greenhouse. And lots of trees and... » more
  • Last updated: May 21, 2012
  • Garden type: color community

Jooly's Georgia Garden Duluth, GA

by jooly88
Backyard garden in Georgia

Coolidge Farm and Flowers Arlington, MA

by elizabeth
Blueberry and raspberry bushes, lilacs, peonies and more flowers on the border; a raised vegetable bed for summer foods, and a raised bed for herbs both perennial (thyme, lavender, chives, tarragon) and annual (parsley,...

LA Balcony Garden Los Angeles, CA

by CanarsieBK
I started my balcony garden in April 2010 shortly after I moved LA from NYC. New York is where I got my start in urban gardening with my fire escape garden. Compared to the fire escape, the space...

Amsterdam Street Gardens Amsterdam, Netherlands

by Claire
Guerilla street gardens in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, that I created together with my neighbor, Antje. This is a small side street in an immigrant neighborhood, that's had a rather colorful past. The street was barren,...

Ware Collection of Glass Flowers at the Harvard Museum of Natural History Cambridge, MA

by HarvardGlassFlowers
A garden of flowers blooms throughout the year in the Glass Flowers gallery at the Harvard Museum of Natural History. Wander the aisles to admire blue iris, rhododendron, mountain laurel, water lily, orchids, or edible...

I love Lavender Balleure, France

by Lynn
In my French garden I love lavender paired with roses & perennials. 'Hidcote' is my favorite. See the July blog at Southern Fried French:"Futzing with French Lavendar", for gifts & in the kitchen.

jjs Cle Elum, WA

by JJS
simple

Firenze Garden Italy

by klvanzi
Still in the works but getting there.

Kinderboerderij Moestuin Amsterdam, Netherlands

by Kris
Initially told the ground was polluted...but never say never to someone from the East Coast. Had a soil test done and just to be on the safe side we started modestly with a patch of 6 x 6 feet which we dug down 2,5...

Flight 272 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands

by MartinKempff
I took over this allotment garden near Halfweg to escape the daily noise in my house in the centre of Amsterdam.After some time I really got interested in gardening and the beauty of plants and flowers.I like my...

Fats Green Garden Chambersburg, PA

by Tine
I bought my grandparents home in 2005 after they both passed away. The backyard was mostly grass and a few mature trees. Over the years, I've planted perennials, evergreens and flowers. Soon after, I started a small...

Lisaland Otricoli, Italy

by YourGardenShow
This is the continuation of the Le Corone garden here on YourGardenShow, renamed in Lisa's honor. We want to carry on her legacy of great gardening practices and it's going to take a few of us to do it. The team here...

YourGardenShow Busy Bee San Francisco, CA

by The-Busy-Bee
YourGardenShow.com - the social network for gardeners, by gardeners
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Favorite park / arboreteum: The Hoge Veluwe National Park / Kroller-Muller Museum

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    • PublicGardens replied about 1 year ago
    		Hi Claire, a flower has been dedicated to you on the International Women's Day Public Garden. Click here to go to the garden. - The YourGardenShow team.
    Xotchilt replied over 1 year ago
    		Hi Claire,
    Look  under the garden pages and I have a separate album of my Double Delight. It's right next to the Joseph's Coat.
    Betty replied over 1 year ago
    		Thank you, Claire, for all your nice comments. As you can see I love gardening. I will try to tag my plants - haven't figured out how to do it with those that are already posted. I do have a lot of different plants and have only one of many of them. When I saw the dragonfly on my trelis I ran inside for my camera and when I got back a second one had joined the first! I then walked to the other side of the house and as I got close to my corner street sign - Mockingbird Lane, a mockingbird flew onto the sign! I got a picture of that too. I was so blessed by nature that morning.The staghorn was given to me and was not nearly that big and was sickly looking. I must have chosen the perfect place as it really has done well. I enjoyed looking at your pictures very much!
    Claire replied over 1 year ago
    		@Betty:If you go to the page of the pictures you posted, you will see buttons that say "tag" and "edit". Click 'tag' and you can enter the name - it will pop up some suggestions from the database, and you can click one of those to make it easy. I think it's a nice feature, because it forces me to actually learn the names of plants - and I learn from other people too! Thanks for your nice comments!
    PatS1954 replied over 1 year ago
    		Claire -  i work for Bill Healy - he has known Lisa & Tom for many years.  Have to get back to work  . . . . .
    ursula replied over 1 year ago
    		Thanks for your comments Claire. It is amazing how much green a balcony can hold.
    Thanks for sharing
    PatS1954 replied over 1 year ago
    		Claire - yes i love my porch in the evenings and being in a townhome we are restricted to where we can plant - my best bet is to leave the plants on my porch and the deck area - which get the best sun.  while i like my green views - i feel it is boring compared to the your great garden and neighborhood thanks for sharing the great pictures and clever descriptions -  i feel the need to go home and snap up pictures of my neigbors gardens  - there are several talented gardeners in my area - i am  very excited to be part of something that brings a smile when we look at the great pictures Pat 
    Claire replied over 1 year ago
    		@PatS1954:I guess that is the one drawback of living in a townhouse with a gardener. They like to keep it all simple and perhaps somewhat bland. My courtyard garden is maintained by the building cooperative and while it looks lovely, I am sometimes sad we can't go in there - it's just for viewing. On the other hand, because no one cares about our street, I can pretty much do what I want there (with my neighbor). Soon we will plant a new garden under a tree on the street, which we didn't get to last year. I am really happy that the street gardens have succeeded in their first year, and that no one has really done any damage, just kids picking flowers and pigeons picking around for a little snack. I look forward to seeing your neighbors gardens! Why not ask them to join YourGardenShow? They might like it, too!
    PatS1954 replied over 1 year ago
    		@Claire: i plan on passing out YGS cards when i ask my neighbors if i can take their pictures.  do you know the developers of this website - if not how did you come upon it? Pat  
    Claire replied over 1 year ago
    		@PatS1954:I know the developers, who asked me to help as their international outreach director (I still need to write my blurb for the About page!). And had worked with Lisa and Maria years ago on a voter outreach campaign for US expats. How about you?
    Lscheller replied almost 2 years ago
    		Thanks for your comments Claire.  I wish I could remember the name of the small tulips. They make great container plants.  I do know I bought them from Michigan Bulb company. They cam part of a set for naturalization. Part of my yard is made up of two sloping hills. Figured that would be a great place to put them.
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